2010 brought one of the most innovative and potentially great angles in recent history to WWE. Young talent had a chance to go over huge and a new era of WWE seemed to be imminent. Then, John Cena happened. The Nexus debuted on the June 7th edition of Raw, interrupting a main event match between Cena and CM Punk. The Nexus totally laid waste to the entire Raw set, destroying the ring, announcers, and anyone else they could get their hands on. Daniel Bryan strangled Justin Roberts with his own necktie so severely that he was fired from the company due to the violence. The angle was so well-received that WWE actually had a buzz about its product for the first time in a long time. The Nexus seemed like the next coming of the New World Order and fans were excited to see what the future would bring. Nexus proceeded to viciously destroy members of the WWE roster and any legends they could find, including Ricky Steamboat and Vince McMahon. The gang mentality of the group made them seemingly invincible and a match was set for Summerslam 2010 pitting the Nexus against the team of John Cena, R-Truth, John Morrison, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, Edge, and a returning Daniel Bryan. Backstage, both Jericho and Edge told McMahon that the Nexus should go over huge. They were more than willing to lay down for the young guys and make new stars out of the heels. Jericho and Edge felt the victory could make the Nexus into huge heels and help give the WWE fresh matchups moving forward. Unfortunately for the fans, John Cena flexed his political power. Cena decided he didn't want to lose to the Nexus. Since Cena has the ear of McMahon, that's what happened. Cena took a DDT on the concrete floor, a perfect excuse to lose a match, but still manage to rally to defeat Wade Barrett and Justin Gabriel because Hustle, Loyalty, Respect and blah blah blah. The Nexus were never the same after that and now only Skip Sheffield (Ryback) appears on TV with any regularity.
