TPWW Forums - Cena vs. Barrett

My gut feeling, as Vito and many others have said, is that this is the end of Nexus. I don't think they want to destroy these guys' credibility, entirely; but I think the experiment is sort of over. Cena beat three of them in a row on RAW. Granted, his win over Slater came out of nowhere, he rolled up Otunga, etc. But I do think that these guys are going to be used elsewhere on the show. It's a shame, because I would have liked to have seen more of them get introduced into the main event scene via this angle.

Justin Gabriel was doing fine, but Heath Slater is someone that I think could have been turned into more of a star through this. They could have played up the way he had either falls or wins over Chris Jericho, Edge, Bret Hart, Sheamus, John Cena and Randy Orton. Put him into a competitive WWE Title match where he loses cleanly, but shows that he can hang in there. Otunga and Tarver are not ready, to be fair, so it's really only the momentum of Barrett, Gabriel & Slater I am worried about. Tarver and Otunga would have no doubt gotten better in the position, though.

If I were booking, I'd go with Wade Barrett winning cleanly. Since Darren Young's "face turn" hasn't really played out, I would have him cost Cena the match after a stipulation is added by the RAW General Manager -- "If anyone from Nexus interferes, Wade Barrett is immediately disqualified." Young, not being a member of Nexus, re-aligns with the group, and damns Cena to it.