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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz
I feel like the Nexus was the biggest "Jumping the Shark" moment for me in recent history. My interest in general just dropped like a stone by the time that whole debacle of a storyline had finished.
They took one of the most unique, hottest angles they've ever done and then just whiffed on the execution. Most people point to SummerSlam as the point that the angle lost all credibility (and by most accounts - including Cena himself, the Nexus should have gone over). But even in spite of that they still had numerous opportunities to salvage the storyline and botched it on each occasion.
There is no reason whatsoever that Wade Barrett vs. John Cena in a Title vs. Career match could not have ended up being the main event of WrestleMania 27. The outcome may be obvious as all hell, but who cares? It would have been the logical ending after months of a well-built story where Cena has had to act against his will serving Nexus for months. AND if they were dead set on doing Rock/Cena at WM28, you can still quite easily plant those seeds the next night on Raw.
But at least in this scenario you'd have wound up with Barrett as a legitimate, credible main eventer. Instead not a single member of Nexus got anywhere as a result of being in the group, which means it was a fucking waste.
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I think the mistake they made with that angle was targeting Cena. None of those guys were ready to headline, but they were thrusted in a main event angle because it was against Cena. I think it would have been more effective as an upper mid card angle and let the guys develop from there.
If you compare that to The Shield, which was essentially the same idea (a group of brand new guys), you can see how The Shield was slowly elevated to the main event and it was far more effective. Plus Nexus was such a cluster with like 8 guys or whatever. Nobody could really stand out. Should have been a 4 or 5 person group from jump.
That said, many of those Nexus guys are still around. So in the long run, they were not hurt by what happened with Cena.
The idea that Barrett was ready to take the ball with Cena at WM27 is utterly absurd. The guy isn't even ready to headline NOW and its 5 years later.