Former WWE star David Otunga revealed why his tag team title reign with John Cena didn’t feel fully earned.
In a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Otunga spoke about winning his first WWE Tag Team Championship alongside Cena in 2010. He said that even though it was an amazing moment, it didn’t feel as exciting.
“See, it probably wasn’t as joyous of a moment as people would think, like winning your first tag team title because I understood the storyline and where we were going, where you know, as Nexus, we now have John Cena as one of our members. We’re kind of pushing him around.”
“So we win the titles, but then I knew I was going to lose it the next day. So it’s more like I was part of the story, and don’t get me wrong. It’s an amazing accomplishment. Still, yeah, I’m very proud of it. But just personally, I didn’t feel like I’d earned it yet. Like I was going to have a championship run. Like the company trusted me to hold the title and run.”
He added that his second tag team title reign felt more satisfying because it felt legitimate and showed the company’s trust in him. “I mean, I just got there. I was as green as grass. But it was awesome to be in there, with John Cena and in this spot, don’t get me wrong. So it was special for that. But in a way, the second reign was kind of more satisfying to myself because it just, to me personally, it just felt more legitimate.” [H/T: Fightful]
At WWE Bragging Rights 2010, John Cena was forced to join The Nexus and teamed up with David Otunga to defeat The Dashing Ones for the WWE Tag Team Titles. However, their reign ended the next day on WWE RAW when Wade Barrett ordered Otunga to lie down and lose on purpose against Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel to keep the titles in The Nexus.
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