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Barrett really should have won the WWE Title in 2010 and main evented WrestleMania 27 against Cena in my opinion. Yes he was still relatively green but it's not like they were averse to having someone outside of the old guard main eventing the show (The Miz) and a brilliantly booked story with Cena would have felt like a worthwhile payoff to the Nexus storyline. Nexus simply "firing" Cena right after Survivor Series only for him to show up every week and vanquish Barrett within a month was just terrible. AND they could have still had Cena interact with The Rock to build up the once, err, twice in a lifetime match the next night on Raw. Could even have had The Miz cash in that night too if they wanted to still go with him getting a title run and a Cena program in the interim.
Anyway, Barrett was still salvageable even after the Nexus debacle but unfortunately his body just kept betraying him anytime it seemed they were going to go somewhere with him. And eventually WWE just gave up and saddled him in with the perennial midcard brigade. I can't blame him for looking for a new challenge if he does indeed leave.
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