like it or not otunga is getting better.

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He's got his character locked down that's for sure and probably the best thing I can say about him really. I just hope he doesn't get any further than being that tool who sides with the GM and gets his ass whipped 9 times out of 10.
 

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I've never had a problem with Otunga and never have really understood all the hate for the guy. He's one of the few talents on the roster that manages to make the crowd legitimately hate him, and there's nothing you can take away from that. Pair him with anyone, and it makes the crowd hate the other person more. That's something I'm surprised no one gives him credit for.

You can thumb your nose at this and call it "X-Pac heat" if you want, but that's not how I see it. He's hardly someone that makes you want to flat out change the channel and his wrestling skills don't really matter for the role WWE has been using him in. He likely won't go down in the history books as one of the great heels of this decade, but as long as he can make people associated with him get more heat, I'd say he's pretty useful.
 

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I'll give Otunga a chance if he shoots himself in the leg and decides that he has the heart to recover from that to still be a professional wrestler.
 

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I'll give Otunga a chance if he shoots himself in the leg and decides that he has the heart to recover from that to still be a professional wrestler.
So basically he needs to be Plaxico Burress...
 

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I've never had anything against him but I really never had any reason to like him not really going to judge him on what little I've seen in the ring. But this shit.

"The Law offices of @DavidOtunga are now open. Have you have been wronged? Tweet me. You can trust me, I went to Harvard. @WWE #RAW"

This shit's pretty funny. Still kinda hope he gets sued for it though. "If you have twitter you have a lawyer"
 

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He shot my favorite Rapper in the leg, so until justice is served one way or another there I can't get behind this Otungamania.
 

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@ JH :lmao That's great
 

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Only reason why they are giving Otunga tv time is because the girl he is dating. Otherwise, like Edge said, nobody would really cared about him.

Lulz like how Edge finally made himself a marketable figure by sleeping with a chick?
 

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Sure, he's not great in the ring, but I hate how over critical people are of things nowadays, it's like you are all experts who know whats right. Otunga will improve, just like guys like Cena did.
 

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Otunga isn't very good in the ring at all, but he also hasn't been in the business for very long either, and in the short time he's been in it, he's improved quite a bit. His lawyer character is genius, and I really hope they expand on that like they seem to be doing. Everyone hates lawyers, it's a great heel characters.

I've became an Otunga fan as of late, but I really hope his ring work improves.
 

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Lulz like how Edge finally made himself a marketable figure by sleeping with a chick?

The chick was not known in the "real world", what we call outside of the WWE. But he took that angle and the advantage made him the R Superstar. You guys really think Otunga is out of the green? McGillicutty is a couple steps better than Otunga in the ring, but spends his time in NXT. Both X-Tag Team Champs. Give McGillicutty someone famous to date that is relevant in the real world and you'll see him on RAW Live or at least Mid Carding on SD. Otunga still has two left legs.
 

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The chick was not known in the "real world", what we call outside of the WWE. But he took that angle and the advantage made him the R Superstar. You guys really think Otunga is out of the green? McGillicutty is a couple steps better than Otunga in the ring, but spends his time in NXT. Both X-Tag Team Champs. Give McGillicutty someone famous to date that is relevant in the real world and you'll see him on RAW Live or at least Mid Carding on SD. Otunga still has two left legs.

McGillicutty still has lineage to fall back on, Otunga doesn't. It's still way to early to really plan out their careers, since pretty much everybody had the same types of convos about Miz and Morrison a few years ago.
 

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Otunga and Ace's double act is around 85% the reason I still watch WWE.
 

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McGillicutty still has lineage to fall back on, Otunga doesn't. It's still way to early to really plan out their careers, since pretty much everybody had the same types of convos about Miz and Morrison a few years ago.

Ted Dibiase also has lineage and it has brought him nowhere. JoMo was good in the ring, while Miz was good on the mic before the split. Otunga? He is not even in between. It's not too early, he is just a non professional body builder going out with Jennifer Hudson.