During our Inside The Ropes Live show with Stu Bennett, the former Wade Barrett opened up about the Monday Night Raw where The Nexus was formed, and goes into detail about the day, how they found out about the angle, the subsequent firing of Daniel Bryan & more. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

@zackmiller6106

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching as a kid an thinking I wonder what caused this nexus bullshit, now I realize it’s just some more fake buisness bullshit lmao

@Mrsandman98120

4 жыл бұрын

Never liked nexus !

@milanthapamagar9297

4 жыл бұрын

We miss nexus

@mattgarcia2519

3 жыл бұрын

HE'S A HEEEEL!

@zaidenmayson879

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

His mic skills, wrestling skills, looks, physique. He had everything to be a top card superstar in WWE. Really miss this British dude Stu Bennet.

@vampirascoffin870

4 жыл бұрын

@@simthegreatt and got buried & book like shit

@gamechanger700

4 жыл бұрын

Cena's golden shovel and injuries played a huge part

@Vikashar

4 жыл бұрын

I have to fart

@AnArchyRulzz

3 жыл бұрын

He is a solid midcard guy, idk, just don't see him as some big superstar. Perhaps it's just me

@sleazyfellow

3 жыл бұрын

He got injured too frequently to make an impact. Nexus died and he floundered.

I really do love Wade. He really embraced the role of a meanie and took the booing like a champ.

@jahseh8194

4 жыл бұрын

Loved the Bad News Barrett stuff, so fucking badass and hilarious at times

@pierson974

4 жыл бұрын

Really great heel

@dontworry828

4 жыл бұрын

His name is Stu Bennett, not wade, at least not anymore

@MMF1674

4 жыл бұрын

@@pierson974 he didn't even have to look the part like mark henry or great khali to be a top feared heel

@723just

4 жыл бұрын

If he would of had a better finisher move then he would of gone to the top

Had the privilege of being in the audience for this, he was absolutely brilliant and such a nice guy.

@forzit8623

11 ай бұрын

Im so confused on how Vince hates spitting when young randy ortons whole gimmick at 1 time was spitting💀

@JC-wn3ig

6 күн бұрын

@@forzit8623 WWE’s 2003 is a whole lot different from 2010, including their newer sponsors like Be a Star/Make a Wish, and going from TV-14 to PG

The downfall of Nexus was when Team Cena won at Summerslam

@joseignacioiyo9525

4 жыл бұрын

John himself made that decision I believe, I like him but that was probably the worst and nonsensical burial of all time. (Vince makes the decisions but you know what I mean)

@jahseh8194

4 жыл бұрын

@@joseignacioiyo9525 yeah Edge and Jericho kept telling him it was a bad decision but he went through with it, what's sad is he said if he could go back he'd change the result.

@dranzerjetli5126

4 жыл бұрын

Nah bro it was when Cena became a part of nexus.

@Disneymagic24

4 жыл бұрын

@@jahseh8194 yeah they claim cena wanted the finish to be what it was. him gets ddt on the concrete and 30 seconds later he pins both guys one after the other. he admitted later it wasnt right but says at the time it was " too much". which im assuming he meant was too much for his character to take a loss to those guys

@swidankers3787

4 жыл бұрын

Nexus was originally planned to win that match 😭

10:07 vince hates choking and spitting Carlito: I spit in face of people who don't want to be cool Vince: this kid will win the us champion in his debut 😂😂

@sholtoz799

3 жыл бұрын

also Randy Orton spat on HHH in 2004 during their feud and Vince himself spat on Bret hart in 2010 during their feud

@wayneking9997

2 жыл бұрын

@@sholtoz799 yeah but Bret spat at Vince first

@sholtoz799

2 жыл бұрын

@@wayneking9997 true but not sure if the rule was implied back then and bret was leaving anyway so it didnt really matter

@kidbuu4238

2 жыл бұрын

Cena choked Umaga with a rope

@robertocioffi2523

Ай бұрын

Remember Orton spitting on Christian?

I'll never understand the logic of firing Bryan when WWE were having Orton do the punt stuff at that same time.

@kamfisher1714

4 жыл бұрын

Orton was choking a guy to death

@daesgatling1345

4 жыл бұрын

Orton only had his job because of favoritism. He should've been fired several times over for his wellness policy violations and bullying

@raveoreynolds6049

4 жыл бұрын

You can't wrap your head around why they didn't fire Orton, a guy they revised their ENTIRE wellness policy strike system, to avoid firing?

@verhaegh7659

4 жыл бұрын

The sponsors wanted Bryan gone, so he went

@dranzerjetli5126

4 жыл бұрын

Simple it's coz Vince likes Orton

I love and miss Wade so much. One of the most overlook by management of the modern era.

@jason-munoz

3 жыл бұрын

My guy is back

@njcull11

3 жыл бұрын

Jason Munoz so glad, even it is only a commentary role. always has been superb on the mic

@joebenson528

3 жыл бұрын

PG era*

Being 10-and-a-half years old then, I was ecstatic when John Cena buried Nexus at SummerSlam 2010, but as I grew older I realized that Cena burying the group so soon was the worst idea in WWE's history of bad ideas since the Gobbledy Gooker and Katie Vick.

@justlevitating_

4 жыл бұрын

same bro, was also 10 too haha

@dranzerjetli5126

4 жыл бұрын

You aren't alone. I am the same as you

@evolvedcopper2205

4 жыл бұрын

Katie Vick be metaphorically rolling in her fictitious grave every time someone mentions her 😂

@Garyruizjr

4 жыл бұрын

This is your fault... Your Dad should’ve bought you a Nexus T shirt. Haha jk jk

@lalegende2746

4 жыл бұрын

Same I was 10 too 😂 when I look back now at how Nexus got destroyed after losing that match I could tell it was one of the worst booking decisions of 2010

Barrett had all the tools to be a top WWE/World Champion. He had the attitude, the look/physique, the mic skills, the in-ring ability, and a great finisher. He was truly a HUGE wasted opportunity. They could have done so much more with him.

Wade Barrett should’ve been WWE Champion

@kamfisher1714

3 жыл бұрын

Idiotic

What a talent at the time, could've had maybe a 3 month run with the big gold belt. He had all the tools, he had the looks, could work, cut good promos. As a mark at the time i kinda knew he would "win" season 1 of NXT

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

Atleast won it 3 / 4 time champion

@swxgamingyt1329

3 жыл бұрын

He was Injured most of the time

“This is a huge opportunity for you” proceeds to book the most one sided Cena feud of all time

imagine that , nexus being such a big stable but stopped because vince wanted the kids to go home happy that john cena won? what logic is that vince?

@muhammadaskari5793

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly But i hate how WWE made us cheer john cena again and again by fooling us

@simongarcia9658

4 жыл бұрын

It’s called targeting an audience I was five when this happened and you’re damn sure I was happy and I now understand that that was the complete wrong way to go about it

@kamfisher1714

4 жыл бұрын

Bad decision but hey since they’re so special where are they now ?

@JUnior-ot1xu

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t usually like jim Cornette but he always says the old Vince would make fun of Vince today and it’s so true

@Walkerman404

4 жыл бұрын

That's what Vince told Wade, but he didn't believe him.

never had wwe seen such a dominant and feared heel stable. They were one of a kind they really should've had a longer run under wade and continued to cause the destruction they did at least until 2012

@deshongreatest9565

4 жыл бұрын

Image the Nexus running over wwe until the Hounds of Justice come in to put a stop to it...

@MMF1674

4 жыл бұрын

@@deshongreatest9565both stables facing off would've been some attitutde era type next level awesome stuff!

@tgbkishy3656

4 жыл бұрын

Then they tried to clean it up wit that group wit Ezekiel Jackson 🤣😢

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

@@tgbkishy3656 😆

@sethxtekken

3 жыл бұрын

@@tgbkishy3656 why ezikel Jackson is hated / unpopular

Who else like me was a 10-year-old John Cena diehard then as they got older they realized Nexus winning would’ve been the better choice?

@RiruKrypto_

4 жыл бұрын

Team Cena had no business of winning it and the Vince McMahon's excuse about wanting the kids to go home happy is bs. lol

@lalegende2746

4 жыл бұрын

RiruKrypto Tempest Exactly, it wasn’t worth sacrificing all the momentum the Nexus had just to have that one “happy ending”. They could have built them up until at least Wrestlemania and have them take their first loss there.

@HM-vu8dr

4 жыл бұрын

LITERALLY ME BRO I just started watching wrestling like weekly, and I wanted Cena to win so bad... I almost cried when he got fired😂😂

@lalegende2746

4 жыл бұрын

Hasan Hybrid Same I thought he was leaving for good 😂😂😂😂

@toritoruuu

4 жыл бұрын

Ngl cena is one of my childhood heroes bcos he was literally a true inspiration for me as I grew up, but then as I did I started to realize that the nexus were full of very talented guys. I didn't even realize that the original group didn't even last a full year. They made a very bad decision of having cena bury them. They deserved to win at summerslam no doubt.

D Bryan was trying to get real real heat lmao mad respect

I stopped watching WWE after the ruthless aggression era ended. But when I saw the Nexus debut, it got me interested watching again. I was so disappointed Cena buried the faction immediately.

@ihatemostwwefans8846

4 жыл бұрын

Don't blame Cena though.

@vampirascoffin870

4 жыл бұрын

@@ihatemostwwefans8846 true but the power he has on wwe he could have put wade and the nexus over plus he changed the finish

@rubbishopinions6468

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it's well known Cena went against the script here and did a captains call that only Vince's golden boy is allowed to do.

@Mickieshelton

3 жыл бұрын

@@ihatemostwwefans8846 got to..its his fault

@joetheman8550

3 жыл бұрын

@@rubbishopinions6468 well Cena wasn't the one who decided that nexus was going to lose. How they would lose, he did book that. Typical superman BS.

Jaime Noble? Top Level management? Damn....never thought about that...

@jamiegaskins3687

4 жыл бұрын

Coaches don’t play

@D1Fring

4 жыл бұрын

He’s the one who controlled both Undertaker vs HBK matches (WM 25,26)

@DavidSanchez-sl4bl

4 жыл бұрын

D1 That’s a big fucking flex 😂 imagine saying “I produced two of the best wwe matches ever”

@RiruKrypto_

4 жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate Jamie Noble, that guy is a management stud. lol

@sleazyfellow

3 жыл бұрын

Bret Hart puts it best about the guys WWE makes their stooges. Guys who never made any money. Put Bret, Shawn, stone cold, Piper in those roles, they bring a mindset lost today. All they want are these stooge jabronis to feed their bullshit to the talent who are too scared to go out on a limb anyways. Suffering succotash!

finlay is genius for the canvas idea. kinda metaphoric for pulling the curtains back and showing the audience something they aren’t supposed to see

Wade Barrett is missed by all who watched him in Nexus. My wish is for Wade to make an appearance at AEW, I think he would be surprised at the reception he would get. One of the few wrestles with no ego and no idea how popular he really is. Face or heel, Wade can do it all.

I love that Wade’s drinking a Corona during this

Wade was a guy you could've built a promotion around that Nexus angle could've went sooooo much better, he just has that british mob boss feel to him like with vinnie jones or jason statham in cellular

@airzingis1169

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds exactly like Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons in Peaky Blinders

Everything but choke Roberts with his tie... poor Daniel 😂 Wade killed me with that part

@JSmellerM

4 жыл бұрын

It all worked out for him though. He started as a bad guy on the main roster and immediately got the turn-around. He wasn't buried like the rest of the stable and won the US title shortly after the Nexus got destroyed.

@evolvedcopper2205

4 жыл бұрын

@@JSmellerM you're making me think now. Let's review. Bryan became gradually successful. Barrett had some main roster relevance. Gabriel went to other places. Slater jobbed in a stable with two future world champs. Skip got got a monster push then got booted out. Otunga became a backstage character. Tarver i dont even know what happened with him 😂 so hell Bryan became the most successful of the Season 1 NXT guys

@bigt1913

4 жыл бұрын

@@evolvedcopper2205 I mean bryan was already bella succesfull .

@faizaan_787

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigt1913 the bellas dont add anything to his success and u just cut a terrible pun

@evolvedcopper2205

4 жыл бұрын

Within all of that i actually forgot about Darren Young was in season 1 😐

Wade Barrett and Nexus changed WWE a decade back. Like him or hate him but u cant ignore Wade Barrett's presence in WWE

I was 16 in 2010, Nexus was an awesome faction, playing outcast superstars, a huge stable, beating up fellow superstars when one is alone and causing absolute chaos was awesome and exciting tv lol, hopefully one day this decade a new Nexus like stable causing the same gang like destruction happens again... the Nexus story was epic.. such a shame that it ended and lost momentum so soon, they could of been The Shield before The Shield lol Hopefully should they try something as big as this again, I hope it's done right and is successful, I love the N merchandise and the black and yellow, Nexus merch was so hot lol

Imagine Triple H is the one who handles The Nexus... Good thing bad timing.

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

Right 😕

@innocentbystander72

3 жыл бұрын

He would be the one who buried them or else he would have made himself the leader.

@sleazyfellow

3 жыл бұрын

Lol they'd of formed a line to the ring and came in, got pedigreed and pinned 1-2-3 and moved aside for the next victim.

I watched that beat down on cena like 6 times in a row. It was such a huge moment, totally got me hyped.

Wade should have been multiple time wwe champion

@VincentMI9

4 жыл бұрын

No

@RiruKrypto_

4 жыл бұрын

At least a 1 time WWE champion, the way he says WWE is funny. lol

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

Right

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

@@VincentMI9 yes

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

@@RiruKrypto_ atleast 3 or 4

Thats why i hate cena burying good guys like wade whos a better wrestler wade would have been an amazing champion

@romeowhite8380

4 жыл бұрын

I think wade should love beaten CENA and tooking over raw , but he shouldn’t have been a world champ that early in his career, I think talent should prove loyalty to wwe or be bigger than life to win a title

@onmitsukid5342

4 жыл бұрын

Mate, Wade had plenty of opportunities that while he took them every single time, gets injured quite often. It's unfortunate stuff but it is what it is.

@Cj-hj6rm

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

this was the nostalgic inspiration regarding the debut of the Shield

When i hear the 1st nxt theme...it reminds me them and the nexus

Gotta love wade seems such a down to earth guy!

Great timing on ad "fit finley pulls me to one side and says".....ad : "its all about getting them to line up" damn it 😂😂😂😂

They need to bring him back to RAW. We've got loads of talent that he could work with.

Rip mitch the potted plant he will live on in our hearts

I hope down the road he gets his redemption like Drew McIntyre did. He truly deserves it now that Super Cena is gone.

I fucking hated wade when I was a kid but now damn he did a good job

Hope he will wrestle again, wherever you decide to wrestle Stu, i will watch it

That Raw ending was so wow 😲 for me. I think, one of the best endings ever.

Nexus was my favorite faction of all time Wade you are the king.

6:09 how he described it sounded like he was circumsizing the ring 😂😂😂

Man I remember all those years ago when I was about like 9 years old I remember watching Raw for the very first time ever as I finally had found it on TV after playing the games for years and to see the Nexus debut as the first episode of WWE that I ever saw live was definitely a interesting moment for sure as I never would have thought I would have seen something of that nature but it also intrigued me to want to watch the very next week so they did their damn job one day i hope to see a nexus reunion were they do the group justice

Wade Barrett is a f'ing badass. I met him once when I was training at the gym. I saw him level the heavy bag and broke it in pieces and do various circuit training. He is not to be messed with.

I loved to hate Wade Barrett when he played a heel role. Hes one of my favs from my middle school and high school years watching WWE

Wade barrett grew so fast like if you miss nexus

Seems like everybody forgets about Wade Barrett nowadays. He was always a very solid mid-card heel who could put in a good feud and match with anyone. I could only imagine if the Nexus storyline went farther than it did, and he had more depth to his character as a result, he’s a world champion.

No mention of CM Punk getting attacked during that segment too

Man what a great voice he has

Very underrated wrestler

It literally blows my mind to think that Vince thought of this whole epic debut for this group and push them for the time only to let them ALLLLL lose their momentum to Cena at Summerslam. Like WHY, Vince? Why would you do this?!?!

One of Vince s few good ideas back then Obviously he would ruin it later but at least he came up with something good

@sleazyfellow

3 жыл бұрын

Everything he's done good since the attitude era he's sorta squashed himself. He rather kill his own shit than see if it has legs or plays out. It doesn't help he's losing his mind over the last decade. Punk, Bryan were the last chances.

Stu Bennett would say that night on raw was that a moment you would cherries forever

Barret is one of the nicest guys is real life

Wade and Cena deserved to settle their feud during the main event of Wrestlemania 27 instead of TLC but Cena/Vince messed up

Glad hes back commentating

Didnt you post this years ago?

i remember being 12 and being so absolutely shocked and hooked on the story that i was upset that they lost so easy at summerslam even tho it was obvious they would with that all star team

Great story teller

Thank god he’s commentary now 💯

Yo wtf he sounds like Chris Hemsworth

Really have to say when wade baret got involved with wwe and nexsis it propelled his wersteling cereer fantastic and really dig the show and the qustes and their epic wersteling stories 👌

Wade being a little cheeky drinking that Corona

i like the way he speaks

He was my favourite superstar I loved him with Nexus it's just sad they didn't give him a real opportunity to be a main eventer! they are doing the exact same thing to Cesaro :(

They dropped the ball with Nexus and Barrett.

I wish barrett had been wwe champ tbh. Or at least world heavyweight champion. He was a good wrestler and a great heel

This story makes it even more confusing that they completely buried them at the end

Fit with the best addition of the attack

The Nexus need to return they were underrated

Barrett should be there now, him and drew would be great

Listening to him explaining how it exceeded expectations even for Vince, makes me even angrier how the stable was wasted just because of one golden boy john cena being scared of losing popularity to them. Proud of having quit watching the WWE after Cena buried them

Wade should’ve been a world champion

And we miss u...all and nxt

WWE made a huge mistake not pushing this guy to the top and putting the WWE title on him.

I miss wade barrett !!!! He could've been WWE Champion !!!

THE 🐐's OF NXT

Love wade barret man great guy and what a voice! (Also vince hates spitting yet they got Christian spitting in ortons face at mitb2011 tf)

Nexus was actually the best group.

i always thought wade barrett is the best leader of a faction in the history of wwe even more than cm punk which is my favourite superstar

@thelegendgamer2238

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you right

I love the storyline with the nexus it’s was awesome storyline

#WeAreOne #TheNexus

The Nexus where are you Now miss you

At the end of the next PPV in front of a live crowd, have Nexus return.

I only remember the Daniel Bryan part of the attack. So job well done for db

I remember the invasion completely

Wade is one of wrestling's masterful English villains.

Nexus takeover was amazing

Nexus ❤️

we miss you

Original Nexus members and their fate: Wade Barrett: Deposed as the leader, he switched brands to form a new stable, then won the king of the ring, got a new gimmick and joined yet another stable before finally leaving WWE in 2016. Returned to WWE in 2020 to do commentary. Daniel Bryan: Fired by the WWE after his very first appearance with the Nexus due to something which he did being deemed inappropriate for the PG era. Returned just two months later but didn't rejoin Nexus, had a singles career, formed a team with Kane. In the years that followed he soared in popularity, winning championships at WM XXX in 2014, before having to retire due to injury in 2016. He still never left WWE and took on the non wrestling role of a GM. Returned to wrestle in 2018 and still wrestles to this day though his popularity today is not so much as it was 7 years ago in early 2014. Darren Young: Thrown out of the Nexus by his teammates. He had a mediocre singles run, then returned to NXT, then formed a team with Titus O'Neil, then going single again, then reunited with Titus, then feuded with him before getting injured in January 2017. He would never appear in WWE again and left in October that year. Skip Sheffeild: Wrestled for Nexus in Summerslam in August 2010 but broke his ankle the same month. He would not return until April 2012 by which time the Nexus was long gone. Returned in April 2012, this time as Ryback. Became popular, had a good singles run, formed a team with Curtis Axel (Interestingly, Axel was in the Nexus as Michael McGillicutty though not one of the original eight and never was in the Nexus with Skip Sheffeild). Became IC champion and then left WWE in mid 2016. Michael Tarver: Left the Nexus due to a persistent groin injury in October 2010. He left the WWE in mid 2011. Justin Gabriel: Joined Barrett when the latter formed the Corre in early 2011. That also disbanded and he became a lower carder, having a mediocre singles run. He would end up being in a bunny costume for Adam Roses's gimmick. He left the WWE in January 2015. Heath Slater: Joined Barrett when he left the Nexus to form the Corre. Became a jobber after Corre was disbanded. Joined 3MB and became popular. After 3MB, he teamed up with Titus O'Neil and then with Rhyno. Became popular ironically, people began to like him because of him always losing. After parting ways with Rhyno, he had another singles run before leaving WWE in July 2020. David Otunga: The only one among the original 8 members of the Nexus to become a part of the New Nexus under CM Punk's leadership. Went on to win the tag team title for the New Nexus along with fellow member Michael McGillicutty. Punk left the Nexus in mid 2011, leaving only McGillicutty and Otunga; the Nexus was now a two man tag team and no longer a stable. They dropped the titles to Kingston and Bourne in August 2011. Otunga then had a singles run as a "legal advisor". He would wrestle less and less frequently until wrestling his last match against R Truth in July 2015. Ever since he does commentary and is a panelist for the WWE. He still works for WWE.

why do i feel like hes about to teach me how to play tft

To his point on the boards being exposed I remember thinking exactly what he was saying during Gargano vs Ciampa when they peeled off the canvas and were on the boards I remember thinking oh wow is that all there is before they are falling on wood that must suck

Now we know how the Nexus came together.

Who else misses Wade Barrett? WWE criminally underused him. Wish he would come back.. WWE is in the toilets rn!

I know that the gimmick practically screamed mid card, but I absolutely loved Bad News Barrett I though that character was so funny

Imagine staying up till 4 A.M. to watch RAW. Don't be a BABA BOOEY PRAG NEXT TIME!

Damn the Nexus was amazing, I loved every second of it when they destroyed everything.

Plan was same w the current wwe retribution

Rumor has it that the Nexus supposed to return at Mania but the circumstances made that impossible. Rumor also has it that they are supposed to return soon.

@raulisdank6392

4 жыл бұрын

Heard this too, but I do not think ryback will come back. I feel like they should have nexus come back, but later push wade