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David Daniel Otunga (born April 7, 1980) [4] is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE. Otunga was the runner-up on the first season of NXT. He is also an original member of The Nexus and The New Nexus, being the only member present through the entire duration of the stable in every incarnation.
The Nexus, later the New Nexus, was a villainous professional wrestling stable in WWE that competed on the Raw brand from June 7, 2010 to August 22, 2011, originally consisting of eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their 14-month existence, with David Otunga being the only member to serve the group throughout the entirety of its existence.
(David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty) May 23, 2011: Raw: Portland, OR: 1 (2, 1) 91: 90 Otunga and McGillicutty won the title under the name of The New Nexus, but the stable disbanded during their reign. [49] 42 Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) August 22, 2011: Raw: Edmonton, AB, Canada: 1 146: 145 On August 29, 2011, the brand ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. American professional wrestler Curtis Axel Hennig in 2016 Birth name Joseph Curtis Hennig Born (1979-10-01) October 1, 1979 (age 45) Champlin, Minnesota, U.S. Alma mater North Hennepin Community College Spouse(s) Brooke Hennig (m. 2004) Children 3 Parent(s) Curt Hennig (father) Relatives ...
Otunga and Rhodes started the match, and Rhodes gained control. Rhodes and McIntyre utilised quick tags to keep control and earn a near-fall before Otunga tagged in Cena. Rhodes submitted to Cena's STF hold to end the match, and make Cena and Otunga the new champions. Following the match, Cena attacked Otunga and left with both championship ...
In October 2010, Cena was forced to join The Nexus as a result of losing to Barrett at Hell in a Cell and at Bragging Rights, Cena and David Otunga won the WWE Tag Team Championship. [18] [19] On the October 25 episode of Raw, Barrett made a tag team match, with Gabriel and Slater facing Otunga and Cena for the championship. Gabriel and Slater ...
On February 23, 2010, Young made his debut on NXT with a character described as a "South Beach Party Boy", losing his debut match to David Otunga. His storyline had mentor CM Punk showing apathy towards him, claiming he had no idea why he's in NXT and did not want to train Young unless he accepted his Straight-edge lifestyle. [15]
Punk, Harris, McGillicutty and Otunga cleared out all the other competitors in the ring (Bryan, Chris Masters (#14), Morrison and Mark Henry (#11)). Punk then went on a string of eliminations, eliminating all of the next three entries, Tyler Reks (#16), Tag Team Champion Vladimir Kozlov (#17) and R-Truth (#18).