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... and uncomfortable. He seems legit unsure of himself in his promos. I'm sure (especially when he was talking to Cena 1 on 1 while he was in the Nexus) he was trying to portray himself as sneaky and disingenuine in his intentions, but his body language and mannerisms make it seem like he's just struggling to remember his lines. I mean, if you have enough confidence to call yourself "A-List", you'd better fucking ACT like you got it like that. Instead, he presents himself not as "A-List", but more like a fan who is asking himself "should I even be in the ring? What have I gotten myself into?"
That's the main turn-off. That, and his botchtacular Sloppy Slam*.
He just needs time. To be so green yet featured so prominently only serves to potentially help him in the long run, but it's painful to look at now. Hell, most of his matches have been with Cena there to carry him (like it or not, IWC, he IS technically a vet and a decent hand in the ring, no matter if you want to give him credit or not) be it as an opponent or as one of the placeholder Tag Team champs.
Noid had it right with the "potential to be a Miz-like success story", only we didn't watch totally green Miz from the get go. He was just a mouthpiece for a long while before having a nationally televised match. Otunga looks like he had less training time than Maven yet is expected to swim with the sharks.
*I decided long ago that this should be the actual name for his "spinebuster".
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