Top SmackDown backstage rumors: Management not happy with top Superstar; McMahon's decision on Reigns' situation; Who will Otis challenge as MITB winner? (15th May)

Otis and Mandy/Reigns
Otis and Mandy/Reigns

#3 Details regarding who Otis will challenge as MITB holder

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Otis surprised everyone when he managed to win the first-ever corporate MITB match, even though he did so in a rather unconvincing fashion.

As the briefcase slipped AJ Styles' hand, it fell right into Otis' hands, thus making him the newest holder of the MITB contract. Imagining Otis as the World Champion is certainly a rather amusing thought and many veterans have even stated that having him become the Universal Champion may not be such a bad idea.

However, there is a hint that Otis might be using his contract to cash-in on the Tag-Team Championships instead.

Here is what Otis had stated during an interview with Digital Spy before MITB took place but after it had already been taped:

If I get the briefcase, we’re challenging for the Tag Team titles. I don’t think there’s a rule of what titles to challenge for, so we’re going to challenge for the Tag Team titles, cash it in and that’s what’s going to happen… if I can get up that ladder.”

However, there is an alternate theory suggesting that Otis may become singles Superstar...

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