Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE FCW (2008–2010) Otunga made a guest appearance as himself in the 13,110th episode (Season 52, Episode 84) of General Hospital. Otunga has since starred in the 2013 thriller film The Call. He became one of the final three contestants in the competition, before being eliminated on the series' penultimate episode. In 2007, after his niece submitted his audition tape, Otunga was chosen to be a contestant on I Love New York 2 and given the nickname 'Punk'. According to Otunga's LinkedIn profile, he worked with Sidley Austin from May 2005 to October 2007. After graduating from law school and passing his bar exams, Otunga joined Sidley Austin, one of America's largest law firms. He later graduated from Harvard Law School in 2006, passing Illinois' bar exam. Following his graduation, he moved to New York City where he became a laboratory manager in Columbia University's Cognitive Neuroscience Center. Otunga graduated from Larkin High School and later earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Illinois.
Otunga was born in Elgin, Illinois, to father Moses, a Kenyan, and a European American mother, Billie, both of whom are educators.
