Thread: Why am I becoming a David Otunga fan?
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Old 02-26-2012, 12:45 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott View Post
I think for taking the shot at me, you missed the point.

I don't care that he isn't the next Bret Hart in the ring so much as seeing him deliver a spinebuster to... ANYONE looks less like "thats devistating" and more like "holy shit, is that guy alright? that didn't look too good." Otunga seems like he's running on luck that he hasn't injured anyone yet. He's sloppy in execution, and someone is going to get hurt not from some random, unlucky bad break, but from him being kinda lax with his tosses and slams. I fail to see how this is a bad thing for "Flippy McFlipperflips in the indys because he could hurt someone", but a guy who's in the "major leagues" as it were (and is supposed to be better) gets a pass for not merely asthetically ugly, but dangerously shitty ringwork just because he sips coffee from a Thermos with comedic pretention.

Again, "right place, right time" for Otunga. Can't really fault him for taking advantage of what he's being given. Yes, the kiss-ass gimmick is working for him. Good for him. But how many people that are on Superstars duty right now could pull off this exact gimmick and still be less apt to injure somone in-ring?



Agreed... although, he'd make a good Carlton. Also, that's the wrong Aunt Viv.
It really wasn't a shot at you specifically, but I can see how you would take it that way. Sorry about that. I've encountered a lot of people on these boards over the years who can't stand guys simply based on their ring work, refusing to be entertained by anything else they do.

Can anyone else do Otunga's gimmick better than Otunga right now, though? I'd have to say no. Who else actually is a Harvard graduate with a psychology degree and a practicing lawyer who is married to Jennifer Hudson? You could put those tags on anyone, I suppose, but it wouldn't feel organic at all. He's got a lot to work with, and he's doing well with it, I feel.
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