10 Totally Wasted Wrestling Factions
2. The Nexus
When the Nexus made their debut at the climax of the June 7 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw, it felt like something truly special was happening. The seven men stormed the ring, destroying John Cena and the entire ringside area in the process. It felt like a genuine takeover, a group of hungry guys who were taking the spotlight whether we liked it or not.
The group would continue their surprise attacks over the coming weeks, and it seemed as though WWE was getting everything right in order to get all six men (Daniel Bryan was released soon after the debut) over as legitimate players, none more so than the leader of the group, NXT Season One winner Wade Barrett.
Enter John Cena.
We all know what happened next, as Cena proceeded to get his LOL CENA WINS grubby paws all over what was a thrilling story up to that point. Cena's team defeated Nexus at SummerSlam, and it was all downhill from there. Even victories for Barrett's team didn't see any gains, as Cena emasculated the group one by one by one. Any and all credibility they had was gone, buried under the 23 chairs that Barrett found himself under after losing to Cena at WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2010.
The Nexus would painfully crawl on for six more months under the leadership of CM Punk before put of its misery when their new leader gave his legendary pipe bomb promo and embarked on WWE's Summer of Punk.