Back in late 2017, WWE began running the now infamous promo videos hyping the transformation of then-star Emma into “Emmalina”. The former NXT women’s champion was promoted to debut several times (as Emmaline), but it never took place.
Then on February 13th edition of WWE Raw, Emma finally made her return to TV, and debuted her Emmalina gimmick. She cut a promo discussing her “makeover”, but then quickly noted fans would see the makeover from Emmalina back to Emma, once again leaving fans puzzled by the gimmick.
It reported that Emma had a hard time properly performing with the gimmick so WWE eventually gave up and settled her back into her old Emma role.
James McKenna of Pro Wrestling Sheet is now reporting that the gimmick originally intended for Emma is now being portrayed by current WWE star Mandy Rose, following Rose’s split from Absolution. You can read more details in the following Tweet from McKenna: