5 Huge WWE debuts that ended up disappointing

#3 The Nexus

The Nexus started strong in 2010, but very little came of the group

Possibly the biggest missed opportunity in WWE, The Nexus are a shining example of what can happen when a certain Chaingang leader has too much power.

Debuting in the first season of the original NXT, the band of Superstars competed for a future WWE contract, in a series of matches, that whilst entertaining, couldn’t make up for the embarrassing reality show challenges each one faced.

After Wade Barrett was crowned the victor, the company rightly decided that the Englishman could do with some help, with the future King of the Ring being joined by his NXT cohorts when they invaded RAW in June 2010.

In one of the most shocking moment’s in RAW history, it looked like a bomb had exploded, as the team of rookies destroyed everything and everyone in their path, from John Cena to Justin Roberts.

With a pack-of-wolves mentality, it seemed nothing could stop the team, not even a dream team led by John Cena, of some of WWE’s biggest stars, who would face the Nexus at Summerslam.

At SummerSlam though, everything changed, as team WWE defeated The Nexus, with Cena eliminating the two final members of the heel group within seconds of each other.

Try as they did, The Nexus never recovered from this loss, as fans quickly realised that the new Superstars were no-match to Big Match John, despite Cena briefly being forced to work for them.

In interviews since, Cena has even admitted that it was his decision to change the finish to the match, as the original plan was for the rookies to assert their dominance by vanquishing the Superstars.

The 16-time World Champion has said since he deeply regrets changing the finish, and whilst it’s nice that he can admit when he’s wrong, it still doesn’t undo the damage that this did to the careers of The Nexus, and especially Wade Barrett.