Tucker was nowhere to be seen on this week’s SmackDown to help Otis

Money in the Bank winner Otis was left with a major problem on this week’s SmackDown. The Miz and John Morrison called him over for a segment of Miz TV.

However, the former tag champions made a lot of fun of Otis and eventually challenged him to a match.

Otis took all the jokes in stride and even had some funny moments, but this wasn’t the best outing for the MITB winner.

However, he needed to find a new partner on the night given that Tucker was missing.

What happened to Tucker?

Otis and Tucker have been great as Heavy Machinery. However, the pair haven’t been seen a lot in recent weeks.

Otis has been given a singles push it seems and WWE kept the pair apart on this week’s show too. Otis suggested that his partner had dysentery from the Oregon trail, but he blurted out something else.

The "𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺" will get you every time.

Since @tuckerwwe is unable to compete tonight, it is up to @otiswwe to find a tag team partner against @mikethemiz & @TheRealMorrison! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QXiTQ7HvHo

— WWE (@WWE) May 16, 2020

Nevertheless, Tucker was unable to compete on this week’s SmackDown and that answered the question regarding his whereabouts.

Otis did find a partner at short notice and it was WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman. The pair worked well to defeat the pairing of Miz and Morrison and even had a Double Caterpillar to show off.

Mandy Rose came out at the end to celebrate with her boyfriend but the question still remains about Tucker.

What will happen to Tucker?

Giving Otis the Money in the Bank case was a surprise. He is a tag expert with Tucker, and sending him down a singles run doesn’t really make sense.

Tucker should have been partnering his friend on this week’s show, and we don’t really know if he was ill or not.

That could be a storyline for WWE to push on as Otis gets more singles time on TV. SmackDown has to tease Otis cashing in the case sooner or later and it will be interesting to see what happens to Tucker.

Splitting up Heavy Machinery could be one route but that would hurt both Otis and Tucker. Keeping them as a pair makes sense but the problem lies in the fact that Otis has the MITB case and has to cash it in soon.

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