10 Terrible WWE Storylines One Tweak Away From Excellence
3. The Nexus (2010)
John Cena knew very well how powerful The Nexus would be received as if they targeted him during their debut assault on WWE at large, and it's why thinking about how the rest of this story played out is all the more perplexing.
The concept and the wrestlers enacting it needed Cena's star power. They got it on night one and moved beyond him to several regulars and legends that are often lined up to be warm bodies for new evil heels or groups, but Cena remained at the heart of the matter, enforcing Wade Barrett's leadership and the group itself.
SummerSlam 2010 was a booking catastrophe waiting to happen - the seven had already been marginalised before that inaugural brawl - but christ alive they were in need of so much more than they ultimately received.
One Tweak: They win.
And not just at SummerSlam, but throughout the Autumn months too. Barrett beat Cena but the captive hostage stipulation somehow made things worse for him until the group were begging him to get 'The Champ' off their backs. When it came to Nexus, 'Big Match John' worked against us.