Feud with John Cena The Nexus (professional wrestling)

the nexus after exiling darren young losing john cena on august 16, 2010 episode of raw , losing skip sheffield injury @ live wwe event in hawaii

at live wwe event in hawaii on august 18, 2010, sheffield broke ankle during tag match teamed otunga against hart dynasty, putting him out of action next 2 years, leaving nexus 5 active members heading september. on september 19, 2010 @ night of champions pay-per-view, barrett used guaranteed championship match won winning nxt in six-pack elimination challenge sheamus wwe championship, eliminated orton, later won match , title.

the nexus after losing michael tarver injury , adding husky harris , michael mcgillicutty on october 25, 2010 episode of raw

on october 3, 2010 @ hell in cell pay-per-view, barrett , cena faced each other in match stipulation if barrett won, cena have join nexus, if cena won or other nexus member got involved, group permanently disbanded. interference husky harris , michael mcgillicutty, join nexus on october 25 edition of raw, barrett managed win match , keep group going , cena forced join nexus. following night, tarver paired cena brutally attacked him after match. later, barrett said planning on getting rid of tarver anyway, cena did him favor attacking tarver, implying tarver no longer member. in reality, tarver had nagging groin injury , later released contract in june 2011.

the anonymous raw general manager stated cena had honor stipulations of pay-per-view match , take orders barrett or fired. later night, barrett ordered cena him win number 1 contender battle royal orton s wwe championship. match came down cena , barrett, barrett ordered cena eliminate himself. on october 24, 2010 @ bragging rights pay-per-view, nexus won first titles in wwe when otunga , cena defeated cody rhodes , drew mcintyre win wwe tag team championship. in main event, barrett defeated orton via disqualification, time caused cena, who, result, chosen barrett own special guest referee wwe championship match against orton @ survivor series pay-per-view, declared unless won title @ pay-per-view, cena fired, if barrett defeated orton, cena relieved of responsibilities nexus.

john cena reading address member of nexus after losing match wade barrett @ hell in cell

on november 5, 2010 edition of smackdown, otunga, had been questioning barrett s leadership on past several weeks, led gabriel, harris, mcgillicutty , slater invasion of smackdown, interrupting match between edge , alberto del rio. nexus defeated in main event in 5-on-5 tag team match edge, del rio, big show, kane , kofi kingston. barrett did not approve otunga s decision lead nexus on smackdown , result forced him defend spot in group week later. on november 12 on smackdown, interference kane, otunga defeated edge in lumberjack match keep spot in nexus.

on november 21, 2010 @ survivor series pay-per-view, orton retained wwe championship against barrett via pinfall , cena fired (kayfabe) wwe , subsequently exiled nexus. despite this, cena continued show on raw in subsequent weeks, causing interference in nexus matches , attacking them. on december 6, 2010 edition of raw, interference cena, slater , gabriel lost wwe tag team championship santino marella , vladimir kozlov in fatal 4-way tag team elimination match. later night, cena informed nexus attacks on them may stop, on condition barrett rehires him. wanting attacks stop, nexus, exception of mcgillicutty, (kayfabe) injured after being attacked previous week cena, threatened exile barrett group unless got cena rehired following week. on december 13, 2010 edition of raw, barrett, fear of being exiled nexus, rehired cena on condition settle score in chairs match @ tlc: tables, ladders , chairs. @ tlc pay-per-view, cena defeated barrett in main event.