How does someone go from Harvard Law School to the WWE ring? Whats the progression there?
OTUNGA: When someone hears that I was a lawyer and now I’m in WWE it sounds crazy, but once they hear the story it makes sense. Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I’ve been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life and I always wanted to do that. I can remember being a child and my mom would ask me what I wanted to do when I got bigger. I’d say, “I want to be WWE Champion,” but she’d always tell me to have a fallback and be a doctor or a lawyer or something. SITTERSON: Harvard’s a pretty good fallback. OTUNGA: It’s the best fallback in the world! So that’s exactly what I did. Eventually, I had this conversation with my mom where I told her, “Hey, Mom, I’ve graduated from Harvard, and I’m a lawyer at the best law firm in Chicago. I did what you said, so can I follow my dreams now?” She told me to go ahead. It was a very touching moment, but also a very scary one because I had to go into my boss’ office and tell him I quit. The moment was so amazing b
