three years ago, on June 7, 2010, while John Cena and CM Punk faced off in the main event of Monday Night Raw, the winner of the first season of NXT, Wade Barrett, appeared unexpectedly accompanied by other rookies the show to completely destroy the stage and give one of the most memorable moments in recent WWE history.
The emergence of this group was surrounded by controversy from the start, mainly due to the violence with which they made their debut, and which cost him Daniel Bryan his contract with the company, being fired after several parent associations complained to WWE for showing Bryan choking Justin Roberts on television. However, Bryan returned at SummerSlam that year to deal with The Nexus as part of Team WWE with John Cena, Edge, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, R-Truth and John Morrison.
Despite being defeated at SummerSlam The Nexus continued to dominate the company with its leader, Wade Barrett, looking to get the WWE Championship, which in late 2010 was in the hands of Randy Orton and John Cena rivaling also , who at one point was forced to join the group, before being fired from the company briefly as otherwise agreed Barrett helped get the world title.
After losing to Cena Barrett TLC 2010 the group lost its power until the lead was taken by CM Punk, who formed The New Nexus as Barrett went with Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel Smackdown to form The Corre .
Of the 8 original members of The Nexus, seven are still under contract with the company while Michael Tarver was fired in June 2011. Wade Barrett currently holds the Intercontinental Championship for the third time, Skip Sheffield as Ryback re-debuted after straining and is currently the # 1 Contender for the WWE Championship, Daniel Bryan is the only original member to get a world championship and has also been pairs champion and the United States, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel managed to achieve the pairs championships 3 times before breaking, Darren Young and later returned to NXT to Titus O’Neil teamed up to form The Prime Time Players and finally David Otunga had a prominent role as legal advisor to John Laurinaitis in 2012, also starring in a movie for WWE Studios.
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