Herpes Outbreak Within WWE NXT Revealed By Mandy Rose

Herpes in WWE NXT?

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Aug 18, 2025

Mandy Rose standing with the NXT Women's Championship

Mandy Rose and husband Tino Sabbatelli have revealed there was a herpes outbreak at the WWE Performance Center while they were both a part of NXT, which resulted in them having to clean the rings.

Speaking on their podcast about their respective runs in NXT, Mandy Rose stated: "Then we had to clean the rings in NXT, because there was a herpes outbreak. I don't even know if everyone knows that one. Remember Daria [Sonya Deville] had the Ninja Turtles thing on with the vacuum. I think this is the beautiful thing, too, that I get why they do this for most people, as well as because there's always, you know, a bottom. You always have to work your way out. But things have changed a lot in WWE."

Herpes is a common infection which can cause painful blisters or ulcers. There are two types of herpes, with type 1 primarily spreading via oral contact, while type 2 is a sexually transmitted disease.

Mandy Rose is no longer a part of WWE, having been fired by the company in 2022 due to producing explicit content. Rose hasn't struggled since her WWE firing, however, and she noted earlier this year that she earns 10x more than she ever did in WWE.

H/T Fightful

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