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#1 Nexus didn't think they would lose to John Cena at WWE SummerSlam
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Nexus made a big debut in WWE in 2010 with Wade Barrett as its leader. Barrett led several NXT Superstars onto the main roster and demanded that each member should receive a WWE contract.
The faction got into a huge rivalry against John Cena, and Barrett was sure that the faction would go over WWE’s top star at SummerSlam 2010. The faction went into the event knowing that they were booked to defeat Cena's team, but the plans were later changed.
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During an interview with Inside the Ropes, Barrett revealed what went down at SummerSlam.
“We come back down later on and get pulled to one side and Arn Anderson says, ‘hey guys here’s the finish it’s gonna be you eliminating him he’s gonna eliminate this guy, he’s gonna eliminate this one.’ It’s kinda like dominos are falling, and we finally get down to the final three which is myself and Justin Gabriel and on one side against John Cena. And then they say Cena’s gonna beat you both and go over. At which point I kinda thought he was joking just to gauge our reaction.”
“Now I realize he’s not joking John’s going over. We bring up, ‘why’s John going over? We really need to win this match.’ And Arn puts his hands up and says, ‘nothing to do with me, you’ve got to go speak to Vince about this.'”
Slowly, all the members of Nexus were released by the company. Barrett was released by WWE in 2016 and made the confession regarding the onscreen booking of Nexus almost a year later.
Since Cena has been one of WWE’s top Superstars for decades and was on the highest level in 2010, it comes as no surprise that WWE decided to lay Nexus down for Cena to pick up the victory.
