Who is Mandy Rose's boyfriend? Tino Sabatelli hails champ's persona after she's FIRED for X-rated FanTime
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK: Former NXT Women's Champion, Mandy Rose has reportedly been fired by the WWE due to the explicit images she shared on her FanTime page. The wrestling organization officials reportedly sacked the 32-year-old star as they felt she was "outside of the parameters of her WWE deal." The news of Rose’s release came after she dropped her NXT Women's Championship to Roxanne Perez on Tuesday, December 13.
Rose, whose real name is Amanda Rose Saccomano, had been the women’s champion for NXT for more than 400 days before being sacked, as reported by Fightful on Wednesday, December 14. She made her WWE debut in 2015, by taking part in the sixth season of 'Tough Enough'. Her wrestling career has since been in the public eye just like her love life. Due to her on-screen persona, Rose has always been close-lipped about her love life. But she recently publically revealed that she has been engaged to her longtime boyfriend Tino Sabatelli. She took to her Instagram handle in September and announced that she has accepted her fiance Sabatelli’s wedding proposal.
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Fightful Select has learned that Mandy Rose has been released by WWE.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 14, 2022
WWE officials felt they were put in a tough position based on the content she was posting on her FanTime page. They felt like it was outside of the parameters of her WWE deal. pic.twitter.com/RZSiQ53XPf
The couple has reportedly been dating since at least 2018 when they attended the WWE Hall of Fame 2018 Induction Ceremony together. For the lesser known, Sabatelli, whose real name is Sabatino Piscitelli, was a former college football and NFL player. But in 2014, he turned to the wrestling world and signed a contract with WWE.
He spent six years in NXT where he teamed up with Riddick Moss and primarily competed in the tag division. Around the same time, he built a strong bond with Rose. He reportedly first met Rose when she was filming a segment for her roaster, 'Tough Enough'.
However, Rose was engaged at that time but decided to remain just friends with Sabatelli, who was drawn to her right from the beginning. Soon Rose broke up with her former fiance and decided to form a bond with Sabatelli. He recently even spoke about their relationship and shed light on his bonding with the star.
“It was when she was doing the show 'Tough Enough'. The first time I met Mandy, they were filming 'Tough Enough' and they built a warehouse next to the PC. I saw them walking around and I’m like that girl is beautiful. I watched her go through the show and she got signed.” Sabatelli said during his latest appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. “Her personality and down-to-earth persona just drew me to her. She was such a genuine person, and at the time she was engaged and we were just friends. But they broke up and we just escalated from there,” he added.