10 WWE Decisions That Enraged The IWC

4. John Cena Kills The Nexus

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As WWE’s franchise player for over a decade now, John Cena has stepped over plenty of upcoming superstars on his way to the top. From Damien Sandow to Bray Wyatt, countless wrestlers have fallen to the unstoppable Cena juggernaut over the years - but The Nexus might just be the most impressive tanking of all.

Cena fell victim to the group’s memorable debut in 2010, and soon became the face of WWE’s fight against the rampaging Nexus. With Wade Barrett’s crew surging, Cena was tasked with assembling a team of WWE-loyal wrestlers to face them at SummerSlam, where they’d presumably put the villains over, continuing one of the hottest angles WWE had produced in years.

Wrong.

Cena reportedly refused to lose, and fundamentally rewrote the match, mounting one of the most “LOLCENAWINS” moments of his career by almost single-handedly slaying The Nexus. Their momentum was broken, and their credibility shot to pieces, but the onslaught continued through John’s feud with Barrett in the aftermath, which concluded with a literal (chair-based) burial at TLC 2010.

Cena’s mauling of the group angered all who bore witness to it, and gave the IWC yet another reason to rage against the face of the company.

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