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The Nexus, later the New Nexus, was a villainous professional wrestling stable in WWE that competed on the Raw brand from June 7, 2010 to August 22, 2011, originally consisting of eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their 14-month existence, with David Otunga being the only member to serve the group throughout the entirety of its existence.
On the July 26 episode of Raw, the anonymous general manager changed the match to an elimination format. Following dissension on Cena's team in the next few weeks, Edge and Jericho left the SummerSlam match on the August 2 episode of Raw. They rejoined the following week, however, when The Nexus tried to attack the members of Team WWE and Edge ...
Episode Date Location Venue Rating Notes Raw ' s 2nd Anniversary : January 9 Houston, Texas: The Summit: 2.1 [1]: Raw ' s 2nd Anniversary marked the event with a very Special King's Court hosted by Jerry Lawler with special guest William Shatner, & WWF Intercontinental Championship match with Razor Ramon defending the title in a winning effort against Owen Hart.
The group of rookies continued their path of disrupting main events, as they attacked both Cena and McMahon, who had been acting as the referee on 21 June 2010 edition of Raw. [31] On 5 July 2010 edition of Raw, the group was named The Nexus. [32]
Alberto Del Rio, the Royal Rumble winner, at the 2010 Tribute to the Troops event. The main event was the 40-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVII . CM Punk entered at #1 and The Corre ( Wade Barrett , Ezekiel Jackson , Justin Gabriel , and Heath Slater ) then came out and attacked Punk.
On the June 14 episode of Raw, the rookies attacked General Manager Bret Hart, when he refused to give them contracts. [17] The following week on Raw, Vince McMahon fired Hart and announced the hiring of a new general manager, who had signed all seven season one NXT rookies to contracts. [18] The following week, the group was named The Nexus. [19]
Slater (second from right) with the rest of The Nexus at SummerSlam. On the June 7 episode of Raw, Slater and the other season one NXT rookies established themselves as heels by interfering in the main event match between John Cena and CM Punk, attacking both competitors, Jerry Lawler and Justin Roberts before dismantling the ring area and surrounding equipment. [12]
The 2010 Money in the Bank was the inaugural Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.