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The following are the members of [[The Nexus]]:
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[John Cena]], later [[Randy Orton]].
* [[Ax Crazy]]: New Nexus initiations showed signs of this.
** ''Aaaaand'' firmly cemented this as of 2-7-11.
* [[Badass Beard|Badass Bea]][[Beard of Evil|rd of Evil]]
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Punk is a result of this, Nexus wanted a newer, stronger leader, they got it.
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* [[Eviler Than Thou]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Full
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Waah? Punk's leader of Nexus?
** Meh, not really. For the past couple of weeks he's been shown to be sympathetic towards the Nexus, so it's not too much of a stretch to think he'd join them.
** [[Foreshadowing]]: Also, if one were to pay attention to said weeks, Punk wore a Charles Manson shirt while still on the announce table. It may or may not have been intentional, but it was a hint nonetheless.
** [[Fun
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Nexus has a new, selfless leader that is ready to sacrifice everything to help them, what could possibly go wrong?
* [[Groin Attack]]: Gets one courtesy of [[John Cena]].
* [[Hijacked
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Punk was quick to decry [[John Cena]] for coming back after being fired to attack Nexus. He does have a point, but the problem is that The Nexus did the same thing on their debut.
* [[Troll]]: "Are you stupid enough to think I would jump off this titantron?"
* [[Well
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: His reason for targeting [[John Cena]] due to his use of [[Unnecessary Roughness]] repeatedly throughout his career: how Cena said he was going to leave then instead did a [[Ten
** Though Cena has a point - ''he'' didn't end Batista's career. Batista himself did that by retiring.
** Which he wouldn't have if Cena didn't throw him through the stage, which was still not justified.
** Batista threatened to retire if then-General Manager [[Bret Hart]] didn't grant him a rematch. Hart called his bluff, which lead to him to retire.
** He also accused Cena of it for how he defeated Barrett. But in that case, he didn't have a point as he was defending someone who often had Nexus beat the stuffing out of people for no real reason, so it's less effective there.
** Batista being mentioned before Barrett, though, is a misnomer. He mentioned Barrett first. Then Cena brought up Nexus trying to ruin his career. ''That'' is when Punk mentioned Cena's damage to Batista's career.
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[The Starscream|Starscream]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He's a Harvard Law grad
* [[Hey,
* [[Hot Dad]]
* [[Ho Yay]]: One-sided with Barrett. Otunga acts like an abused spouse around Barrett, making him more of a Starscream [[Expy]].
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=== Genesis ===
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Husky Harris, and Michael
* [[Fat and Skinny]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Even before Genesis, Husky and Michael got along.
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: They're both the sons of stars from the late '80s, they've probably known each other since childhood.
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: They both have scruffy [[Perma
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The serious, businesslike Michael and the wilder, more energetic Harris.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Two contrasting personalities and ring styles that nevertheless go great together, and they just happen to be a matched set.
* [[Wrestling Family]]: Both of them come from pretty illustrious lineages. McGillicutty is the son of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig. Harris's father is Mike Rotunda, his uncles are Barry and Kendall Windham, and his grandfather is Blackjack Mulligan.
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: After the fall of Nexus, he had a short run with the tag titles with Otunga, before losing them to [[Evan Bourne]] and Kofi Kingston, and then very brief feud with [[Jerry Lawler]], before not appearing on TV at al.
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: McGillicutty? Seriously? That has to be the least intimidating name ever.
** Despite heavily promoting that he was the son of Curt Hennig, WWE promoted the name as him using his mother's maiden name to avoid being in Hennig's shadow.
*** I don't know if they were trying to imply that [[ECW|Beu]][[Action Girl|lah]] was his mother or something, but seriously, WWE.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Damien Nelson and David Herro of the Pro Wrestling Report Show like to refer to him as "Perfect Jr"
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==== Husky Harris ====
* [[Acrofatic]]: [[
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: In a pretty creepy [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]] way. Anybody who can make [[Alpha Bitch|Michelle McCool]] get a face reaction by hitting on them deserves this trope.
* [[Jerkass]]: Has yet to show a single redeemable quality or trait at all.
* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]]
* [[Put
* [[The Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Something Completely Different]]: Husky stands out, from his old school ring style to his different build.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Got injured when Nexus started to crumble, and was reintroduced as a face upon his return.
* [[The Giant]]
* [[Hey,
* [[Identical Stranger]]: To [[Batista]]
* [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep]]
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** And then slipped right back into his old habits during the Corre's feud with Jackson. You'd think he'd know better.
* [[Big Bad]]: Subverted, see [[Disc One Final Boss]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Once he got carried away in wanting the WWE Championship and torturing Cena to get it, to the point of making the Nexus become all about him and forgetting all the aspects that made the group synonymous with its theme song, he ended up gradually but certainly losing the Nexus - to the point he found himself reaching to [[
** He seemed to have learned his lesson, however, as he ushered in the Corre, but claims he's not even taking a leadership position in that group. But then came the #1 contender battle royal on April 15th. He was the first Corre member to declare that the others would be helping him win that night, and just went on to become more monolithic to the point of alienating Jackson, who he had violently expelled rather than let walk away, then Slater and Gabriel as well. The latter two ended the Corre then and there.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: When he first appeared he was a cynical, greedy, charismatic British thug, now he's become a scheming, manipulative, brutal war leader.
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* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Feels completely justified doing what he did to get himself and the rest of the rookies contracts.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: A possible inversion. Insists on ''not'' being called the leader of The Corre, as it is an alliance of "four equals."
* [[
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: He's achieved all of his initial objectives, now he's just in it for the power.
* [[You Meddling Kids|Meddling John Cena]]: Why he's not The WWE Champion.
* [[Noble Demon]]: He's even apologized for attacking [[John Cena]] and [[Bret Hart]].
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[The Kid
* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]: His first gimmick on NXT, he was a greedy, bare-knuckle brawler who grew up rough and was damn proud of it.
** Also a bit of a William Regal [[Expy]].
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* [[Still the Leader]]: Said this pretty much verbatim after [[CM Punk]] took over [[The Nexus]]. Punk would respond to this by costing him a shot at [[The Miz]]'s WWE championship--and ripping Barrett's Nexus armband off as an exclamation point.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Positioned John Cena as special guest referee in his title match against Randy Orton. If Barrett leaves as champion, Cena's freed from Nexus. If Orton does, Cena is fired.
** However, Cena [[Out
=== Justin Gabriel ===
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* [[Bishonen]]
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: South African, but spent most of his life in England.
* [[Cast
* [[The Dandy]]: The teased hair, earrings, and delicate features make him look like a scene kid.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Wade.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: With Slater. Twice. Refusing to be initiated into Punk's New Nexus, and later disbanding the Corre when Barrett tried to make it all about him again.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Finishing Move]]: The only wrestler currently in WWE to use the 450 splash.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]/[[Glass Cannon]]: A very fast, dangerous wrestler with a very lethal finisher, that's also very bad for him if he screws up.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Let's see, good looks? Check. Likable personality? Check. High Flier? Check. Even WWE knew they couldn't keep him heel once the Corre and Nexus were done and turned him a soon as possible.
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* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: For the first part of the arc. Barrett found ways to tame him.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Do
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]
* [[Easily
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Five Moves of Doom]]
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After his Nexus defection.
* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]]
* [[Out
* [[Precision F
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: After being fired, he goes on one of these and beats the stuffing out of nearly all of Nexus singlehandedly. Arguibly, the entire Chairs Match with Barrett would qualify.
* YMMV: the finish to the ''[[Summer Slam]]'' match exemplified most of the problems Cena's detractors have with him as he would [[
* [[Ten
* [[The Rival]]: Had his in [[Chris Jericho]] and [[Edge]].
* [[Token Good Teammate]]
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: From main eventing SummerSlam to competeting potentially in two more seasons of ''NXT'', Young is probably the worst hit Nexus member to date.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Black Cena, Chocolate Cena, Tropical Cena, Bizarro Cena, probably plenty more.
* [[Hey,
* [[Identical Stranger]]: To John Cena.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: His resemblance to Cena.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: The only Nexus member to fail to win their match when the group agreed upon all losers would be kicked out and the group proceeded to attack and kick out of the group.
=== Michael Tarver ===
* [[The Brute]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Hey,
* [[Scary Black Man]]
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* [[Dumb Muscle]]: He was a major goofball in NXT Season 1, focusing more on getting his [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]] over than winning matches.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: The man is incredibly fast, despite his size.
* [[Put
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Returned to action in April of 2012 with an entire different gimmick on Smackdon, but stilled being acknowledged to being part of NXT season 1 and being sidelined due to injury.
* [[You Look Familiar]]: His real name is Ryan Reeves. If that sounds familiar, it's because he was a former contestant on the ''$1,000,000 Tough Enough''.
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[[Category:The Nexus]]▼
[[Category:Characters]]
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