Looking Back #2 - The Nexus

**Rammsteinmad** · 12-25-2014, 01:26 PM

For the second edition of Looking Back, we go back to 2010 once again, for what is arguably one of the most memorable debuts/storylines of the year; the debut of the Nexus.

A faction that we all have opinions on, let's look back at the Nexus and discuss what we liked about them, what he hated, what we'd have done differently, did we get the breakout stars we expected, or were there a few surprises? What were some memorable moments and matches, and what are ones we'd rather forget?

For me, I loved them to begin with. I really liked the idea of all these rookies who were humiliated on NXT running rampage on the company. I feel a lot of the appeal of these renegade invaders was lost when they were "signed to contracts", but the earlier assaults, when they'd destroy anyone and anything were really exciting and kept everything on edge.

With injuries and people getting released etc, things died down quickly though, and with the second wave of NXT people joining I felt a lot of the Nexus' appeal was already lost, and as much as we love CM Punk, but the time he'd come around to joining I'd gone off them.

It's fun to look back on them now though, see where they're all at now and how their individual gimmicks and personas developed. Daniel Bryan has had an amazing last few years, and it's cool how Ryback has gone from a generic big guy to DA BIG GUY. I'm kinda disappointed with how Barrett's turned out. Obviously when your debut feud is with the #1 guy, there's nowhere to go but down the card, but he's really not gained any momentum since then. Mostly due to injuries. I'm still hopeful that Barrett and Ryback have title runs one day, and that Bryan can return and be back at that same level again.

Overall, the Nexus had the potential to be one of the greatest factions of all time, and like so much in WWE these days, after the first few weeks/months of the angle they really had no idea where to go or what to do.

12-25-2014, 01:26 PM	#1
Rammsteinmad TPWW's #3 Peep Posts: 20,903	Looking Back #2 - The Nexus For the second edition of Looking Back, we go back to 2010 once again, for what is arguably one of the most memorable debuts/storylines of the year; the debut of the Nexus. A faction that we all have opinions on, let's look back at the Nexus and discuss what we liked about them, what he hated, what we'd have done differently, did we get the breakout stars we expected, or were there a few surprises? What were some memorable moments and matches, and what are ones we'd rather forget? For me, I loved them to begin with. I really liked the idea of all these rookies who were humiliated on NXT running rampage on the company. I feel a lot of the appeal of these renegade invaders was lost when they were "signed to contracts", but the earlier assaults, when they'd destroy anyone and anything were really exciting and kept everything on edge. With injuries and people getting released etc, things died down quickly though, and with the second wave of NXT people joining I felt a lot of the Nexus' appeal was already lost, and as much as we love CM Punk, but the time he'd come around to joining I'd gone off them. It's fun to look back on them now though, see where they're all at now and how their individual gimmicks and personas developed. Daniel Bryan has had an amazing last few years, and it's cool how Ryback has gone from a generic big guy to DA BIG GUY. I'm kinda disappointed with how Barrett's turned out. Obviously when your debut feud is with the #1 guy, there's nowhere to go but down the card, but he's really not gained any momentum since then. Mostly due to injuries. I'm still hopeful that Barrett and Ryback have title runs one day, and that Bryan can return and be back at that same level again. Overall, the Nexus had the potential to be one of the greatest factions of all time, and like so much in WWE these days, after the first few weeks/months of the angle they really had no idea where to go or what to do.