NNNNNNO!!!!!!

[FourFifty]

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
World Wrestling Entertainment’s symbolic Nexus T-shirt has been a huge flop in terms of sales.
According to a company source, Vince McMahon was ‘mortified’ when he was shown the latest merchandising report on Nexus shirts.


Really, Vince McMahon is upset at Nexus shirt sales? You take a group of people that the casual fans didn't know about until they were on NXT, team them up for no real reason after NXT ends, and then give them a lame shirt... and he is mortified at the sales of the shirt...



The shirt sucks anyways. It's just the letter N on the front, and they're not even cool heel.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, what does he expect? Nexus aren't exactly the "cool rebel outlaws" that the nWo was.

Plus, it is a giant yellow square with a black "N" on it.

[Mooияakeя™]

Fucking utilising the workers right would help Vince. You fucking ass clown.

[CSL]

These forums make me want to punch myself until my head goes numb sometimes.

[Mooияakeя™]

These forums make me want to punch myself until my head goes numb sometimes.

New avatar for you.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q317/nina_rram/SelfPunch.gif

[Destro 2.0]

Honestly Nexus has wore out its welcome it should have been disbanded after summerslam. I thought they wouldn't have made without Danielson but some how Barrett kept the group of jobbers together.

[XL]

Looks like "CENA WINS" at HiaC.

[Xero]

Looks like "CENA WINS" at HiaC.

Or maybe he loses.

Think about it. This report comes out just days after their biggest merch mover is put into a position where he may have to support the smallest merch movers.

Clearly, he loses then comes out decked out in N gear for a few weeks. Sales will be through the roof.

Maybe this was their plan all along. I mean, who besides Nexus and Cena even wear armbands that are sold?

[erickman]

yeah and the shirt sucked anyway all it was a big n

[Innovator]

You know Cena will have a purple N shirt

[Jimmy Cones]

Last Indy show I was at there were exactly 2 WWE shirts that I saw, both Nexus.

[Savio]

No shit its a fucking yellow square with a catch phrase on the back that Barret said once on the lowest rated TV show WWE airs.

[Xero]

yeah and the shirt sucked anyway all it was a big n

I'm sorry, but how does this matter?

The nWo shirt was essentially just a few letters and it was one of the biggest selling shirts in wrestling history.

Also, the Austin 3:16 shirt. Yeah, it had a skull on the back, but still, the main selling point of it was one word and a few numbers.

Simplicity over complexity. If Nexus was over huge this exact shirt design would sell like hot shit.

[Xero]

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[Savio]

I'm sorry, but how does this matter?

The nWo shirt was essentially just a few letters and it was one of the biggest selling shirts in wrestling history.

Also, the Austin 3:16 shirt. Yeah, it had a skull on the back, but still, the main selling point of it was one word and a few numbers.

Simplicity over complexity. If Nexus was over huge this exact shirt design would sell like hot shit.
Its not the fact of the letters but that it is a square.

[Xero]

It's a logo. It looks good. It's not fancy, but it more than gets the job done.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sandman3g/NIKE_Swoosh.gif

This is a skewed check mark. Would you call it bad?

[dhellova guy]

I actually like the design of the shirt.

Shouldnt Vince, if his cup were half-full, be thinking "wow, these guys are so over as heals, fans wont even wear their stuff! I'm so smart!"

I mean, thats what I would be saying, but then, I have a bit of an ego.

[Xero]

I actually like the design of the shirt.

Shouldnt Vince, if his cup were half-full, be thinking "wow, these guys are so over as heals, fans wont even wear their stuff! I'm so smart!"

I mean, thats what I would be saying, but then, I have a bit of an ego.

I have to assume that Vince built them up in his mind as the second coming of the nWo.

And with the original Cena attack, he wouldn't have been far off. But thinking it after the attack is what makes him insane.

[VSG]

Nooooo (http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/)

[Furious Beardsley]

Last Indy show I was at there were exactly 2 WWE shirts that I saw, both Nexus.

I only saw 1 Nexus shirt across from us. The black guy in front of us that smelled like a toilet was wearing a shirt from NOC.

[Savio]

It's a logo. It looks good. It's not fancy, but it more than gets the job done.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sandman3g/NIKE_Swoosh.gif

This is a skewed check mark. Would you call it bad?
A skewed check mark looks better than a square.

[BizarroKing]

Maybe people thought the N stood for something else?

[Lock Jaw]

Nooooo (http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/)

I see your noooooo and raise you one:

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[VSG]

LOL! I remember that movie. Also, not sure why Youtube recommends I watch reactions to "2 guys, 1 horse" after watching that video above.

[Joe Kerr]

I heard Sesame street is going to be brought to you by the letter N soon and they are negotiating bulk shipments

[Juan]

lol

[erickman]

I'm sorry, but how does this matter?

The nWo shirt was essentially just a few letters and it was one of the biggest selling shirts in wrestling history.

Also, the Austin 3:16 shirt. Yeah, it had a skull on the back, but still, the main selling point of it was one word and a few numbers.

Simplicity over complexity. If Nexus was over huge this exact shirt design would sell like hot shit.

yeah an we still see a bunch of nwo shirts at westling shows and raw and impact shows. turner made a killing with that shirt in the 90's, an for people to still wear it 15 years latter. i was thinking of getting that shirt back in the day, but i allways hated hogan.

[Fox]

I'm sorry, but this:

http://oi30.tinypic.com/f0pvfn.jpg

Is not an attractive shirt. It looks like a warning sign you'd see on the side of the street. It's got a big "N" on it. WTF. The first time I saw them come out together I thought it was a fucking joke.

http://www.wrestlingvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/7860/7860.jpg

"NNNNNNN." Come the fuck on. It LOOKS stupid. Compare those to these:

http://araspro.com/images/nwo_double.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JVHfOKaeUiY/SyMA7DkfMAI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/y7PqKwMcRFo/s400/nwo.jpg

It looks like a gang spray painting: there's a reason for the design of the shirt. It was and still is pretty cool. Anybody who put on the shirt instantly gained more credibility simply by doing so. It meant something. The D-Generation X shirts accomplished the same thing.

http://www.wrestlecrap.com/rwtb/dx.jpg

The Nexus shirts are just fucking ugly. If they were half as cool as the nWo, DX, or even some of the other current Superstars' shirt designs, they'd be selling like fucking murder based on how they've been pushing the Nexus.

[MoFo]

Teh shirt isnt that bad, its just Nexus arent cool heels that can shill a million shirts anyway. You are comparing a group of first yr rookies to to the biggest stars of the business in Hogan, Nash and Hall, it isnt a fair way of gauging success.

[Juan]

So another "Attitude era is better than the current era" thread? great

[MoFo]

Wat

[Destro 2.0]

I blame this on Otunga he should have never been on I love New York.

[The Pope]

I loved those NWO shirts!

[The Pope]

A veteran wrestler's invasion is more believable than rookies invading.
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[Fox]

So another "Attitude era is better than the current era" thread? great

That can't seriously be what you got from what I said. It's a design problem. It has nothing to do with the Nexus storyline as a whole; I'm talking about the conception and execution of the Nexus logo, which is fucking ugly as fuck.

[The Pope]

I think HHH's kid desinged the shirt.

[MoFo]

Shut up Dr Perfect.

[The Pope]

Shut up Dr Perfect.

:rofl:

[The Pope]

Mother Fucker! I will tell everyone your secret if you don't respect your father.

[dhellova guy]

What do you get when Owen Hart leaves the Nation and joins the NWO?

The Nexus shirt.

Anyone who doesnt get that, look at Owens attire during his stint in the Nation.

I still like the shirt though.

[Next Big Thing]

It probably didn't help sales when WWE had them lose collectively at SummerSlam.

[Stickman]

It's probably because they are heels that nobody cares about and wtf is NXT?

[Damian Rey]

It's probably because they are heels that nobody cares about and wtf is NXT?

Not to mention when you're targeting the same demographic as Disney and Nickolodeon, you're top heels aren't going to be too great of merch movers. I mean, if you were a 5-12 year old mark, and some group of rookie nobodies made it their business to beat down your hero John Cena and cost him matches every chance they got, would you ask mommy and daddy to buy you their shirt? I'm going to go out on a limb and say no.

[Kane Knight]

It probably didn't help sales when WWE had them lose collectively at SummerSlam.

I don't think it matters much. they're not stylish heels and they're not anti-heroes.

Plus, even the DX and NWO T-Shirts looked like they had some thought put behind them. The Nexus shirt looks like something Xero would whip up in paint.

[VSG]

There is a video on youtube of a fat nerd whipping it up on photoshop. He chose Photoshop over Paint just because he was also a geek.

[VSG]

Found a "better" video. I sure hope that's not a fake accent on that kid:

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All those reasons are the same, you idiot.

[DInsaneOne]

the shirt itself is not that bad, but nexus as a group has not appealed to the masses.

other than barrett and to a lesser extent gabriel, who else in nexus has gotten enough screen time so the crowd can identify them.....running in and beating up cena and whoever will not make individuals stand out.

vince thought nexus would generate a certain amount of buzz...which it did....then they fucked it up.

maybe they should start handing out t-shirts in the crowd or something

[FourFifty]

I'm through with talking about The No One Gives A Damn <strike>8, I mean 7</strike> 6. Let's derail this thread.

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, have some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo

[Juan]

Stop that

[Droford]

I dare say that TNA at least got EV 2.0's shirt right even if the whole damn angle is a huge pile of crap.


http://shoptna.com/images/products/detail/.jpg

[FourFifty]

I dare say that TNA at least got EV 2.0's shirt right even if the whole damn angle is a huge pile of crap.


http://shoptna.com/images/products/detail/.jpg

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::nono:

[Tom Guycott]

So, from the evidence gathered on this thread, if the Nexus shirts were black & white they would widely be considered cool and "wathefukisVince's problem?", but because the logo is bright caution tape yellow, it isn't. Evidence? The EV2, nWo, Austin 3:16, and original D-X shirts are all black and white, and they are pointed to as examples of "doing it right".

[Joe Kerr]

Original D-x shirts were bad ass...first wrestling shirt i ever got. My school wouldnt let me wear it because it said S*ck It... i said it was sock it, they didnt beleive me.:(

[Mr. Nerfect]

So, from the evidence gathered on this thread, if the Nexus shirts were black & white they would widely be considered cool and "wathefukisVince's problem?", but because the logo is bright caution tape yellow, it isn't. Evidence? The EV2, nWo, Austin 3:16, and original D-X shirts are all black and white, and they are pointed to as examples of "doing it right".

Not necessarily. They could keep the black and yellow scheme and still making something cool. The logo seems like something anyone could create on paint, as many have already said. They should release a second one and give it a go.

I remember seeing the Nexus shirt on WWE's top selling products early on into its release. It must have really dropped down or something.

[jskinnyg]

Or maybe he loses.

Think about it. This report comes out just days after their biggest merch mover is put into a position where he may have to support the smallest merch movers.

Clearly, he loses then comes out decked out in N gear for a few weeks. Sales will be through the roof.

Maybe this was their plan all along. I mean, who besides Nexus and Cena even wear armbands that are sold?

Or maybe he loses and the shirts become neon Pink with a giant Blue "N" and all Cena fans buy them...

[wwe2222]

So, from the evidence gathered on this thread, if the Nexus shirts were black & white they would widely be considered cool and "wathefukisVince's problem?", but because the logo is bright caution tape yellow, it isn't. Evidence? The EV2, nWo, Austin 3:16, and original D-X shirts are all black and white, and they are pointed to as examples of "doing it right".

yup. thats exactly what everyone is saying.

This guy nailed it right on the head.

[James Steele]

http://www.gifsoup.com/view4/1129356/ric-flair-o.gif

[Destro 2.0]

I can't wait till Nexus dies and Barrett can quit getting dragged down by all those Jobbers.

[BigDaddyCool]

Found a "better" video. I sure hope that's not a fake accent on that kid:

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All those reasons are the same, you idiot.
His accent is awful and he needs to was his greasy smelly hair. He is going to be a virgin for life.

[specialk]

all the thread derailing aside, anyone else see this as a reason to slow turn cena heel? randy orton has been slow turned face as a badass, and now cena might be forced to be part of nexus. anyone see the silver lining there?

cena is "forced" to start wearing the nexus shirt against his will, orton gains popularity as a face, and slowly cena starts doing worse and worse things, at the nexus command of course. at first. slowly cena starts enjoying what he accomplishes (maybe tag gold with barrett or some shit like that to prove that cena is working for them) only for it to blow up into cena booting barrett from nexus when they start arguing over who gets to unify the titles when it comes around. easy to let barrett get booted when nexus knows what cena has been capable of in the past. suddenly cena is the leader of the heel stable that's destined to be known for unifying the WHC and WWE belts.

i can keep going with how it could be booked, but there's no sense in that at this point. it would just be a great way, IMO, to turn cena heel finally, sell the damn nexus shirts, and make an interesting feud.

[FourFifty]

all the thread derailing aside, anyone else see this as a reason to slow turn cena heel?

Stopped reading, think I have eye cancer after reading that. You're a fucking idiot. John Cena can adopt a cereal rapist gimmick and every sheep that WWE targets will baaah him in praise.

[owenbrown]

http://www.gifsoup.com/view4/1129356/ric-flair-o.gif

Ric Flair: NSFW since 1995

[Kane Knight]

I dare say that TNA at least got EV 2.0's shirt right even if the whole damn angle is a huge pile of crap.


http://shoptna.com/images/products/detail/.jpg

It's exactly the same! Even though it's more than just a block letter inside a coloured square.

[MoFo]

lol TNA merchandise.

[The Pope]

Because it's not a yellow square?