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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 22, 2011 19:34:47 GMT -5
Cena demolished them pretty badly, and then CM Punk completely killed it when he usurped Barrett. There is no Nexus without Wade Barrett.
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Post by Handsome Halfbreed on Jun 22, 2011 19:44:17 GMT -5
Nexus definitely had the potential to be massive. What I think it really came down to is that the office didn't feel that way. So instead of trying to establish them as top stars they were made into John Cena jobber fodder. I feel that the majority of the IWC felt Nexus should of been the next big mega stable, but to the writers... from day one the group may have been booked to be just another Spirit Squad.
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Jun 22, 2011 19:51:49 GMT -5
Nexus definitely had the potential to be massive. What I think it really came down to is that the office didn't feel that way. So instead of trying to establish them as top stars they were made into John Cena jobber fodder. I feel that the majority of the IWC felt Nexus should of been the next big mega stable, but to the writers... from day one the group may have been booked to be just another Spirit Squad. I think they had bigger plans for Nexus, but firing one guy right off the bat and a couple others getting injured changed things. What we got was plan C or D, who knows what was supposed to happen?
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jun 22, 2011 19:55:21 GMT -5
Skip Sheffield was the game changer in that group, and without him, they floundered.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2011 19:55:22 GMT -5
What made them look weak was between all of them they only SOMETIMES might be able to actually accomplish anything.
Regardless of who was leading
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jun 22, 2011 20:18:01 GMT -5
I think what killed them was lack of direction. They were a hungry young group who wanted to make an impact. Yet when they were given contracts, they didnt do anything. They could have had separate feuds, could have gone after all of the titles, but they didn't. They just stood there with no pants, like Legacy did before them.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jun 22, 2011 22:17:32 GMT -5
I think what killed them was lack of direction. They were a hungry young group who wanted to make an impact. Yet when they were given contracts, they didnt do anything. They could have had separate feuds, could have gone after all of the titles, but they didn't. They just stood there with no pants, like Legacy did before them. This. Nexus needed to be making concentrated grabs at the World, US, and Tag titles. The GM needed to be putting them through contendership matches for all of them. They needed to be a stable, not just backup for a single main eventer.
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Post by joebob27 on Jun 22, 2011 22:23:00 GMT -5
What really buried Nexus was that bucktoothed doofus who somehow gets a say in wrestling matters even though he doesn't like wrestling, and knows jackshit about it.
I hope on Trips first show in charge, he eats a sledgehammer shot. A real one.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jun 22, 2011 22:34:12 GMT -5
The loss at Summerslam definitely hurt them as it stripped the group of it's aura. People knew if that the Nexus was beatable when they didn't have the numbers advantage. But it was still a force to be reckoned with.
What killed it was events after they fired Cena. Cena was running roughshod through the Nexus with no retaliation. The group that was threatening the Raw locker room months ago was now running scared from one man. Cena effectively bullied the Nexus into getting reinstated. I couldn't take them seriously after that.
As for Punk, I consider that Nexus just another version of the SES. And the Corre was never big enough to threaten Smackdown as the Nexus did to Raw.
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Post by potpie on Jun 22, 2011 23:40:20 GMT -5
The one thing that irked me most about Nexus was the Nexus v Corre RR spot. That was awesome. You could feel the crowd anticipating that s*** was about to go down. So what was wrong with Corre being a face stable, or the "lesser of two evils"? Logically, if I was Wade, and someone usurped the one idea that was all mine and everything I stood for, I'd be pissed. And....on (New) Nexus side, why would you let go two members who punked out (hehehe) so easily? If N.N. whooped Slabriel, that would give Barrett some incentive to eliminate his own creation. That way, you could have set up Nexus v Corre cross-brand feud leading up Mania or something, burned out both groups, then everyone would have been on their merry way.
I suppose they thought this: "well, Wade's a good heel...but we got these guys who are useless, and Punk isn't doing anything, so how about we send half of Nexus to SD as their own entity! It'll totally work!". True, Wade is a good heel, but it hurt him and the other two being thrown into another stable for NO REASON.
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Post by "Dashing" Dr.VonPhoenix on Jun 23, 2011 3:49:41 GMT -5
I wholeheartedly agree with Citizen Zero here. Punk drove Nexus into nothingness (and Otunga didn't help). Nexus has also marginalized Punk. They're bad for each other. This was a rotten idea. It should have all ended months ago.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 23, 2011 4:49:29 GMT -5
I wholeheartedly agree with Citizen Zero here. Punk drove Nexus into nothingness (and Otunga didn't help). Nexus has also marginalized Punk. They're bad for each other. This was a rotten idea. It should have all ended months ago. Punk should have dropped the whole Nexus thing after Mania and McGillicutty, Otunga, and Ryan should have just been called back to developmental for repackaging. The New Nexus don't even do anything for Punk anymore because they are "banned from ringside" in every match he has. If Punk removed the shirt and armband, I would forget that he was in the group.
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Post by machomuta on Jun 23, 2011 5:05:09 GMT -5
Randy Orton buried The Nexus. Nexus was already buried before they feuded with Orton. You cant bury something that was already buried.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 23, 2011 5:10:38 GMT -5
What really buried Nexus was that bucktoothed doofus who somehow gets a say in wrestling matters even though he doesn't like wrestling, and knows jacks*** about it. I hope on Trips first show in charge, he eats a sledgehammer shot. A real one. Who are you even talking about?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 23, 2011 5:20:28 GMT -5
What really buried Nexus was that bucktoothed doofus who somehow gets a say in wrestling matters even though he doesn't like wrestling, and knows jacks*** about it. I hope on Trips first show in charge, he eats a sledgehammer shot. A real one. Who are you even talking about? Kevin Dunn, I presume.
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Post by CJ on Jun 23, 2011 5:50:28 GMT -5
Randy Orton buried The Nexus. Nexus was already buried before they feuded with Orton. You cant bury something that was already buried. They were looking quite good, before Orton punted them all. When Punk took over, things were looking to change, but post Elimination Chamber....it went south
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 23, 2011 6:39:57 GMT -5
It was a shame they got rid of the “we are one” aspect of their group, I still think kicking Darren Young and then the injured members was a mistake, how hard would it have been to say something like “lets do this for Sheffield”.
Plus they should have been unbeatable as a group but vulnerable individually.
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Post by Tony Stark on Jun 23, 2011 6:58:41 GMT -5
It's a shame. Like others have said, they should have built up a Corre vs Nexus feud for Mania. It could have led into an 8 man tag at Mania.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jun 23, 2011 7:23:52 GMT -5
It's a shame. Like others have said, they should have built up a Corre vs Nexus feud for Mania. It could have led into an 8 man tag at Mania. The problem there was that Punk was already facing Orton and the Corre was so far ahead of the rest of the Nexus that there wouldn't be much interest in the match.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2011 9:00:20 GMT -5
It's a shame. Like others have said, they should have built up a Corre vs Nexus feud for Mania. It could have led into an 8 man tag at Mania. The problem there was that Punk was already facing Orton and the Corre was so far ahead of the rest of the Nexus that there wouldn't be much interest in the match. If the Corre were given a 5th member (say, Daniel Bryan heel turn for example), then you could have had the 8 man tag match and Punk - Barrett: Losers disband or something like that. Of course, the problem with this being David Otunga getting a Wrestlemania match :/
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