10 Things WWE Regrets About SummerSlam
6. Dropping The Ball On The Nexus (SummerSlam 2010)
For a spell there, The Nexus was the hottest group in professional wrestling.
Seriously, go back and watch some of those TV episodes and PPVs. In 2010, the Wade Barrett-led faction was a white-hot heel act that was getting genuine heat from audiences across the globe.
The momentum of that group was brought to a crashing halt at SummerSlam 2010, though.
When Edge joined Chris Jericho on his podcast back in 2013, the pair pulled back the curtain and revealed how John Cena had used his pull to have the finish of the Team WWE vs. Team Nexus bout crafted to best suit himself.
After taking a DDT on the outside, Super Cena would strike back by barely selling the lethal move, before then quickly pinning Justin Gabriel and tapping out Barrett on his way to being the sole survivor of this seven-on-seven encounter.
And like that, the wind was taken out of Barrett and his Nexus pals as they'd been neutered by Big Match John.
From looking like a can't-miss future World Champion, Wade Barrett soon became cemented as a career midcarder before eventually leaving the company in 2017. As for the rest of the Team Nexus group of that SummerSlam 2010 night, the only one still wrestling for WWE is Heath Slater.
When it comes down to it, WWE has to regret having The Nexus - and in particular Wade Barrett - lose so convincingly.