*MERGED* [OFFICIAL] The Nexus General Discussion thread

[mrbrownstone]

I doubt it will affect them that much, as long as it isn't really serious which it dosent seem to be, we would have heard more about it if it was, then he will still appear on Raw with the Nexus they will just have to keep him out out of the ring which shouldnt be too hard as he has only had one singles match since coming to Raw.

 

[TooPretty]

For some reason, I think that the Skip Sheffield's injury will have an effect on the Nexus. I think that he has been the most impressive from the season one rookies and to me it was a pleasant surprise. I don't know the severity of the injury but SKip was the emerging star outside of BArrett. He carried that tag match with Morrison and Truth, I pretty much fell asleep when otunga was in the ring. Besides barrett, I find Skip the only other watchable member of the group. He's the only potential star besides barrett and that cold really hurt the Nexus.

 

[Bobby B]

According to the Wrestling Observer he suffered a "broken ankle" and could be out for "some months".

Not good at all really. It's not Barrett - sure, but he's being billed as number 2/3 with Gabriel.

I hope they take this oppertunity to bring in Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty to reinforce the numbers.

 

[Y_2_aJ]

I think it'll affect the appearance, and dominance of the Nexus really... as TooPretty above has said, he has been extremely impressive, and is up there with Barrett (and Gabriel for me) as the top three in that group, and ones that I find enjoyable and believeable to watch.

It depends how serious the injury is, as to whether he has to be written out of Nexus full stop... if its something minor, they could have him jumped by Khali or something, but the Nexus then jump Khali, and Skip ends up with a cast or whatever for a few weeks.

If it is a bad one, and a long term injury, then having someone like Husky Harris "lay him out" to try and get the Nexus' attention would be a good way to go I think... Barrett can say how impressive he was in taking Skip apart, and proving himself to the rest of the Nexus guys, and how he's earnt a place in there, proving Skip was another "weak link" or something?

 

[hatehabsforever]

First of all, bear in mind that the injury, to the best of my knowledge, hasn't even been confirmed. It wouldn't be the first time that something got reported on the main page that turned out not to be factual. Plus, even if it is correct, the extent of the injury is unknown as well, it could be some minor thing that affects him for a week or two, if that's the case it will have no impact on the Nexus storyline whatsoever.

Assuming for discussion sake that the injury is real and is somewhat significant, it still won't affect the Nexus storyline too much. I'm sure the man is still able to walk, even if he cannot actually compete. A lot of the action involving Nexus is gang warfare, group beatdowns, he could easily come out with the group during one of their assaults and just not be too involved in the action, and the fans would hardly notice. Just keep him out of one-on-one matches for a while, problem solved.

And if by some stretch of the imagination he's hurt more seriously and will be out for a while, it's still easy to deal with. They could bring black Cena back into the group and take Sheffield out, it wouldn't take much to do that. Young, for example, could "assault" Sheffield backstage, off camera, asking to be put back into the group in his place. Or they could have someone like DBD injure him and put him out of action (kayfabe) to further the storyline between Danielson and the Nexus.

Either way no big deal. It's not like Skip Sheffield is John Cena or anything. WWE deals with injured athletes all the time and they would deal with this too.

 

[MikeJames]

Just a thought about this.......with all the people getting dismissed from NXT, could the big plan just be to bring them into Nexus? Maybe have them get rid of a few of them the same way they got rid of the previous member the other night? It would bring their number to maybe 10 or so and make them unstopable. Just a thought.......because we all saw that there was some decent talent on this season of NXT.

MJ

 

[Nomis]

Actually, I think it could help Nexus become stronger. Hear me out, now. Cena comes out and says he's destroyed or eliminated Skip Sheffield and the Nexus could either go without him until hes back or if he needs surgery, bring in Husky Harris. Then, when he's ready to go, he comes back and destroys Cena (if its short term) by himself, or he could destroy Husky (If its Long term) by himself. If its short term, it furthers the Nexus v. Cena feud. If it's long term, it could start an NXT1 v. NXT2 Feud. So either way, it could help the Nexus

 

[WJDwjdWJDwjd]

To update our earlier report on WWE Superstar Skip Sheffield suffering an injury during this week's WWE live event in Honolulu, Hawaii, it appears that the Nexus member did in fact bang himself up pretty good.

According to a report on F4WOnline.com, the early word from those within the Raw crew is that Sheffield suffered a broken left ankle, and will be out of action as far as in-ring activity, for quite some time.

For more information, you can read our report on how Sheffield suffered the injury. You can also read our full WWE House Show Results (from Honolulu, Hawaii) for a detailed breakdown of what happened during Sheffield's tag-match, with partner and fellow Nexus member David Otunga, against The Hart Dynasty in the second match of the evening.

Thats the official word from F4Wonline.come and Wrestlezone.

Whats next for Nexus now that their arguable 2nd in command guy is down? Will we see a new member?

I think we'll see one of the eliminated guys like Eli Cottonwood (replace Sheffield as enforcer) or maybe even Husky Harris. Either way, I believe this puts a huge hurting on Nexus and WWE needs to do something.

 

[TheInfamousOne]

I really think the should replace him with an NXT season 2 guy. Husky Harris would be perfect. I know they are very high on him and he may not be a "monster heel" but he is better on the mic and pretty decent in the ring. I think that would be an outstanding move on the part of management.

 

[Hazardous]

Or what if it's none of the above? Remember the WWE's NWO? they were adding and kicking out members all the time, then randomly Kevin Nash goes down, and what happens? Vince just comes out, says the NWO is dead, and to get our minds off the "WTF??" he brings out Eric Bishoff as the new GM of RAW! Who even rememebred that the NWO had been around then? No one really, due to the shock of Easy-E being there.

So maybe now this is the perfect time to bring out that GM, he could say he killed Nexus off. Berrett goes on his own, a few of the others stay, maybe moved to smackdown, and the rest are sent back to the drawing board.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

At a recent show while teaming with David Otunga against The Hart Dynasty, Nexus member Skip Sheffield was injured and suffered a broken bone in his foot. Surgery is required so Sheffield is on the shelf. This would put The Nexus down to 5 members and I'm curious to know what some of you think should be done now. With next week's Raw being taped due to the WWE being in Japan and China, they've got time to come up with an idea on how to address the situation. What do you think The Nexus should do?

 

[craftyjacket]

Recruiting some NXT II guys wouldn't be a bad idea, except that it doesn't make much sense after kicking Darren Young out. Maybe they could have some NXT II guys serve as their lackeys, and not a part of the group with equal-rights.

Sheffield is a huge loss, cause he's been clearly booked as the number 2 of the Nexus, in termos of in-ring skill.

 

[Monkey]

What i think they should do is hold some recruitment tournament. Get some people who look like good canidates to join nexus. It doesn't even have to be just rookies. They can put chavo or some other people that don't have anything else to do. Then have them face off in matches to see who wins. Winner gets to join the Nexus

What I think is that Husky Harris should join the nexus. The nexus is missing some power and i think that Husky Harris can provide that. He can win his matches and become the winner of that tournament.

 

[MoxViolence]

The Nexus have been apart of Raw for over 2 months already. By now we've seen them wrestle, and we've caught a glimpse of what kind of character they can bring to the wwe. on nxt we saw them challenged in different ways, from keg carrying contests to spontaneous and scripted promos. wade barret ended up winning, and without a doubt he has the IT factor to main event in the wwe. But my question to all you is.....who else has IT. Who will stick around, and who will be receiving a good luck on their future endeavors?

IMO:
Sheffield is a beast and with some better mic skills can be a serious player.

Otunga can cut a good promo if he wants, but needs to get his moveset up if he wants to stick around. The A-list character can work most def.

Justin Gabriel can wrestle his ass off but doesn't have the mic skills to go with it. I can see him sticking around maybe challenging evan bourne one day. dont see much beyond that though.

Heath Slater can cut a promo and is good in the ring. I definitely see him sticking around maybe starting a fued with JoMo. the one man rock band gimmick is kinda corny to me tho. shaking the hair and all that weirdness

Tarver is eh. plain and simple. he's luke warm to me. nothing too special altho he isnt that bad. i like the knock you out in 1.7 seconds gimmick he had. his finisher is bad ass too. (reverse powerslam) but honestly, i just dont see Tarver taken seriously.....

Darren Young isnt part of nexus anymore but im going to discuss him here because i feel out of all the nexus originals, i see darren young being the weakest link and the first to get the boot. no mic skills at all and his moveset can be improved. (altho movesets arent everything nowadays huh cena?)

Recapping, they all have something they can contribute to the company, but if i had to pick who would get fired, it would be darren young and possibly tarver.

Thoughts?

 

[Ultra Awesome]

NEXUS threads just keep gettting merged and merged day after day...must get tireing if you're a mod.

Anyway, With the recent injury of Skip Sheffield, I am very sad. Skip sheffield was the beast (muscle) of the group. Sure, NEXUS will find a way to survive, but now there are only 5. Darren Young was kicked out, but that was fine for me; I didn't like him very much. Another that I would have prefered to leave would have been Heath Slater. He's a waist of time in my opinion.

But nevertheless with Sheffield gone, I feel that the NEXUS has lost a descent amount of power. Wade Barret and Justin Gabriel make up for it, but still, I think NEXUS needs Sheffield.

 

[martymcfly]

Sheffield's injury obviously came at a bad time for him, but I suspect that there will definitely still be a place for him on the roster once he's cleared again.

I think his injury though will actually hurt otunga. It sounds as though wwe creative was toying with the idea of otunga and sheffield challenging (and probably winning) the tag team belts, and if that had come to fruition, then otunga who obviously is not a shining star, would have been able to ride sheffield's coattails for a while and hopefully get a chance to improve. So if creative decides to put a hold on that plan then otunga will not get a chance to stand out.

On the other hand, if they go ahead with the plan for nexus to go after the tag titles, then sheffield's injury could actually help whoever sheffield's replacement is in the tag team. So for example, if the team to challenge is now otunga and tarver (probably the most likely new pairing) then that will give tarver a chance to shine in a way he probably would not have had sheffield still been in the picture.

 

[STL]

I don't think this is going to happen nor do I think it will be a good/bad idea. I'm just saying it's a possiblity.

What if, Ezekiel Jackson is the leader of the Nexus? He was the last ECW Champion ever so that could be a sign that the WWE had a push coming for him before he got injured. At first, I thought that this would be a stupid idea but the more I think about it, the more I can visualize Ezekiel Jackson in one of the Nexus T-Shirts.
Plus, since Skip is injured now, The Nexus needs some muscle. He can even say that he is the anonymous GM because he had an alliance with Vince which is why Vince got rid of ECW for NXT. That would be how Zeke recruited the rookies? Just sayin...

 

[U R JUSTIN FERIOR]

I think Night of Champions is going to be a huge night for Nexus. First off, I think they should get a shot at the tag teams belts and they will win because they can't afford another loss at a pay-per-view. We will also see in either the 1rst or 2nd match of the night, the Miz drop the U.S. title to Daneil Bryan. Orton will defeat Sheamus for the title and after the match, nexus will surround orton and jump him. Only for the Miz to come back out in a Nexus Shirt and win the World Title.

Ok probably won't happen but it at least should.

 

[JayMiine]

So we all saw that Nexus was beaten by Team Raw(mainly SuperCena) at SummerSlam. Many(if not everyone) felt that Nexus NEEDED to win that match in order to establish them as a serious threat, ala the NWO's domination of WCW at the beginning.

The following night on Raw Nexus was able to select their team Raw opponent for their match. If any member lost they were out of the group. We saw outside interference, count outs, and 2 clean pinfalls for the Nexus. And then we got John Cena vs Darren Young. I don't think anyone expected Young to beat Cena. Young showed guts and put up a tremendous effort against Cena.(Arguably, showing what Nexus SHOULD have been looking for) Nexus then beat down Darren Young the way they have been doing to Cena in the past. Justin Gabriel seemed to show a bit of remorse before hitting his blank-stare 450-splash. Sign of weakness?

Over the week, at a house show, Skip Sheffield broke his ankle. That is usually a 6-8 week injury and may require surgery. Skip was being built huge in Nexus, and was undoubtedly second in command behind Barrett. He was the enforcer of the group. This is a huge blow to Nexus in its own right.

Now last night on Raw, we saw the Nexus TWICE. They came to the entrance ramp for the GM's announcement that they would be able to receive title shots, and Barrett telling Sheamus the truce was off. Later in the night Wade Barrett came to the ring as a co-#1 Contender. He was then beat down by Sheamus, Edge, Jericho, Cena, and Orton. Nexus did not even attempt to make the save.

This is, without a doubt, the weakest showing yet from Nexus. We barely saw them, and when we did they did not look very strong. So my immediate thought, and I admit probably over thinking, was that this looks like the beginning of the end for the Nexus.

So taking all of this into consideration, What are your thoughts? Does it seem like things are adding up to the downfall of Nexus? or Is this merely a small misstep that can be corrected in coming weeks?
If you think this is leading to the end, What would it take to re-establish Nexus as dominant?

Here are my thoughts on the topic:
I do think there are many signs that may be pointing the the soon to be downfall of Nexus. I can't say I agree with it either. I understand the WWE not wanting to make Cena look weak, but he needed to lose that match at SummerSlam. Nexus needed to be seen as dominant. Then it would be even better when Cena made his comeback and took down Nexus. It could have been an even bigger payoff for Cena and WWE. That was a huge mistake, that might have killed all of the momentum Nexus had gained. With the lack of impact Nexus made last night, I began to see them as just "guys on the roster" now. I didn't see them as a frightening force anymore. I know it seems like fast judgement, but if it happened to me, it had to have happened to many others.

I think if Barrett were to win the title at Night Of Champions it would regain the momentum lost over the recent weeks, not to mention probably gain more heat. Beating the likes of Cena, Orton, Edge, Jericho and Sheamus(a superstar in the making) would catapult Barrett to the top. Then, and only then, would Nexus be back on top of Raw and able to obtain the dominance. I don't think anything short of the WWE title can put them back in that position. The loss of Sheffield hurts. He was perhaps Nexus' only legit contender for the US or Tag team titles. I think Nexus needs to gain the WWE championship to put them back in control.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the future of Nexus.

 

[The Calgary Kid]

Am I the only person who thinks that Otunga is rubbish on the mic? He's got charisma, sure, but everything he says sounds incredibly forced, like a kid who forgot his lines in a high school production of Annie.

 

[KnowYoRole]

Am I the only person who thinks that Otunga is rubbish on the mic? He's got charisma, sure, but everything he says sounds incredibly forced, like a kid who forgot his lines in a high school production of Annie.

I agree. He has the voice of a teenager and is an awful actor. And the way he says "Shoot" before he talks is annoying and makes him seem like even more of a teenager.

By the way, when the hell is nexus going to reveal what the "bigger picture" is? It feels like this storyline is stalling for now. It needs to pick up again. Maybe next week on the 900th ep?

 

[the_A-LIST]

What Nexus needs is a strong leader to be revealed ASAP, because yes there falling down and sooner or later there gonna disband which would be a sucky thing. I was hoping this group could go on for at least 6-12 months. Triple H should comeback already but since he's still recovering from his injury, he can just lead them, be spokesman etc. This is the the only way they can be interesting again. Maybe next week on the 900th Raw episode we'll finally see three things.

#1: Who the mystery GM is
#2: What the Nexus "Bigger Picture" is
#3: Triple H comeback as Nexus Leader

 

[Heartbreak_Kid_707]

I dont think theres a topic on here about this if so im sorry..But did it ever occur to anyone that the leader of Nexus is JUSt Wade barrett?

I have tried to remember every RAW since Nexus started and i dont recall if Barrett ever said there was a leader behind them. Was there anytime this was said? He might have and i just missed it.

I just crossed my mind that maybe WWE has noone in mind to be the leader. I KNOW they keep saying there is a greater purpose...

Personally i think The Miz is an excellent choice and could help him knockout the champ to cash in his briefcase,. but i was just wondering if anyone else thought that maybe the only ones in with Nexus IS the Nexus 6?

Jay

 

[Remix]

Wait... you mean the leader of Nexus might just be the guy who'd been leading them for months and refered to as the leader? REVOLUTIONARY.

Barrett has said nothing about there being a puppetmaster, just that Tne Nexus is all about "the big picture" and people who presumably think that Nexus needs a leader have taken that to mean that they're doing what the leader wants so he can get what he wants.

But yeah, the Nexus has no leader outside of Wade Barrett and the Nexus needs no leader outside of Wade Barrett.

 

[K4P-Unleashed]

I dont think theres a topic on here about this if so im sorry..But did it ever occur to anyone that the leader of Nexus is JUSt Wade barrett?

I have tried to remember every RAW since Nexus started and i dont recall if Barrett ever said there was a leader behind them. Was there anytime this was said? He might have and i just missed it.

Gotta agree man. People are seriously blowing their loads for no reason right now! I don't follow RAW as much as many of members on this board, but if anyone one on Nexus said that there was a leader behind them, I would have known about it. If this did happen and I somehow missed it, then I could see this happening. We know that Nexus has a "greater purpose", but what is that purpose?

What if it is simply this:

Help The Miz Capture the WWE Championship.

This would reveal Miz as the leader of Nexus, or at least the overseer, and then I see Triple H coming in as GM until he is healed up - Fueling a feud with he and Miz for the Championship. At WM 27 it's HHH vs. Miz for the WWE Championship. And this is where I think HHH puts up his career, and yes, I'd guess he loses. Of course, this is only if WWE wants to put someone on the map.. and I mean REALLY on the map... not Sheamus "on the map"...