5 Worst wrestling matches Of 2010

#3 Team WWE vs. The Nexus - SummerSlam 2010

This is a perfect example of an ‘all-or-nothing’ match. The Nexus NEEDED to win this match. Not only was it the logical conclusion for the storyline at the time, but all of them would become bona fide stars if they scored such an important victory.

Instead, John Cena had the bright idea to perform his trademark ‘superman comeback’, which was horrible in execution. After being DDT’ed onto the concrete floor, Cena completely no-sold the move and eliminated the last two Nexus members left, emerging victorious for his team.

Because apparently, putting a smile on peoples’ faces no matter what is more important than completing the story logically and creating new stars.

In doing this, Cena basically killed the Nexus stars as a collective entity and preserved the status quo on RAW. Years later, Cena would admit to Edge & Jericho that he did, in fact, make the wrong decision, but the damage was done.

In the years that followed, all seven Nexus members disappeared from WWE competition one by one, with only Skip Sheffield ever getting a WWE title shot, and that was after being repackaged into Ryback and completely shedding his Nexus baggage.

Because of its consequences, both short-term and long-term, this match deserves an appearance on this list.