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[OFFICIAL] David Otunga / R-Truth Discussion Thread

I am pretty sure that with his persona outside of wrestling and his heet he can have inside, he will be in the WWE for a period of time. It probably wont be long, but maybe he can get Jen Hudson to come to Mania.

He got the night off I guess this week, but I guess it gives us time to think about something. Did we miss him? I did, I spent the episode waiting for the "What's Up x2" Despite his shitty wrestlintg skills, he makes me want to watch him.
 
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Well, Otunga had a poor match prior to this week, but this week it was a different story. A guy who is looking great for the WWE, looked great in this match. He has great chemistry with Tarver and Bryan, so I hope they are matches up better.

Otunga should get a couple votes for the top rookie. He is the most over of the heels, he isn't great in the ring, but he has won the majority of his matches. His little slam isn't a great finisher, but it works.
 
I was suprised to see him winning that battle royale but if you think about it he fits most to guest host scenario RAW has:He is celebrity(in some circles),he promotes something(in his case himself) and at least he acctualy has any connection to wrestling.

This guy has certain "IT" factor and I am suprised that he is number 5 rookie.To me he has more charisma then Wade Barret, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel.He is even better on the mic then Danyel Bryan.He lacks in-ring wrestling expirience and if he could work on his wrestling skills he could be big
 
I was really hoping that David would start out a face but with what he did on RAW yesterday, I have to admit, I like him better as a heel. He's cocky and full of himself. He has the charisma. If he can just shore up his wrestling skills, Otunga will be the face of the WWE in years to come.

I really wanted him to win the tag team championship with John Cena though. I think that would have made him ridiculously over. But i guess that creative is going another direction with Otunga. Who knows, will this lead to Otunga winning NXT and challenging Cena for the Championship? I'd like to think so.

I have one main reservation with Otunga though. I feel like he may bolt after his success in the WWE. I mean the guy is married to a popular singer and graduated from Harvard Law. I just don't think he has the passion that Cena has for this company. But hopefully I'm wrong because I definitely see a lot of the Rock in Otunga. And his catchphrase "c'mon man, just google me" is classic and unique. You might as well stamp World Champion on his resume right now.
 
Well, I just watched last weeks NXT (very busy time of the year as I am set to graduate:)) and I must say, I was disappointed in Utunga's fifth place ratings after last week's poll. But he was given a great chance to move up the chart getting the win in the battle royal.

He looked pissed off, and I really think his "it" factor should have been looked at when he was put behind Daniels...
 
Otunga, TM. O. Even says so in the thread title.

Anyway, Otunga impressed tonight, absolutely. Definitely one of the best mic workers of the rookies in a very strong class. He has an awesome look and personality, and his match with Barrett this week was extremely entertaining. Definitely seeing big things in his future, especially after the awesome job he did hosting RAW.
 
I could see this guy main eventing a Wrestlemania in the next few years. He's got the mainstream attraction and he can use his picture with the president to get a lot of heat like Jericho does by saying he beat Rock and Austin on the same night. He has charisma and mic skills but he needs to get better in the ring.
 
It really doesn't matter who he is paired with. He's going to break out no matter what. The fact that he got to host Raw, and did an amazing job I might add. That right there will go beyond anything he does in NXT. Jim Ross has already stated he has "Rock Characteristics". I think R-Truth was basically a face they paired him with so he could break out into the heel persona.
 
You guys are fucking crazy if you think Otunga was impressive or good.

The man is annoying on the mic. I don't mean in the way to generate heel-heat. I mean in the way as I'm pushing the guide button on my remote control looking for something else to watch. I even hate the way he talks. The guy is a pure douche-bag (and that's being nice).

Look at his in-ring ability, he's the only wrestler I've ever seen that has made John Cena look like a Dean Malenko in the ring (I am no fan of Cena's wrestling).

As far as charisma goes, you take away the fact that the D-List Superstar is banging a D-list actress and what charisma does he have? That whiny voice he has isn't charisma.

I can only hope somebody fucks up a power bomb or pile driver on this guy and ends his career before it starts. Then they could start running his A-list promos with him being wheeled in a chair.
 
I'm frankly a little divided when it comes to Otunga. His ring work is nothing special, just the generic big guy stuff. His finisher seems to be a simple spine-buster, not exactly impressive given that several other wrestlers already on the roster use this move as a set up. I'm not sold that this guy could make it past jobbing as a stepping stone for other up and comers.

That being said, he does have an impressive range of talents necessary to the task. He's among the better mic workers as a (to quote Honkey-Kong) douche-bag, he can at least wrestle without botching his spots too badly, can sell pain, can take victory as well as lose, etc. It would seem he has all the needed skills, just at mediocre levels.

Otunga seems like the kind of guy that Vince is trying his best to hard-sell to the fans by putting him in great packaging despite the fact that he is an inferior product.
 
Otunga is absolutely awful, and that JR should compare him to The Great One is a clear sign that JR is overdue for retirement. Rock like characteristics? Really, Jr? Really? I would rather watch grass grow than Otunga wrestling for entertainment. Pushing him because he is Hollywood, well connected to the mainstream media just for the extra attention is really blasphemous to wrestling in general. I mean, does the WWE really need to sink that far down just for a few more fans? Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, and Wade Barrett have enough talent to completely eclipse anything Otunga could ever hope to be, and that now. Imagine what guys like Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan can be like in a few years? As for Otunga? The man is too old to become anything special in the ring now. As he even said so himself. Everyone has years on him of training, some may even have a decade of training on him. The dislike I feel for Otunga and have seen from most people is somehow being mistaken for heel heat but is in reality a simple disdain for the guy's overall suckiness factor. I haven't seen anyone suck this bad since... I don't even have anyone to compare him to. He is so awful he is in a league of his own. I'd rather see Michael Tarver as WWE Champion than this guys as a champion of anything more than his getting his arse out of wrestling, leaving it to the people who actually aspire to wrestle, and not just find a new means for showing off. Otunga is a reality television star, a 21st century form of entertainment that serves to entertain only people with serious psychological issues. He is no wrestler. Never was. Never will. And if the WWE pushes him any further than NXT, it will be yet another mistake.
 
Otunga is absolutely awful, and that JR should compare him to The Great One is a clear sign that JR is overdue for retirement. Rock like characteristics? Really, Jr? Really? I would rather watch grass grow than Otunga wrestling for entertainment. Pushing him because he is Hollywood, well connected to the mainstream media just for the extra attention is really blasphemous to wrestling in general. I mean, does the WWE really need to sink that far down just for a few more fans? Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, and Wade Barrett have enough talent to completely eclipse anything Otunga could ever hope to be, and that now. Imagine what guys like Wade Barrett and Daniel Bryan can be like in a few years? As for Otunga? The man is too old to become anything special in the ring now. As he even said so himself. Everyone has years on him of training, some may even have a decade of training on him. The dislike I feel for Otunga and have seen from most people is somehow being mistaken for heel heat but is in reality a simple disdain for the guy's overall suckiness factor. I haven't seen anyone suck this bad since... I don't even have anyone to compare him to. He is so awful he is in a league of his own. I'd rather see Michael Tarver as WWE Champion than this guys as a champion of anything more than his getting his arse out of wrestling, leaving it to the people who actually aspire to wrestle, and not just find a new means for showing off. Otunga is a reality television star, a 21st century form of entertainment that serves to entertain only people with serious psychological issues. He is no wrestler. Never was. Never will. And if the WWE pushes him any further than NXT, it will be yet another mistake.


The only comparison you can make between The Rock and Otunga was that they are both shitty wrestlers. The Rock's delivery is way better and he has something Otunga will never get... Charisma. Even Steve Blackman and Lance Storm had more charisma than Otunga has. But, we both know they're going to push the hell out of Otunga. We know they're going to make a champ out of him. I hope they figure out what a loser this guy is before they give him the WHC or WWE title.

Here is the recipe on how to be David Otunga....
1) Take a massive amount of steroids and eat a fuck load of food while going to the gym. I'll admit the man is very strong and I'm not going to accuse him of juicing or using prohormones, but he's beyond what most people's natural genetics will take them.

2) let a bee sting you on the tongue so you get that almost lisp-like speech Otunga has.

3) Forget everything you might've learned in wrestling school. If you don't make the Ultimate Warrior look like Dean Malenko in comparison, you're not resembling Otunga's in-ring ability.

4) Get a D-list celebrity pregnant. And constantly use that as your means of marketing yourself. In fact, he's worse than people who live off their father's shadow. His claim to fame is that he has sex with a D-list celebrity who wasn't hot to begin with. He's the Kevin Federline of wrestling.

5) Don't have anything interesting to say. If you don't annoy the fans in to checking out what's on TNA, you're not like Otunga.

6) Get a shitty haircut and really lame goatee. If you can have words shaved in to it, all the better.

7) When you talk about going to Harvard law school in promos, as an attempt to get you over, use real bad English immediately after so that you can A) Make Harvard look bad for admitting a dunce or B) disingenuously show you're still part of the "urban" crowd.

Follow these simple steps and anyone can be David Otunga.
 
Like him or not, Otunga oozes potential. I don't think that R-Truth was an appropriate mentor for him. I think Jericho would have been more appropriate, IMO. Of all the NXT rookies, Otunga is most likely to become a future WWE Champion.
 
i honestly cant stand otunga, yes he has a great personality charisthma blah blah blah but he doesnt impress me as a wrestler, he can do beter somewhere else...
now with all the exposure he ahs gotten i wouldnt be suprised if he won nxt, but it would still be a huge upset, i knwo vince likes to say that wwe isnt a sporting event and thats its jsut entertainment, but i mean the wrestlers need to still have atleast some wrestlign ability...
 
Like him or not, Otunga oozes potential. I don't think that R-Truth was an appropriate mentor for him. I think Jericho would have been more appropriate, IMO. Of all the NXT rookies, Otunga is most likely to become a future WWE Champion.

I agree with R-Truth being a terrible pro for Otunga. The person that seems like he'd have been the best fit, would have been the Miz, IMHO. They have that same "I'm great" attitude. I think Otunga shining through this is proof of his future star status.
 

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