Gabriel's delay

[Tombi]

Was it a botch, or is it going somewhere?

On one hand, these communication mistakes do happen. But on the other, that was about a solid eight seconds of staring into space! You'd think Slater would give him a quick nudge or something. I also find it interesting how the WWE.com gallery made sure to have their one picture of the salute feature Justin in his aloof state.

Perhaps we could soon see him exiled from the group, or maybe Punk will just give him a stern talking to and that will be that. What do you think 'Crappers?

[Deleted]

In a shocking revelation, it turns out the reason Gabriel waits so long to do the 450 is he's blind.

[James McCloud IS John Godot]

Gabriel always pauses before delivering the 450 splash.

[Bub (BLM)]

Honestly, I hope it was intentional. I remember during the early Nexus beatdowns, he used to look hesitant before nailing the 450. Maybe they're going to send him down the road of turning face. Of all the members of Nexus, he is the most natural babyface of the bunch.

[nm]

I think the OP is talking about when they were all raising their fists in the air, but it took Gabriel about 20 seconds to do it.

[Deleted]

Dec 28, 2010 5:40:38 GMT -5 nm said:

I think the OP is talking about when they were all raising their fists in the air, but it took Gabriel about 20 seconds to do it.

Yeah, I know. I'm just saying the reason he didn't notice was due to being blind.

[buttersock]

I figured he was just acting guilty because he was so loyal to Barrett. Then he came to realization that Barrett's gone and its time to move on and accept Punk as his savior.

[Alex Shelley]

I hope they do SOMETHING with Gabriel to make him stand out as more than just a Nexus Grunt. There's so much they can do with him to add more dimension to the story. Have him feel regret, have him be continuously loyal to Barrett, have him get pissed off that they keep forcing him to use the 450 even though it clearly hurts him...

[nm]

Dec 28, 2010 5:42:47 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Dec 28, 2010 5:40:38 GMT -5 nm said:

I think the OP is talking about when they were all raising their fists in the air, but it took Gabriel about 20 seconds to do it.

Yeah, I know. I'm just saying the reason he didn't notice was due to being blind.

The reason why Cena thinks he lives an "alternative lifestyle" is because he's blind and couldn't see who he was making out with, and Cena saw. It was also the same "woman" that Mark Henry made love with in the Attitude Era.

[Allie Kitsune]

I like the idea of Gabriel being loyal to Barrett still. I'd really rather they not play the "Savior" angle with Punk again and just turn Nexus into SES 2.0 with the fist shirts and the shaved heads... I think it would be a mistake to strip Nexus of what little of a personality they do have, making them into identical bald drones.

Punk can be a part of Nexus without rehashing the waste of time that the SES was, and painting Gabriel as the new dissenting voice could be part of that. Maybe Justin even tries to band with Ex-Nexus members such as Darren Young or Skip Sheffield, and maybe they rejoin Wade, starting a 3-way feud between Punk's faction, Wade's faction, and Cena.

[FUNK_US/BRODUS]

I love the delay on the 450. Its perfect with the creepy eyes he gives to the camera.

[Deleted]

If intentional, it was a really great, subtle way to plant this seed for later on.

If not - I blame that fact that he's from South Africa and all our American money looks the same to him.

[Shy Guy]

Dec 28, 2010 8:27:36 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

I like the idea of Gabriel being loyal to Barrett still. I'd really rather they not play the "Savior" angle with Punk again and just turn Nexus into SES 2.0 with the fist shirts and the shaved heads... I think it would be a mistake to strip Nexus of what little of a personality they do have, making them into identical bald drones.

Punk can be a part of Nexus without rehashing the waste of time that the SES was, and painting Gabriel as the new dissenting voice could be part of that. Maybe Justin even tries to band with Ex-Nexus members such as Darren Young or Skip Sheffield, and maybe they rejoin Wade, starting a 3-way feud between Punk's faction, Wade's faction, and Cena.

i really like the idea of a faction war. wwe hasn't done one of those in ages.

AND ALL THE BLACK GUYS CAN TEAM UP AND MAKE A NEW NATION *smark mode off*

[iRabbit]

He was obviously gazing into Punks eyes duh? ;D

Punk does look better with that haircut of his now ..just saying

[DeathRay]

He was trying to look inside punk.

[i.Sarita.com]

Just a botch. He had the usual smug look on his face, not anything out of hesitation. I think he was just looking at Punk and didn't realize everyone else raised there arms like that.

[Beartato]

Gabriel is the Slowpoke of the Nexus. He just wished David Otunga a merry christmas earlier today.

[Big L]

He forgot

[potpie]

Dec 28, 2010 17:29:19 GMT -5 Beartato said:

Gabriel is the Slowpoke of the Nexus. He just wished David Otunga a merry christmas earlier today.

WIN.

I kinda wish they would have kept Slater/Gabriel as a tag team so they could both get some tv time with stumbling. They both look really uncomfortable on camera (Slater sounds like Goofy and Gabriel looks like he'd fight Cody Rhodes to the death for a compact mirror). They should have let them work together while finding a common gimmick. It's not like people take stock in that division anyway, so what would have been the harm?

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

You know, Serena would sometimes forget to do the SES salute.

I guess Punk stables have that one member who forgets what to do.