10 WWE Tag Team Champions Less Worthy Than Nicholas

8. David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty

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91 days.

David Otunga and Michael 'Curtis Axel' McGillicutty held WWE's only (at the time) Tag Team titles for just short of a hundred days. There's no more damning indictment on the state of the division at the time.

Don't believe me? Just ask WWE themselves!

Jerry Lawler was scripted to abuse the feckless friends for weeks just to build up a comedy match alongside Sheamus he actually won! The company have been thankfully toned down their intentional burials in recent years, but it was something of an epidemic back in the confused early part of the decade. Talent were arriving on the main roster woefully underprepared to perform upon it, and top-down bullying was somehow viewed as a shrewd tactical approach to helping them turn corners.

It was fatally flawed, of course. Virtually none of the half-drawn 'stars' that emerged from the period survived it, and those that did were forced to drastically overhaul themselves just to cling on to employment. Otunga and McGillicutty were two with the reverse midas touch, and their ugly bronze belts were reduced to an even lesser value in their ownership.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett