like it or not otunga is getting better.

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im seeing improvement every week.from his in ring matches,to his lawyer heel,its all clicking.in a few years i see him as an upper midcard/main event guy.
 

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He's going to be successful ripping off Chris Masters entrance and pose. He still can't wrestle out of a paper bag.
 

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I'm an Otunga fan.

He is improving every week but I think he has some good weeks and some bad weeks, he does need a bit more wrestling training but other than that he is good. He has a great physique which makes his moves look very very powerful, he has a good look and draws a nice amount of heat with a good gimmick that works well and suits him but it isn't pushed enough as a singles superstar and they could capitalize on it and start getting him some major heat by doing some things and chasing after the US Title. His promos are good and he is a good speaker and it has that little extra lawyer feel to it the way he acts.
 

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Reason why he is so green is the majority of time he's spent on the main roster has been in tag teams and stables. I think he has potential, I mean I don't get why people say he's awful because there's plenty of people out there who are worse, he just needs a little work in singles matches to eliminate the greeness and I feel that may come after Mania when he helps Team Ace win and probably beats Santino for the US title a few weeks later. I think he will be a transitional main eventer at one point, and have a similar run to what R-Truth had, because he has more a less all the tools needed.

And Allen (BRJP), loads of stars have ripped off entrances and gimmicks, you mad at them also lol? At least Otunga has an original gimmick. OH WAY OH!
 

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He's good to laugh at like for example that whole lawyer video they showed on this Raw but that's as far as it goes for me. Still don't care to see him in the ring. His current gimmick is alright though.
 

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I think that WWE are using him perfectly at the moment. He has his limitations as a wrestler and WWE have taken note of that placed him in a role where he doesn't have to wrestle every week. This role as legal advisor to Johnny Ace is the perfect role for him whilst he continues his wrestling training. He is a Harvard Law graduate so it is smart to work it into his wrestling gimmick and it works well that he only has to wrestle on television every second week or so. In time he will improve in the ring and I am sure that he will be serviceable in the ring. What is on his side is time, he has plenty of time to improve since there is no way that WWE will release Jennifer Hudson's fiancee.
 

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He's got a nice character though but when I look at him, he's just another oily big guy that I question he's on something. The man is absolutely ripped but I wasn't a fan of the whole Masters thing. Whatever people rip people off but I'm not marking out for him like some are. He has a crappy finisher and still bad in the ring.
 

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Great character, heat magnet.

Could easily be the black Ted DiBiase given a decent push.
 

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Please, he's not that crap, like I said there is worse. I've spotted improvements in him already and with work he will be a solid performer. Wrestlers will never improve if people bash them and knock their confidence.
 

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Yesterday he showed a hell lot of improvement. I'd rather watch Otunga than Brodus Clay in the ring that's for sure.

Otunga still isn't fresh but he's improving and as of his finisher, I actually like it.
 

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He's going to be successful ripping off Chris Masters entrance and pose. He still can't wrestle out of a paper bag.

Lulz, bodybuilding poses.

80s everybody.

Gimmick not new.

Otunga alright, does his purpose for Laurinitis and will continue to improve. Pro-wrestling fans seem to act like old school guys, always hoping for the new guys to fail and never let them learn and grow and get better.
 

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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.
 

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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.

Yeah some of that may be true but it's also because he went to Harvard which is a good thing for a wrestler to have on their record and especially for the gimmick he has it works greatly, not some false graduate story they made up. He's a well speaker too and he has a good look which WWE are a fan of. (The bodybuilder type)
 

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