The Original WWE Nexus 8: Where Are They Now?

8. David Otunga

One of several members of the Nexus that was never going to make it with the armband removed, denting the "buried" narrative somewhat, David Otunga, with his Hollywood body and Razzies ring work, failed to make it even with the benefit of celebrity osmosis.

In an indictment of WWE's pre-NXT landscape, David Otunga - a slow, uncoordinated, error-prone and utterly indistinct in-ring worker you could barely buy as powerful in spite of his thick physique - reigned with a version of WWE Tag Team gold on two occasions. He partnered with John Cena under duress in the storyline and, you can imagine, reality. He then struck gold alongside fellow 'New' Nexus member Michael McGillicutty as WWE attempted, halfheartedly, to recapture the magic.

Otunga, irredeemable between the ropes, was sensibly transitioned into a primarily offscreen role as the legal advisor to John Laurinaitis. His in-ring stuff relegated to glorified cameos, Otunga quietly became inactive following one last go-round of the live event loop in 2015. Retained by WWE, Otunga in the years since has bounced between commentator and pre-show panelist roles, spouting banalities that nobody ever has ever remembered.

Not to pour too much soil over the poor sod's head, Otunga was good at something: law.

Probably should have stuck to it.