*MERGED* [OFFICIAL] The Nexus General Discussion thread

[supaman5279]

I cant even take skip sheffield seriously..i think he even has a lisp. justin gabriel is way over because of his 450 splash..kudos to him. i actually think he would make a good heel. his look is a little more dark since he looked more like a babyface kinda guy on NXT. i think they all have potential to at least stick around for a while. if anything heath slater looks like he could go somewhere. he was lookin good during the summerslam match so he good things might be comin. too bad cena mightve ruined it by calling him the wendys girl. who knows..owen hart had to deal with "nugget" chants, and he was greatness.

 

[Ytoojae]

Minus Sheffield and Barrett and I really find it difficult to hold much interest in any of the members of Nexus on an individual basis.

Sheffield is going to be huge. olliefpm is absolutely right. He stands out from the others. He has two established power moves that already look legit. When he gets a little more seasoning in the WWE he's going to be huge. He's exactly what the business needs going forward with Taker and Kane getting old (and nearing retirement) and with Batista having left.

Barrett's going to be a main event performer for a long time. He's the most polished of all of NXT season one save for Bryan and because of the opportunity he has been awarded he's well ahead of Bryan. Even if Bryan wins WWE gold (US Title) before Barrett tastes victory I predict bigger things for Wade over the long haul.

As far as the other members of Nexus... Gabriel is going to be a crowd favorite for a few years but I struggle to see the longevity in him that I see in Skip and Barrett. He also has a way of botching simple moves and doesn't look nearly as impressive as what you would expect. Sure, he's new and he has plenty of room for improvement but I just don't see as much as others.

Then you have Heath Slater. Originally, he was my favorite out of the NXT guys (aside from Bryan) but he's someone who I really can't see the improvement out of him. In fact, he's starting to disappoint me.

David Otunga can't wrestle. Perhaps over time that will change but I don't see it. He's the most natural talker, however and that gives him a leg up when it comes to success in the WWE. However, even Miz can put on solid matches. He could be the surprise packet. What separates Miz and other guys who aren't natural wrestlers is work ethic. Does Otunga have a work ethic comparable to Miz? If he doesn't then he has only one way to go. If he works hard enough at it then anything is possible.

Unless they have something planned for Darren Young, I find it difficult to believe that of all the NXT guys they've given up on him. It's a little disappointing, actually. I would like to see Black Cena succeed.

 

[The Con Volt]

As long as he stays away from the, "Yup yup yup! What it do?" bullshit, Skip is not only the most over, but has the best character. When he first came onto NXT, he ever so slightly reminded me of Stone cold, which was nice, but I couldn't stand the cornfed meathead crap. This more sinister, frightening character he's donning now is much, much better. That, paired with his above average powerhouse move set, makes him a future main eventer to me. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that he could be the most successful member of the nexus when the day is done.

 

[thekooljt]

Hey LSU_DT I respect what you are saying, but I still think Nexus should have won last at SS. To prove my point, just look at what happened on raw last night. Darren Young gets kicked out of the group. If they decide to have Darren Young by himself and/ or maybe team him with Bryan Daniels to fued against Nexus instead of the Raw Superstars, it slighty defeats the Nexus angle.

 

[Ferbian]

Glad to see it didn't have a big impact on Nexus last night with except of the loss of Darren Young, while I'm indifferent about him. I can say that the loss was warranted against John Cena of all people. He looked decent against him however.

The Nexus definitely looked strong last night, Wade did great representing his team. And even though the majority of the matches were ended through count-out it doesn't really make them that weak looking, considering they needed to remain with the team, as well as they put on stellar performances.

Nexus are now down to 6, I can't help but wonder if WWE will continue to do these kind of clean-ups in some manner with The Nexus. I guess it could be interesting to watch however. Time will show.

 

[Starchild]

I think it's a 3-headed monster so to speak in who's most over aside from Wade. Each have their own individual ways in which they are over.

First is David Otunga. Now he is clearly still green in the ring, but I've noticed improvements in the 6 months or so since we first saw him on NXT and I expect more. I do think he's probably best on the mic aside from Wade with the only other who may be better being Tarver. So give him more time and he'll develop.
Next you have the one that shocks me. Skip Sheffield I've never really liked. He has the look, but I hated his NXT character. He's much better as a heel, but still hasn't been doing it for me since the birth of the Nexus. That is until recently. He's solid in the ring and should be built as a monster who doesn't talk much similar to Batista in Evolution. His mic skills need work, but I think he actually has a bright future.
And the guy who's easily the best and most exciting wrestler is of course Justin Gabriel. I've been immensely impressed with him and Summerslam only furthered that. I was glad to see he made it to the final 2 of his team. Again mic skills need work, but he could also be like Bourne who almost never talks yet is over because he's exciting to watch. I cannot wait to see a feud between the masters of the SSP and 450, should be great.

 

[un1earn]

This is my first post and I apologize if it's been done already, but lately I have been so annoyed with everything going on.

Is it just me or is wwe really making their 'elete' look bad against a bunch of guys (granted they have potential) but how does a wwe vs nexus match end with John Cena being the only representative? (cause i don't really consider Danie Bryan)

Week after week WWE forces John Cena as our savior down our throats. Anyone else finding this annoying? John Cena beats Nexus to help WWE win, John Cena the only WWE superstar able to beat a Nexus superstar on raw. REALLY? They couldn't have Edge win a fight? They couldn't have Randy win? Don't mind my venting...I am just curious as to why wwe continues to shove John Cena down our throats when they really dont need to. Any wwe star is more than capable of getting the win for team wwe. You can even sense it in the fans at the arena...its just getting too much.

 

[JT2005]

This is my first post and I apologize if it's been done already, but lately I have been so annoyed with everything going on.

Is it just me or is wwe really making their 'elete' look bad against a bunch of guys (granted they have potential) but how does a wwe vs nexus match end with John Cena being the only representative? (cause i don't really consider Danie Bryan)

Week after week WWE forces John Cena as our savior down our throats. Anyone else finding this annoying? John Cena beats Nexus to help WWE win, John Cena the only WWE superstar able to beat a Nexus superstar on raw. REALLY? They couldn't have Edge win a fight? They couldn't have Randy win? Don't mind my venting...I am just curious as to why wwe continues to shove John Cena down our throats when they really dont need to. Any wwe star is more than capable of getting the win for team wwe. You can even sense it in the fans at the arena...its just getting too much.

I agree it is too much. one thing thats been bugging me is if Cena was going to be the sole survivor anyway, why did he beg and pray for this 'team' so bad? The main thing that Nexus was good for was knocking Cena down a few pegs and let somebody else get some spotlight. By the looks of it now though Cena will just be pushed down our throats some more for taking out one member of Nexus. my guess, at the end of it all Super Cena beats them all takes the WWE title again and we go another five years complaining about him

 

[A**hole]

if anything heath slater looks like he could go somewhere. he was lookin good during the summerslam match so he good things might be comin. too bad cena mightve ruined it by calling him the wendys girl. who knows..owen hart had to deal with "nugget" chants, and he was greatness.

I think they used it to give some easy heat. When he comes out there will be the "Wendys" chant just like the nugget for Owen.(the writers hope it takes off) It isn't the 1st time the gimmick has been re-used since then. Slater needs something to draw heat cos he has isn't really working as a heel, so it's either that or team him with Sheamus as the Red-Haired Stepsons of Vince's new wife.
Hornswaggle can be their keyfabe father to stay with the Irish heritage

Sheffield is the 1 that could make it to the top of the card other than Barrett but I think it's Gabriel that is the most over cos the marks like to see people getting some air and he is good selling the 450

 

[Scarefox]

well speaking about nexus i just watched raw today(i live in belguim and it's hard to get raw on tv becuz u need a satelite dish to get it).and i read these forums alot and all i hear is that there are only a few good people in nexus like skip,wade and gabriel. now what i saw just a few minutes ago is that eventhough darren young lost he was good in the ring what he needed to sell he did. so after this match to you people on the forum think that he showed us he can indeed be viable in WWE or is he just going to be another jobber to the likes of edge,jericho cena ect.....
btw this is my first post so don't start hating on me

 

[Dr.Done]

I believe that one of the major shake-ups in the WWE, is going to be season two of NXT joining the Nexus.

If you watched the first season of NXT, there's no possible way you could've seen an angle like the Nexus coming out of it. More than anything, it looked like a tool meant solely to tell us how great Wade Barrett was, and that the WWE picked up a celebrity hanger-on in David Otunga. Plus, there was this Justin Gabriel guy who looked like he'd make a pretty awesome mid-carder.

But with this group, you can literally see the heel greatness oozing out of them. In particular, I'm talking about Alex Riley, Joe Hennig (Mike McGuillicutty) and Husky Harris. I think if no one else joins, those three will make great Nexus additions.

However, I believe that the entire group will join all at once. (Hopefully this will exclude Titus O'Niel, because, really, he has no business at all being in a wrestling ring. Thus, he is excluded from this picture.)

 

[martymcfly]

At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if nexus continued to "weed out" the weak links and let them be replaced by those who stand out from season 2 of nxt. There's another thread, or maybe it's been merged with this one, about who the dream nexus would be and most posters include a few from both season 1 and season 2. Perhaps WWE creative agrees and we'll see some new inclusions and exclusions.

 

[thekooljt]

This is my first post and I apologize if it's been done already, but lately I have been so annoyed with everything going on.

Is it just me or is wwe really making their 'elete' look bad against a bunch of guys (granted they have potential) but how does a wwe vs nexus match end with John Cena being the only representative? (cause i don't really consider Danie Bryan)

Week after week WWE forces John Cena as our savior down our throats. Anyone else finding this annoying? John Cena beats Nexus to help WWE win, John Cena the only WWE superstar able to beat a Nexus superstar on raw. REALLY? They couldn't have Edge win a fight? They couldn't have Randy win? Don't mind my venting...I am just curious as to why wwe continues to shove John Cena down our throats when they really dont need to. Any wwe star is more than capable of getting the win for team wwe. You can even sense it in the fans at the arena...its just getting too much.

Its not that the WWE forces Cena down our throat, its just that there are not many wrestlers in the wwe that can go "over (superstar)" like John Cena. Think about it, if John Cena did turn heel at SummerSlam, other than Randy Orton, who would be the next superstar? Remeber, it was easy back in the day to sometimes for the WWE to turn Stone Cold heel because the WWE could always make The Rock a face (and vice versa) but both were TOP SUPERSTTARS. John Cena is now equivalent to The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in terms of Superstar status. They (WWE) needs to now concentrate on either elevating Randy Orton even more or really giving somebody else that "BIG PUSH".

 

[Unsold Bacon]

"Tyson Kidd was going for a springboard move but Skip [Sheffield] hit him with the Clothesline From Hell and got the three count for the win, but after the match (and the sound guy played the wrong theme for Nexus, that “Wild and Young” song), Sheffield was laid out in the ring. The referees and Otunga had to help him to the back and this was obviously not part of the show. I didn’t really catch what happened so maybe someone else who was there can clarify or follow-up with this."

Skip Sheffield's injury happened maybe a minute before his match ended. During that time he kept his weight off his ankle/foot. During the Barrett/Cena match, only Otunga did a run in. I'm assuming Skip was really injured.

 

[Morpheus101]

Damn, I hope Sheffield's injury isn't serious. Sheffield, Otunga and of course Barrett are the rising stars and have the most potential in World Wrestling Entertainment.

Nexus as a group needs to grow, rather than shrink. They cannot shrink themselves down to 4-5 men like Evolution, because they are not established stars. Maybe they need a couple of established WWE stars to join them, or enlist some help from NXT Season II.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Well I just read a report about Skip's Injury and it's not good according to the report Skip has a broken bone in his leg and it's possible that he may need surgery. This is pretty bad news as Skip was probably the second best guy in the Nexus. It will be interesting to see how WWE handles the injury and what does this mean for Nexus.

 

[CrossRhodes]

I did a little dance when Darren Young got eliminated

I always knew he was the weakest link in the team. I think they will do so much better without him. And same goes with me I hope Skip Sheffield isn't seriously injured he is really going great in Nexus. In Nxt I thought he was crap and know he is proving me wrong with everything he does.

 

[punk is gold]

It was reported earlier on wrestlezone's front page that during a house show after performing his signature clothesline that Skip Sheffield appeared to be hurt the question here is, How do you think this will affect the Nexus as a whole and do you think it will change the direction of the Darren Young situation?

 

[Hawkeye]

I don't think the story will change direction at all. They'll probably say he got injured at a live event sometime during the next broadcast if he can't make it, much like they did with Melina and John Morrison among others. Usually these days with injuries since the stories get out so quickly they just go ahead and tell us during one of the shows so it'll seem like they care extra hard about the wrestlers in question.

 

[mister_b1LL]

Unless it's something severe that will take Sheffield out of action for months, it shouldn't affect the Nexus storyline much. If anything, it'll probably make the Nexus a little more manageable with 5 members.

 

[(s)AINT]

I don't think the story will change at all, though I do imagine they could say Cena was able to "eliminate" him by injuring him since Cena has vowed to do that to the group one by one anyway. However, I think it would be hella amounts of awesome if they got Husky Harris to take his place. He just got eliminated, is awesome, big, perfect!

Plus, that opens up a whole other dimension of "will any other season 2 NXT guys join Nexus?" They wouldn't even have to add more guys to the fold, but that door will forever always be open to them!

=)

 

[peep4life]

I dont know it was said he might have to have Surgery so if thats the case I could see them bring in like Husky Harris as the new Power house for them or someone else since he was kinda the power house guy but i dont think it'll really change they got some options as bring in someone new to be the power house(as mentioned above), leave it as is, Bring back Darren Young in the Group so it just depends on what they decide to do but I cant wait to find out

 

[ForzaItalia]

Yeah I do not really think Skip will affect the Nexus too much, however, I think they could use some new recruits and I think Eli Cottonwood and Husky will be pretty nice additions to the group. Well maybe not Eli, but his character is like psychotic and dark and that would be interesting to see on the Nexus. Anyway Skip Sheffield could affect the Nexus storyline with his injury, but IMO I do not think it will be that bad if Nexus get new recruits.

 

[Evenflow DDT]

Khali could always "take him out" as revenge for getting jumped. Or maybe Orton can handle him the way he did Sheamus last week. Cena isn't the type to jump someone in the back, he usually only fights "dirty" in post-match brawls.

 

[ReadyPower]

I think they will do some sort of NXT1 vs NXT2 storyline after NXT2 is done.. so I am against the Husky Harris idea. But at the same time it would be cool to see a huge NXT group against the wwe guys, but NXT would need an established dude maybe HHH when he returns to give them some star power.