2-Time WWE Champion Ready For In-Ring Return After 10 Years

A former WWE champion claims he is not retired despite stepping away from wrestling a decade ago.

David Otunga kicked off his wrestling career in 2008 when he signed a developmental contract with WWE. After spending two years in FCW, he participated in the first season of NXT in 2010. Later that same year, the 45-year-old debuted on the main roster as a member of The Nexus.

Otunga had a five-year run as an in-ring competitor in the Stamford-based company before transitioning into non-wrestling roles. The former Tag Team Champion worked as a pre-show panelist and color commentator before leaving the promotion in 2019.

The Former WWE Star Says He Hasn’t Retired From In-Ring Competition

David Otunga’s last match took place in July 2015 when he lost to R-Truth at a WWE live event. He has since stepped away from the squared circle.

In a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, the former Tag Team Champion addressed his wrestling future, disclosing his willingness to make an in-ring comeback after a decade “if it would mean something.”

I don’t know. I mean, I never officially retired. I just haven’t wrestled in a long time and to go back to something you were saying that I agree with is when I was growing up, there weren’t that many black wrestlers and the black wrestlers there were, they weren’t always in the spots I felt like they should be. One of them who was was Ron Simmons, who was one of my idols and so I based The Verdict off of that, the Farooq Slam.

But that being said, when I was in WWE, it got to the point like when I left. Now, first of all, I left because of my son’s mother at the time. There’s just some family stuff going on and I needed to put my career, needed to take a backseat at the time and so it was just the right move. But however, also, it wasn’t giving me where they weren’t giving me where I thought my character should go. So if I’m going to devote that much time and I have to literally choose between my family and my career, it needs to be what I want and what I dreamt of it being not being stuck in the mid card, not we might give you a push.

We’re going to take it away. Not we’re going to give you this finisher, but give it to Sheamus because he whines about those a tantrum that says it’s, you know, Irish like got to give me more respect than that and that’s the other thing too. I remember telling them this also is that, ‘listen you guys have me losing quite a bit.’ I know there’s a part of that as a heel, but there’s nothing about me in my life that says loser, not only losers.

Now I got a Harvard law degree. I’ve succeeded everywhere. I’ve gone- I even succeeded in WWE. I didn’t succeed as far as what I thought I should, but we’re not really fighting in there, man. You know? So it’s somebody else is writing this story. I can’t go complain. If I’m in power and they write my character out, you know what I mean? There’s nothing I can do, but you just give your best performance in that role. That being said, am I done wrestling? No, I wouldn’t say that. I never said I retired, but yeah, I’d wrestle again, but I want it to mean something. [H/T: Fightful]

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