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Backstage Update on Plans For John Cena’s Nexus Angle

The plan right now is for John Cena’s ongoing angle with Nexus to last through the early part of 2011, says a report in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Although WWE has not figured out the week-to-week structure for the angle, in which Cena, against his will, has been forced to join and support The Nexus, sources say the company has a definitive plan in place for the angle’s conclusion.

That conclusion is tentatively scheduled for January, with whatever ultimately happens being used as fuel for a WrestleMania feud.

WWE has at least discussed the idea of turning Cena heel, but the general feeling is that angles like this are better served for getting a babyface over as a stronger babyface.

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  1. this is completely stupid with john cena joining nexus because no one is going to watch it anymore cause john cena has to be ordered around by wade…….GO CENA! <333

  2. Ok so everyone that’s a Cena fan should like the fact that Cena’s a heel again but the Nexus is one of the worst stables of all time. Wade Barrett – Wow we got a shitty British Batista. Heath Slater – Sheamus’ less intelligent American cousin. Justin Gabriel – Tries too hard to be like C I’m Bald-erm I mean CM Punk. Michael Tarver – Terry Crews on adderol. David Otunga – Mr. Jennifer Hudson. And now John Cena – 4 move monkey that could get outwrestled by anyone on that roster any day of the week. I’m glad they made Cena join the Nexus. WWE is already losing ratings due to SmackDown being on SYFY and now this is just another nail in the coffin.

  3. due to interference cena should not be in nexus and barret should have been dq’ed. i believe the story writers should have thought of that before they made this happen. i believe the fans of wwe should due a real life protest against this story line even though the show is just that a show.

  4. John Cena Should Not Be In The Nexus Due To Interference By The Fat Guy Husky Harris And Mr.Perfect Jr Michael Migglacutty I Think John Cena Should Get A Rematch Cena Wins Nexus Disbandeds Barrett Wins Cena Joins The Nexus But Nobody Can Interfere Or Its A Draw Cena Doesn’t Join Nexus Nexus Doesn’t Disbanded

  5. i really think that cena should get a rematch because the guys that jumped him were at nexus side on monday night so therefore is should have been a dq

  6. You all must be 12. Cena and his 5 moves of death are the reason the company is going in the shitter. Wade Barrett can out-wrestle
    Cena anyday of the week & Wade should win the WWE championship. And for the idiot who said CM Bald, you obviously are a retard CM Punk is a god in the ring and screams charisma. Cena has none he’s lame and boring. Nexus 4 life.

  7. nexus4life you are a stupid douchebag who does not know wrestling if it bite in the ass.you are a little bitch.nexus sucks and cm punk is failure at everything he ever does.cena deserves a reamatch be cause doh boy harrise and his boy friend michael migulicunyh.cheated and nexus sucks

  8. nexus need 2 go. we r tired of wade and his littlt pets. john cena got a bad deal. interferencing with d match. nexus should be banned. we r tired of wade and that ugly accent. the deal were no intereferencing or nexus banned! get a real man or woman for d general manager. cena fans is not goin 2 watch wade barrett disrespsect him. nexus got 2 gooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. I HATE THE NEXUS!!!!!! im so mad that john cena had to join cause im a HUGE! cena fan wade barret can go back to england! NEXUS SUCK! NEXUS SUCK!

  10. What the “@#$%” You got to be kid’en; John- Cena joins the NEXUS[FUCK THEM]GO JOHN- CENA STAY ON YOUR OUN!

  11. Im a massive wrestling fan been watching it now for over 20 years and i find the storylines now are oh so weak, and the wrestlers nowadays have no mic skills what so ever, you look to the likes of CM Punk, Jericho, Undertaker etc for the WWE charisma there is only a couple of new guys that really know how to work a mic, Miz is one and the one that really really shone for me the WWE let go of.
    Ken Anderson (aka Mr Kennedy, Kennedy) was the closest the WWE ever got to having someone as good as the Rock on a mic, yeah sure his wrestling skills were not as strong as others in the industry but with the right mentor (Dean Malenko or someone) he could have been a phenomenal wrestler.
    Now the Cena joining Nexus storyline for me is a turn the WWE needed to take, the ammount of Forums etc calling Cena “SuperCena” or 5 Moves of Doom Cena was getting too much he really needs a stint as a Heel, but then again you will have the Cena fans saying “Nooooooooooo he cant be a bad guy” but then again look at what happened when Hogan went bad??? It works second Hogan became a good guy again he was Immortal.
    Wade Barrett, what can i say about this guy??? the guy has some raw mic skills and tbh isnt a bad wrestler, not the best in either area but has the potential there to be really really good, now my biggest problem is that the WWE are going to unify the brands again and the titles, so you will only have the WWE, IC, Womens and Tag titles from “Wrestlemania” onwards, give him a stint as some sort of Champion and lets see how much potential you can extract from him.
    I also heard Consequence Creed from TNA was joining the WWE soon also, i already heard ideas of a “Truth and Consequence” team being made up of R Truth and Consequence i think they must be lapping up that one.

    P.S – Look at Orton now and compare him to 5 years ago, he is where the company should be going, give him a good fueding partner ffs cos Sheamus is not all that, Jericho-Orton would have fans on the edge of there seats, imagine an RKO from a Lionsaulting Jericho……..ooooooohhhh the thought of it makes my skin goosebump 😀

  12. This is sickning!! I cant beileve John Cena would go along with this bullshit! If I was Cena I would totally QUIT!!! Fuck those cheating bitches!! Nexxus should learn to wrestle then they would not have to fucken cheat!!
    FUCK NEXXUS

  13. You people using the obscene, profane and scayalogical language do realize that this a scripted show. Very little is done without preapproval and planning. The wrestlers are paid to act in sports entertainment soap operas. Enjoy the show, react to the scenariosut remember what it is.

  14. You dont like the Nexus Jacob??? is the people in the stable you dont like or the stable itself?, i mean if you look at it from a stand point yes they are not the most gifted of wrestlers mainly mid card jobbers but in the midst of them all Wade Barrett has the potential to be as good as anyone he just needs the work, my opinion on Cena isnt a good one i didnt like him during his Thugenomics days and i dont like SuperCena but thats my opinion for me they are trying too hard to turn him into a modern day Hulk Hogan when they really dont need to.
    Here are my list of stars in the WWE that have the potential to take the WWE to the height of the Attitude era

    1. Randy Orton
    2. The Miz
    3. Ted Dibiase
    4. Cody Rhodes
    5. Wade Barrett
    6. Alberto Del Rio
    7. Drew McIntyre
    8. Kofi Kingston
    9. Dolf Ziggler
    10. Vance Archer
    11. Jack Swagger

    ofc you still have legends that can help all of these reach the heights they have, the likes of :-

    1. Undertaker
    2. Triple H
    3. Chris Jericho
    4. Edge
    5. Christian
    and Last but certainly not least CM Punk

    anyone of these 6 superstars can make a young guy shine or fade out, i mean im not a sheamus fan i think he is not a very good wrestler and doesnt have good mic skills but Triple H makes him look really good.

    Anyway my take Nexus suck but Barrett is a shinning light and the Heel turn for Cena is needed.

    WWE’s future looks bright for me

    pps – look out for Tyler Reks the guy looks like he might have something special 🙂

  15. Nexus suck, quite frankly they are a bunch of idiots and pussies that should disband, Barrett has potential but he needs to stop hiding behind people and actually fight properly not get his bum boys to do everything for him.

    Cena has lost his edge, he maybe a god to some, good with the forces and kids etc but his in ring ability is a lot less than it used to be, he used to be like Superman and was almost unbeatable, now he seems to get taken out by everyone, his mic skills are rather funny at times but they seem to be trying too hard to make him into The Rock Mk 2, HELLO NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!!!
    Maybe this heel is what he needs, if what i have read is right this will last a few months and blow up at Wrestlemania XXVII with hopefully Cena prevailing, Nexus bum boys been thrown out and Barrett actually doing something for a change.

    Orton is the way to go at the moment, he is better than ever and on 1 hell of a mission, RKO’s anyone in his way, takes a hell of a beating and doesn’t run away these days, he single handedly took out 3 of 5 opponents in that six pack challenge, although WWE could do with not trying so hard to make him a modern Stone Cold as that never gonna happen either, they are both legends in there own right.

    WWE cut the stupid stories and idiots like Santino that can’t do anything and for gods sake don’t unify everything again, too many people and not enough titles.

  16. TO: Mooay
    Yea your right things are so different now its like the SuperStars are not so “SuperStar”-ish and the story lines are lame and sure theres nothing wrong with a little cheating and upsetting the fans its all good but something about the Nexxus just makes me nuts! I cannot say they totally suck I just cannot stand there shitty attitude like its all Nexxus you know? and I especially cannot stand the way they get to change the program just like that…anyways its all entertainment

  17. I guess I really got pissed and had a bad opinion towards Nexxus when I went to see Raw Aug. 16, 2010 the night when Nexxus beat there own member D. Young.
    This sucked!! like they were standing around the ring just waiting like hungry animals you know? I dont know I just hated them since then!

  18. Calm down guys we all know that Cena will prevail in the end against “nexus” so enjoy the story line.

    Another thing, this story line is only going to run for a few weeks, because smack down and raw are coming to England in early November, Cena is scheduled to wrestle against Sheamus and Randy Orton for WWE Championship, so obviously that means the end of nexus, because as leader of the nexus, Wade Barrett will not let one of his underlings be WWE Champion while they are part of nexus.

    So at Bragging Rights, that jug eared fool (Wade Barrett) will lose against Randy Orton, I cant wait for the viper to deliver the RKO on old jug ears.
    I agree Cena’s lost his “Pure Aggression” which made him popular and that the WWE are trying to make him the Rock MK2, and they are trying the same thing with Randy Orton by trying to turn the viper, into the rattle snake.

    one last thing Wade Barrett was never a British bare knuckle Champion, he looks to me like he only joined a gym and learned to fight (if that’s what he calls it) so the other kids would stop taking the piss out of his gigantic fucking ears.

    And why the fuck does Justin Gabriel do the 450 splash, when each and every time he hurts him self, and you can tell it hurts him more than the guy on the matt Dumb ass.

  19. Another thing I forgot to mention, Wade has been wrestling for some time he was in ECW, his name then was Lawrence Knight,
    his gimmick was different then, but it is him there is a match on you tube Primo Colon VS Lawrence Knight, check it out if you don’t believe me.
    PS Wade Knight or is it Lawrence Barrett, I forget; all this name changing is making my brain hurt aaarrggghhhh, which ever it is he loses the match between him and Primo, that’s how good Lawrence wade is
    (I give up with his fucking name)

    I know one thing for sure he could of picked better names.

  20. trust me…
    we need back mr. kennedy
    orton needs more promos god dammit, cena is STILL getting more shine than him. come the F on…
    hmmm, morrison could be a very good face, just needs a new gimmick in my eyes. well a gimmick actually lol. cuz hes just…..THERE!
    damn wwe

  21. Anyone who watched Hell in the Cell new that Cena was going to join Nexus, I was bummed that he joined but wasn’t suprised at all

  22. If you watched Hell In a Cell you knew he would lose! They afterall put the Nexus symbol in the middle of Bragging Rights symbol. I just get tired of all the air time wasted on this Nexus bull. This past monday it was 40 minutes and not one match!

    I think the story will be ok but take the light off of Cena and Barret and put it on Orton or somebody else. Also please can we get an update on HHH! Let him kick the holy hell outta Nexus! Funny how a small group can “run” the show, the locker room could overrun them. O well just all show but agreed the stories are weak and tend to be repetative. Bad comes and takes over and good trumps it and wins! YAY! Flowers and kittens for ALL! I did like how Orton became more popular by being the least hated between him and Shemus! Choose the darkside or the sinister side.

  23. Guys just so you know. John Cena is not a heel. He is is in the Nexus, but he is still a babyface. I hate it when peoples think someone is a heel once he join a group. repeat. John Cena is not a heel, but a babyface.

  24. Wow, he’s gonna be in Nexus a long time then. I don’t know if he’ll turn heel, but even if he doesn’t, I could see him struggling with his morality, being in Nexus for that length of time and being around them constantly. Plus, basically he’s having to depend on following Barrett to keep his job and survive, so he could start to develop a little stockholm syndrome.

  25. I think john cena should not help wade barrett win the wwe title he does not derve it. randy orton is need to win it. i think wade barrett is a big asshole he should quit.

  26. TO:AK
    Dude just coz wade lost to primo in ecw doesnt mean he is a bad wrestler…any wrestler can improve with more experience ..the miz is a perfect example of this…and besides wade put up one hell of a match at hiac against cena…and the mere fact that wade is able to get so much heat from the wwe universe makes him the best heel in the wwe today…like it or not he is definitely a future wwe champion..

  27. To Asr:
    The reason why Lawrence Knight(sorry, Wade Barrett before you nexus fans get upset) is a bad wrestler, he has not beaten anyone in WWE, without help from nexus or from others, e.g at HIAC he had outside help form those two NXT season 2 no names.
    Furthermore its quite obvious to see that the no names were influenced, by nexus to ensure that Cena lost at HIAC.
    Sheamus is a better heel, he may use weapons but he truly walks alone, unlike nexus who need to be in a collective group because as individuals they don’t have any appeal and would not have made it in WWE, with the exception of Barrett…. maybe. So for me until he actually beats someone without outside help, then I’ll stand by what I say WADE BARRETT is S*”t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  28. I don’t know what the hell you dumbass cena fans see in him. He has become boring! The whole damn wwe has become boring. I really liked the rapper cena, I thought he had real attitude. As far as nexus goes, THEY HAVE NO MIC SKILLS!!!! They suck on the mic! It would be much better if they actually could act! This whole John Cena/Nexus storyline would be much better too. They do need to turn cena heel, veeeerrrryy badly! They need something to spark some interest on Raw, and the while wwe for that matter!

  29. I like Randy Orton I hope he win at bragging rights.I hope the Raw team wins this year because Big Show made team Raw lose last year.

  30. the whole nexus invasion has been good and funny i even went to summerslam 2010 but now its getting boring we need new shit, Triple H needs to come back, Nexus is a bore now. something needs to change in storylines some boring ass crap going on. as far as cena ok up and down with being so great like him, but he aint all that, wwe needs new legends for the future, besides the ones still there tell me who can blow up like greats as hogan, andre the giant, of course much love for the undertaker (my all tyme fav) hitman bret hart, stone cold, the rock, so many other greats in the past. just cant really any of these new comers to be better than hogan, like it or not hogan made wwe what it is today whether u like him or not, even the undertaker make history, hell lots of greats. ive been watchin for 25 yrs since i was 8 or 9 yrs old. ONE THING FOR SURE WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THE WWE AND ITS MILLIONS OF FANS. forgot bout randy orton he can be one of the future legends more than his family but please tell me who else. my personal opinion is the best things came all ready, i just HOPE in the future to come wwe will still shine with new legend and not fade away. so much to say about this subject but it can go on forever. much love to all the true fans in the wwe universe. WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE?

  31. I find it so unfair that John Cena has to join the Nexus when a fan hit him over the head and then wade won and he has to be part of them they are evil why why ?? It shouldnt be allowed!!! REMATCH !!!

  32. I am really surprised at this story line. With all the bullying that is going on right now it schools and on the internet, John Cena is being bullied by NEXUS. This is really not a good thing. I like John Cena and this NEXUS crap needs to STOP!!!!!

  33. nexus sucks they screw john cena in many wwe championship matches but if cena get fired he should ho back 2 smackdown and verse either kane or the undertaker for the world title if he doesnt he shouls verse wade barret 1-1 no interference after cena wins he can either go challenge randy orton for the wwe championship or wade barret again but this time wade win title and cena beats wadeorton to become 10x wwe champion

  34. john cena pls hold on, soon u will b out of nexus, cena never give up now i can c u, b care of randy r k o, make sure he does not kick off your head and as of white wash sheamus take him on a ride.

  35. Wade Barrett needs to be bitch slapped and sent packing. Rumor has it that he is the Anonymous General Manager’s “Boy Toy”.

    WWE Corporate doesn’t have to generate revenue with this kind of a game being run on their loyal fans. Vince should bury his head in the sand.

  36. FUCKING NEXUS!!!! Infact wade barret n his puppet are the most coward guys.they need to pack and leave wwe.due to them wwe is loosing its image.and FUCKING GENERAL MANAGER!why in the hell he is invisible.seems he has a lion’s head.certainly the Nexus is puppet of this stupid guy.

  37. the raw GM should put an end to this game BARRET is playing by giving BARRET a time ,if he does not get what he wants within that time he looses and CENA will be free.or a REMATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  38. This is all bull shit…nobody will watch the wwe if cena still remain part of the nexus….all this is stupid…i dont think i can continue with the wwe cos its now becoming useless…….john cena must leave the nexus or we wouldn’t watch the wwe again…

  39. Read all the comments. Vince McMahon created this traveling show many years ago.. Vince is an excellent promoter and he and he alone creates who will be good giu in white or bad guy. Andre the Giant for many years played both roles,Gorollia monsoon played goood guy and bad guy,,rowdy roddy piper,,hillbilly jim,ultimate warrior, and the list goes on.. I watch his travelling show because of the divas..Granted these lady’s are eye candy.. Another story line from vince Mcmahon,George the animal steel,his charter was insane, with puple tongue and eating turnbuckles padding, but the man actually was a school teacher. Cane and undertaker are not real brothers,another Vince Mcmahon story..Like previous comment its all scripted watch be entertained,hence the name “WWE: world wrestling entertainment..

  40. I would really like to see Joghn Cena back but not part of Nexus anymore. You should take it into cosideration that people like me watch wrestling because of that man. If he is not there, I don’t feel it even a little bit.

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