Wrestling Character Profile: The Nexus

Name(s):The Nexus & The New Nexus

Members:
Wade Barrett
CM Punk
David Otunga
Michael McGillicutty
Michael Tarver
Husky Harris
Skip Sheffield
Darren Young
Heath Slater
Justin Gabriel
Daniel Bryan
John Cena
Mason Ryan


The Nexus or The New Nexus was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the professional wrestling promotion, WWE, that competed on its Raw brand. The group originally consisted of all eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their existence. Their initial goal was to obtain WWE contracts for all members- save for original Nexus leader Wade Barrett, who was already guaranteed a contract for winning NXT. The group went on to antagonize the Raw roster, with John Cena as their main focus, who forcibly became a member of Nexus via a match stipulation at Hell in a Cell. Cena eventually exited the group by being fired at Survivor Series but was later rehired by Barrett. The group went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championships three times, CM Punk also won the WWE Championship whilst leader of Nexus.

At the beginning of 2011, Wade Barrett was exiled from the group by CM Punk, who became the group's new leader. The focus of the group changed under Punk's leadership, becoming a tight-knit group dedicated to one another by faith. David Otunga was the only active member during it's entire tenure. The most noticeable trait of the group was that all members wore a black armband bearing the group's trademark black and yellow "N" logo.