David Otunga Says John Cena Tried to Rib Him Over Their WWE Tag Team Title Win

David Otunga had a tough time really enjoying his WWE Tag Team Championship reign with John Cena, because Cena tried to rib him over it. Cena and Otunga held the titles for a day, winning them from Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre at WWE Bragging Rights 2010. They lost them the next day.

Otunga spoke about the title win on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, noting that Cena pranked him after the title win. He also spoke about who should be Cena’s final opponent. You can see the highlights below:

On Winning the Tag Titles with Cena:

“Well, that was part of the Nexus storyline when we’re gonna make John Cena join the Nexus. So we went over on Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre. The whole story of the match, it was pretty cool was that Cena was supposed to do all the work, but I took all the credit for it. So that’s what happens, and then we win. I think Cena gets a pinfall. Obviously, I run in, I get both belts. I’m going crazy, this is awesome. It was awesome too, it was really, really cool.

“Then I get down off the turnbuckle, and he AA’s me, completely ungrateful. And then, takes both titles and walks out. But the thing of it was, we were only supposed to have it for 24 hours. So for me personally, it was an awesome moment. But I never really felt like I earned the Tag Team Championship yet. My second win with McGillicutty was much more satisfying, because I felt like we’d earned it, like at that point, whereas this was just a cool story we’re doing for 24 hours. So I never really celebrated it like when you win a championship.”

On Cena Ribbing Him Over It:

“That’s the thing. It is Cena. Which was cool, but he tried to rib me over that. So he didn’t really let me enjoy it, to be honest. Because he tried to rib me by taking the titles, and then he told me, ‘Hey, make sure you grab the titles and take them to the next town.’ Because there’s the TV titles, and then there’s the live event ones. So the TV ones travel, he wanted me to get the live event ones, which I had to go get from Cody and Drew. I was like, okay, all right, I’ll do it. But then he got on his bus and took off, but I guess he had already taken the titles, but didn’t tell me what his plan was. He wanted me to go crazy backstage, searching for it, and freak out. So I went and asked Drew for the titles, and he’s like, ‘Oh, I already gave them to Cena.’ Okay, that was the end of that. So I got in my car, I think I was with Heath Slater or something. We drove to the next town.

“I get to the building the next day, ‘Oh, man, what did you do? Cena is pissed at you!’ What? ‘Yeah, he’s mad. He’s looking for you. You gotta apologize to John Cena.’ For what? ‘Well, apparently you didn’t get the titles last night.’ ‘Yeah, I know, but he has them.’ They’re like, ‘No, he said you should have looked for him, and then you should have looked for him and been upset you couldn’t find them.’ What? So hold on a second. You’re telling me I need to go apologize to him and tell him I’m sorry that I wasn’t upset about not finding him and I didn’t look hard enough? I’m like, ‘You do realize this sounds nuts.’ I can’t remember who’s telling me this. This must be an agent or somebody, because they actually give me advice, ‘You need to go talk to him.’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, I know, but just do it.’

On Apologizing To Cena:

:So I literally went and apologized to John. ‘Hey, John, I’m sorry, I looked for the title. I didn’t understand. You know, I thought you had them.’ He was shoot mad at me though, [because his prank didn’t work out?] That’s the thing. That’s what I always said, which is always kind of funny to me. Hey, yeah, your joke didn’t work and you’re mad at me about it. But doesn’t that kind of fall on you playing your joke a little bit?”

On Who Should Be Cena’s Final Opponent:

“I could see Bron Breakker, I think that would be a great one. Really, just give him an amazing push, somebody like that. Dominik Mysterio would be a good one too, absolutely.”