Edge CRITICISES John Cena's Feud With The Nexus! 

Did John Cena bury The Nexus? Let us know in the comments below!

Edge pretty much told us that Cena did a "That doesn't work for me, brother." on Nexus.

"As soon as we lose to Cena, we are just like everyone else." .... Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley on the Shield vs Cena

Fun fact, after beating the Nexus, Cena lost 6 Summerslam matches in a row, most of them clean. If he lost in 2017, he would have lost one time for every member of the Nexus he put down that night.

I remember watching that match, and all I could think was "Super Cena did it again".

I'm a Cena fanboy but he didn't just bury the Nexus. He basically put them in an underground tomb and poured concrete all over it.

Edge highlighted an important point here: there is stuff that should be protected against kickouts so that when it happens and wrestlers kick out even after, such as a sledgehammer hit, or ddt on concrete, even finishers, it looks awesome. The problem with WWE is that this stuff happens too often nowadays, often on a weekly basis: people kicking out of finishers, steel chair shots etc. There is no "OMG WOW" factor anymore. Look at recent Lesnar/Goldberg/Reigns matches. If all you have in the match is a sequence of finishing moves, who is gonna care when the 19th spear is hit when people have kicked out of the previous 18?

Wade Barrett coulda been a world champ and i will die in that hill.

The thing about being DDT'ed on exposed concrete floor and walking it off is wild. If you have been watching prowresting for a while you know that when Jake the Snake DDT'ed Ricky Steamboat on concrete he was injured for weeks. He had to learn how to walk again. So for Cena to walk it off and win a match, is stupid. That's something you do when you want to shelve someone. You don't use it as a spot in a match.

So crazy edge was in the crowd while Bret heart was being interviewed, now he’s the legend getting the interview

Dude, THIS. This makes me feel good to hear someone from the actual wrestling world discuss this. That whole Cena VS the Nexus stuff was THEE moment within my adulthood where I generally lost interest in pro wrestling as a form of entertainment that I watch weekly. It's 2023 now and I dont know a thing about who's who. Luckily there is a community of fans of that kind in the wrestling world where we sit and talk about those eras and before and learn all the funny stories and crazy stuff behind the scenes. So in THAT sense, I am still a fan. I remember when Nexus first attacked. I was stranded in Florida and my friends called me all excited to tell me some NWO like stuff went down 😂 I was mad for missing it, but I caught up maybe the end of that week. I was so excited to see them pushing newer guys but also, and this is VERY important, something OTHER than Cena. As a younger adult, I had been watching pretty much since like 89, or 1990. But to see whatever the next generation's "Hulk Hogan" is... and then seeking something more out of good guys and bad guys, made you realize how formulaic it all is. Same thing w hulk, and I was just another one of the millions of kids who just followed. So I get it- but John Cena just kept winning and winning and the more he won, the less they made ANYTHING on a wrestling show about anyone but John Cena LMAO But to see him bury an idea that was pregnant with possibilities- It was just numbing. I dont even think I watched for a few weeks after that to see what the epilogue of the feud was. It was just THEE defining incident that made me fall off wrestling. Now I just like watching old Dean Malenko matches on RU-vid lol.

the laugh when he mentioned R-Truth annoys the hell out of me.. give R-Truth the respect he deserves

If Cena had done the job to Nexus, you could've done more business with them, and you could've ran with Cena chasing to get his win back for a year. This whole thing was incredibly shortsighted.

Anybody else remember when Cena used his rematch clause for the wwe title to beat Rey mysterio on the same night that Rey beat the miz? And he was a good guy. As a kid I only liked cena for his first year as the wwe champion and then got bored of seeing him by the time I turned twelve. Seeing the same people in the main event just makes the show feel like nothing ever changes.

Nexus walked so the Shield could run....unfortunate but that's kinda what happened.

a laugh for Rtruth being in the main event but no laugh for khali is insane

I think the big problem with this was the mind set of WWE which is a babyface territory, that old line of Hogan must pose, and it reared its head. I think because Vince and the creative team were like well they'll get their heat back but failing to release this is that original NWO heat that you can't manufacture these heels are crazy over because they've destroyed everyone. The only silver lining is after this they handled The Shield far better and didn't let them lose that heat.

Agree with Edge here, he's always done the right thing for business, which is why it doesn't make sense that he beat Balor at WrestleMania this year, especially if he was retiring very soon.

That’s the problem with wrestling in past 2 decades. It’s hard to tell the right story when guys don’t want to put people over

As I look at edge and wades interviews and the amount of things they were told I’m starting to believe that john did had a big part of not putting nexus over and yes I am a fan of John but to me this is one of those moments where you really gotta hate him for that bcuz Nexus we’re huge during that time and for them just making them an after thought and not putting them over really does leave a bad taste in your mouth. Ik john did put other guys over but this is one he definitely should’ve put over especially wade since he was the leader of the group

I never understood the direction they went with Cena vs. the Nexus. Was not the best time for WWE's writing and booking at the time.

Cena had some sneaky attitude back then. He loved to play on both sides. When Vince changed his mind about the final of the match because "kids need to go home happy" he went with the ball and told Barrett that kids need to go home happy. But when he encountered Edge and Jericho he told them exactly what they wanted to hear. It was a mistake and blah blah... John played backstage politics well, but he could've done the right thing and go talk to Vince and put Nexus over that night.

Cena still kicking out of a pile driver on concrete was a completely baffling moment

i see what you’re trying to do here. you’re really exposing a lot. i appreciate this

Wade Barett should have been a multi time world champ

Holy shit, this dude took 2 minutes to ask a question. That was BRUTAL.

Cena was like Hall and Nash, happy to lose when it doesnt really matter. Then they can say, "see i put people over". Smart. Shitty but smart.

So John did an interview & he himself said that the Nexus should have won he was just in a different place at the time

I'm going to play a bit of devil's advocate here. Now not only was Nexus still prominently featured for a few months after the feud (lots of burials result in stars doing just dark matches and house shows), but the Summerslam bout of established stars against new guys with no look and no gimmick could easily have been rectified. Literally have Nexus recruit some other low-standing guys and have more wreckings and backstage brawls the next night on RAW. Simple as that. Sure the wrong team won at Summerslam, but that didn't have to be the beginning of the end.

And for reasons like that Cena was hated in the past. To be more precisely because of dumb booking that made him Superman. I remember that match Nexus was hot as hell and they had to go over without doubt. Sure Nexus story continued but it just wasn't the same. If Nexus went over here they could become as big as Shield did.

Bloody hell he took ages asking that question, brother we are not here to listen to you we are here for edge shut up 😭😭

What made super Cena aweful wasn't the fact that he was so OP. It's the fact that he just lost big match after big match cleanly in his latter years, when he still looked great. That made little sense. That was too obvious.

A great point is inadvertently made during the pre-amble. 53 year-old head injury limited Bret Hart, an increasingly immobile Great Khali...... some of the WWE team line-up buried the Nexus, let alone Cena winning.

Good old times when Chris Jericho actually cared about future of young talent, even tho the feud wasn't against him, lately it's been completely opposite. 😑😑

Cena never wanting to put young talent over

Wade Barrett would have been a former or even a current World Champion had Nexus won at SS

That's when TNA ratings were kicking WWE's ass

Im all for Nexus beating team WWE, but my big question is now what? How far do they go with the Nexus angle if Nexus wins? Was Vince and co onboard with the Nexus the way they were the Shield? That's the only thing.

I feel this is constantly being asked on this show! Lol you just uploaded the same question with Wade haha.

Nexus and Wade Barrett deserved more.

"these kids are cookin 🔥" - Edge 2018

No one has hurt more young wrestler's pushes than Cena. People complain there are no stars these days but never blame him. He's still doing it too. He's killed Austin Theory's career and is going after LA Knight (not young but still up and coming) now because he's so over.

Edge is a real one,no matter whats with his personal life he always gave 100% and did what best for the buisness,he was born for this.

Barret said that Vince made the decision and said its Summerslam Wade we need to send the kids home happy so not sure how much was on Cena

I remember watching WWE the first time when I was a kid and edge was my first favorite superstar.

Unpopular opinion Team Cena going over against Team Nexus was correct. I was in highschool at that time and I definitely wanted to see Team Cena win. What should have happened is that they should have booked a different sole survivor to elevate one's career (think Ziggler being the sole survivor in Team Cena against Team Authority in 2014)

It's interesting how the perception of Cena has changed over the years. He ruled WWE for years and around 2013 the voice of people disliking this guy for winning every match became loud enough on the internet (some people had been disliking him from even before this). Over the next few years the dissent against him grew and grew on the internet, often as he was compared to wrestlers like Daniel Bryan and Zack Ryder and Wade Barrett. Cena then left in 2017. Then the WWE Universe was able to see a contrast. WWE was now pushing Roman Reigns the same way they had been pushing John Cena 7 or 8 years earlier. The difference, the fans saw, was that Cena actually had talent unlike this guy. That's why when Cena returned in August 2017 they cheered for him!! But he wasn't there to stay as he found a better calling at Hollywood. Now people miss him and they're like "You know what? He wasn't that bad!"

As a kid I lost my mind from happiness when cena won, jumping all around the room 😂

If Edge narrated a book, or voiced a character in animation, I would probably enjoy it a lot more than I should. The guy has such a smooth voice.

It wasn't just this summer slam. This was the entire Cena era. He and Vince refused to build new stars. It was without a doubt the most stale era in pro wrestling history. Even when Cena didn't win... He won. Iykyk.

I was at that Juan Cena show! It was in Biloxi, Mississippi and the Nexus came out in a Bull Costume to challenge him for not actually being a Luchador/Matador

The laughter after he says R Truth is so disrespectful

Man I remember this being the biggest opportinity of the 2010s to build the stars of the future but, oh no can't have that, because Cena Hogans his way to another win essentially derailing any monentum gained.

This was the tipping for me and I started becoming annoyed of Cena. I still had to endure almost a decade more of super cena after that.

People (including Edge) defending the Nexus is MIND BOGGLING

i don't get why are pepole blaming cena like he's running the company, the pepole that needs to be blamed are the writers, wwe creative and especially the man running the entire show vince , cena just did what he was asked to do just did his job .

I remember being at that Raw in Sacramento 2:06 . Ridiculously loud crowd

Barrett could have been the first British WWE champion but they Buried him instead for John Cenas ego.

In the old days, they would backwards plan an angle, sometimes out to a year. Meaning, they would go to the next year, and plan the ending of the angle, usually at a big pay per view, then plan back to when it starts. Today, doesn't happen.

This is old news. Inside the Ropes loves to do this

R-Truth is one of the greatest

Id even wager and state that it would have been shocking if Cena got a DDT on the floor and was actually ruled out of the match and have Nexus rule Raw until a rematch takes place at Survivor series between Team Cena and Nexus in a traditional survivor series match .

Absolutely as much as I like Cena he definitely buried a young heel faction that could have done alot more

Another story of John Cena and his golden shovel

People forget the nexus actually sucked member to member and wasn't much to do with them after winning this. Barrett was the only one with quality but he also got hurt a lot so nothing came from him

This dude's question was half the video

It Was Completely Unnecessary.

John cena and edge awesome

Given what Jericho is doing in AEW with the younger talent, I find absolutely laughable that he had a problem with it

I'm so glad Edge just no sold this dude's jabs at Bret Hart. This kid could've done his research to know that Bret was an important figure to Edge's start in WWE.

Of course Cena had no problem with this. He had b-level talent, but was being given everything the company had to offer. He’s not gonna question that, he’s just gonna keep accepting every push they gave him.

My god… get to the question!!

That Nexus story had potential but yea Cena ruined something that had potential, Cena get “fired” then shows up next week in the crowd wearing his wrestling attire knee pads and all , like you got FIRED!! 😂😂 couldn’t they wait at least a month for him to make an appearance 🤷‍♂️

The only good way of looking at this is that it helped younger stars in the long run, like the Shield debut was only a couple years later so the burial of the Nexus was still fresh. I can't remember exactly what match it was, might've been something related to CM Punk but I remember Seth talking about how originally they were set to lose one of their first matches as The Shield but they forced creative to change the outcome of the match because they didn't want what happened to Nexus happen to them.

I still feel Cena was right personally. Cena is a megastar loved by kids. Not sure any of the Nexus were truly on his level.

Yeah we get it! People cant stop bashing about it. Tbh guys like Slater, Gabriel or Otunga dont look like a threat

Pretty much Cena was much more like hulk hogan than he thinks .

Half the video is asking the question!

As a John Cena fan, this was definitely the biggest L John has had in the WWE. Nexus definitely should have went over in that match and then Cena would get his revenge at some point

What about the other watch of Cena vs Barrett, where Cena had to join the nexus. If they treated that like they treated Randy in the Wyatt family it could have been better

Lot of those Nexus guys could've gone on to become big stars with that rub, but now looking at it, in a pure wrestler standpoint. NONE of them are wrestling in WWE now. If Wade wasn't a commontator, NONE of em would be in WWE rn. Which is mad.

This was the peak of the Super Cena where everybody was dumping on him. Note that social media was not big at this time but you can really feel the hatred for Super Cena and how WWE was trying to shove this character down on everybody

Really seems like they feared Nexus would outdraw Cena in the long-term.

Edge look like an alien on that thumbnail 😂

The Nexus gimmick sucked from the beginning. A couple of random guys (at that point) in random black and yellow shirts trying to tell you that they're the next big stars. Cena's booking was unbearable at times, but the fact that he buried the Nexus is the one thing it's really not a shame about.

It was a bad decision, but it was Cena in his prime. It wasn’t like an old Hulk in 93’ not wanting to put Bret over.

I loved the Nexus. They felt fresh and BIG. Unlike anything we ever really had. A shame they disbanded so soon. Probably why I loved the Shield so much. THEY were the Nexus 2.0.

He destoryed all 7 of those guys careers. You could argue Wade recoverd but even that would be a stretch

Edge was already on SmackDown when Juan Cena happened, so that checks out. :D

I remember I wasnt that involved with wrestling back then. I was still a big fan but in a more "A kid who's just happy to cheer for most of the good guys an boo most of the bad guys". I didnt watch Summerslam live but I remember watching the results online felt strange, I checked it multiple times on different sites to see if it wasnt trolling. I loved the good guyd, but Nexus going over seemed like such an obvious thing to me even as a child.

I remember the TLC match vs wade Barrett. There was a spot where the chairs tied to a chain hanging from the ceiling. Cena basically pulled that chain on wade barrett and allowed all the chaires to fall on him. I think there may have been something for protection. But that felt like like the literal burial of hos career.

I might be in the minority, but Cena’s run in the nexus was very entertaining. Still feel like wade should’ve won the WWE Title even if he was a transitional champion for the miz to eventually pin

People will always go on about The Shield and for good reason. But The Nexus were special. Their aura, debut, cool theme, iconic 'N' uniforms e.t.c Though they were booked poorly the streets still remember Nexus. They walked so The Shield could run.

"That happened?! Nice." That one really got, ngl. 😄

"he came back that night and said: You were right" - Too late I never liked Cena and his superman gimmick, but at least I thought he was just following orders. When I learnt he was the responsible one for that outcome, I stopped watching WWE (only Royal Rumbles and some Mania matches, but that's it). I respect that he genuinely regretted having done that over time, but the damage was done and he will never get the same level of respect as Taker or Sting for example

Nexus were created for Cena to look strong. They werent created to go over.

During that feud Cena was in full on WCW Hogan mode.

Yall are bashing cena for it but it was Vince who said to have cena go over. and cena tried to change the ending but Vince wouldn’t budge.

It’s the equivalent of the NWO losing the six man tag at Bash at the Beach 1996

I think it hurt wade barette he had great potential the best nexus member don’t know why they didn’t give wade a different move rather than wasteland at the time