5 Things That Should Be on Chris Jericho’s List

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1. David Otunga

Yes, he’s on SmackDown. No, it doesn’t matter. David Otunga needs to be put on the list yesterday, and if that means flying Chris Jericho out to whatever city SmackDown is in that week to make it happen, so be it.

Otunga’s voice simply does not belong anywhere except a pre-show panel. He speaks with very little emotion and when he does have some, it sounds horribly forced. People gave Byron Saxton flak for this when he first started, but he blossomed into a pretty solid commentator. Could the same thing happen to Otunga? Maybe, but honestly, I’m not patient enough to want to find out.

He negatively affects what is otherwise a fantastic weekly show. Even JBL has improved drastically since moving over to SmackDown, and alongside the infinitely knowledgeable Mauro Ranallo, the commentary is pretty good, save for Otunga. At the very least, he mercifully stopped with his “major key” shtick. For anyone who may have missed it, for a few weeks he would say what he thought were the “major keys” of whatever match was going on in a desperate attempt to capitalize on the phrase made popular by DJ Khaled. To call it cringe-worthy would be putting it light.

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David Otunga, you were a mediocre wrestler and are an even worse commentator. You’re probably a good guy, but either way…

You just made the list!