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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Jan 23, 2015 3:52:31 GMT -5
I think it may well have gone the same way -- however, with Bryan in Nexus, they'd probably have had more matches and crucially, more good matches. The group as it was really only had four things:
1) The gimmick/push -- we'd never seen a rookie group come in like that before and terrify the roster. 2) Barrett's ability to talk as a leader. 3) Slater's ability to be the obnoxious friend to draw heat (they didn't really do this anyway). 4) Sheffield's size/intensity (kind of undermined by the yupyup gimmick he'd had on NXT).
None of those things really did a great deal when it came to wrestling big-time matches. Bryan didn't have the personality or confidence at the time to be the main guy in Nexus, so I don't know that his presence would have made that big a deal. He'd have been the only Nexus guy that could do a really good singles match, but they might have been singles matches against Morrison and Bourne rather than the top guys. That said, the initial Nexus attack did contain a good setup to a Cena vs Bryan match with the spitting and "you're not better than me!"
What they really should have done is put Barrett on the road with the main roster for a year before debuting, Kurt Angle style, so by the time he got on TV, he'd have had more experience in the ring. It was a shame that he really started upping his game in the ring after The Corre died, by which point he'd peaked as a character. If Bad News Wade was as good at wrestling then as he is now, I could easily have seen Barrett vs Cena being the WrestleMania 27 main event.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 23, 2015 13:58:00 GMT -5
Anything that involves David Otunga as a World Champion is instantly one of the worst ideas ever. Well he was a one time tag team champion
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 14:04:00 GMT -5
Anything that involves David Otunga as a World Champion is instantly one of the worst ideas ever. Well he was a one time tag team champion Right, but he wasn't a singles champion...
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 23, 2015 14:06:33 GMT -5
Well he was a one time tag team champion Right, but he wasn't a singles champion... It would have been interesting to see him be champion during the Team Johnny vs Team Teddy storyline
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 15:55:35 GMT -5
Right, but he wasn't a singles champion... It would have been interesting to see him be champion during the Team Johnny vs Team Teddy storyline I'll disagree with that. Otunga should never ever be near a singles title under any circumstance.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 23, 2015 16:30:15 GMT -5
It would have been interesting to see him be champion during the Team Johnny vs Team Teddy storyline I'll disagree with that. Otunga should never ever be near a singles title under any circumstance. I think that he's good at being an onscreen character but He should help WWE with their legal department
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