There have been comparisons between Mandy Rose and Tiffany Stratton over the years. While Rose is thriving on her own as a model outside of WWE, Stratton has risen the ranks in the company, most recently becoming WWE Women’s Champion.
On the January 10th episode of SmackDown, Stratton cut a promo and told everyone to “put some respect” on her name, a line Rose used to say. Rose addressed this on her Power Alphas podcast. She told Stratton not to use her word. She later put her over for the work she has been doing lately.
“Another little story that just happened. Friday Night SmackDown, someone, a new champion named Tiffany Stratton, used my slogan, ‘Put some respect on my name.’ To be honest, I wasn’t even watching it. I got so many tweets about it, and I was like, ‘What is going on?’ and I saw the clip, and this b***h even used the same kind of tone. I was like, ‘Hold on a second, I thought we were cool.’ I put her over here. Listen, we can admire each other, we can respect, we can look up to, but we can’t take our words from each other.”
She continued, “It was kind of funny because she used it at the end of her promo. You know people actually put the the two videos side by side, and it was kind of weird because it was a video when I said it, and then when she said it and it was almost the same, and obviously we’ve gotten the whole comparison thing Tiffany and I, you know, our looks and other things I guess…..Well, a lot of people are talking, and you know, they’re mentioning like they almost think her saying that was, you know, a little wink. A mother coming, I’m mother….they’re calling me mother on Twitter.…..So congratulations to Tiffy, but don’t use my words, honey. We make that very clear, but that’s okay. I commend you, and I think you’re doing amazing, so I’ll put you over, but again, don’t use my words.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Power Alphas podcast with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
