Good Feuds/Storylines That Fell Off A Cliff

[XL]

Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon This one is an old problem WWE has. It is the curse of the Summer storyline. Before other networks started blowing up with Summer Series the WWE was one of the only new televised series with stories. They always seemed to try to have a big storyline when all other shows were in Summer recess. They would usually go with big intentions only to watch it all blow up in their faces for whatever reasons. The Invasion was one of those horrible storylines, Who Blew Up Mr. McMahon in the Limo, Kane's mystery bag. The only successful Summer Storyline have always been the Summers of Punk. The biggest one of these would be the Nexus. The storyline started with a great moment with the former NXT Winner Wade Barrett led a his former opponents down to the ring to destroy John Cena, CM Punk and everybody else including “Mr. King!” The story was that they were upset that the former NXT show was nothing but a humiliation and they had enough. Daniel Bryan spit on John Cena and got into more trouble by choking former WWE announcer Justin Roberts with a tie. Sadly this meant the end of Daniel Bryan’s involvement with the storyline which seriously undercut it’s potiental. Daniel was also sadly fired because of Mattel or something. The Nexus would continue on but the problems kept coming. They attacked superstars and legends alike. Ricky the Dragon Steamboat had a small callback after WrestleMania and had a mini feud with Chris Jericho after. Steamboat would then be attacked by the Nexus and he would suffer a brain aneurism later that night. The Nexus suffered major injuries too with Skip Sheffield had to skip off to feed himself more hospital food with a serious ankle injury. The feud had its biggest hurdle at Summerslam 2010. The Nexus was defeated by Team WWE in a 5 on 5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match at Summerslam. Yep, bad timing indeed. Nexus would lose that match because John Cena wanted to single handedly eliminate the final two Nexus Members Gabriel and Barrett against the advice of legends Jericho and Edge. This is what got me out of the story almost entirely. Probably was the same for everybody else because of how it all changed up after this match. The story continued but they dropped off. The story just became about Wade Barrett trying and then failing to become WWE Champion. The “We Are One” story about it being about the collective was dropped quickly and it all became about Barrett which is the final death nail of the original Nexus. Wade would fail to get the title in two matches and then would be literally buried under many ladders at TLC 2010 against Cena. This legacy of failure was later resolved and fixed with the Shield. The Shield (Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns) would win their first major victory against Ryback, Kane and Daniel Bryan at TLC in 2012. They would have an almost undefeated streak in six man tag team matches for about a year and a half. They dominance was nessisary because the Nexus proved new groups have to win at least at first to establish themselves. The Nexus was an idea to get younger talent over but The Shield was the ultimate example where they got every member involved over and into WWE Championship gold.

Think you'll find it was 7 v 7 in that SummerSlam match. Also, you'll have meant "death knell" or "final nail in the coffin", not "death nail". And it was chairs that Barrett was buried under at TLC, not ladders.

#NeedlesslyCorrecting

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Originally Posted by XL Think you'll find it was 7 v 7 in that SummerSlam match. Also, you'll have meant "death knell" or "final nail in the coffin", not "death nail". And it was chairs that Barrett was buried under at TLC, not ladders. #NeedlesslyCorrecting

Thanks. I quickly threw it together. Edited out the errors.