Is there something we're missing about Otunga?

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Jan 15, 2011 17:16:31 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

The PWI Rookie of the Year Award, given yearly since 1972 by professional wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year who, in that year, had their first year in the business, as voted by readers of the magazine. As it is a rookie award, wrestlers can qualify only once.

This the reason why Otunga won the award this. Not because being Jennifer Hudson's baby daddy. Not because of his C-list reality fame. Because readers of PWI voted for him to win it. Everyone else in the original Nexus has been wrestling a lot longer than him. So they are not qualified for the Rookie of the Year ballot. Just because you win the award doesn't automatically make you a star.

Prince Iaukea
911
Vampire Warrior
Maven
Zack Gowen
Hornswoggle
Erik Watts

All of these guys won the award. How many were successful? How many deserve the award? Kurt Angle, Goldberg,The Giant, Randy Orton, and Steve Austin also won, too. When Orton won in 2001, the runners up were Brock Lesnar, K-Kwik, and the Prototype. All those guys went on a made a name for themselves. Otunga can either go on to be the next big thing or the biggest bust since Nathan Jones.

Please, like that Prototype guy cutting promos about genetic lunchboxes could ever amount to anything.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

For the record, I'm pretty sure that the PWI awards are a huge work, just like the rest of the magazine, so I doubt if much actual fan voting REALLY took place.

[Richard]

Jan 15, 2011 19:39:54 GMT -5 Spankymac is sick of the swiss said:

For the record, I'm pretty sure that the PWI awards are a huge work, just like the rest of the magazine, so I doubt if much actual fan voting REALLY took place.

Yeah, that is my understanding of it as well.