History Trivia / TheNexus

** In-{{Kayfabe}} example - the NXT Season 2 "Rookies" (minus the season's winner, Kaval) decided to stage their own riot on the final episode of their season, which would presumably have led to a similar stable. Unfortunately, their riot was a terrible version of the original NXT Riot, and the idea was quietly shelved. Two of the more promising Season 2 rookies, [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel [=Michael McGillicutty=]]] and [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Husky Harris]] (the sons of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and Mike "IRS" Rotuna, respectively), have since joined Nexus proper.

** Wrestling/CMPunk retained "This Fire Burns" by Music/KillswitchEngage as his solo theme.

** The Nexus[=/=]New Nexus used a modified version of "We Are One" by Music/12Stones.

** [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/CMPunk and Wrestling/BrayWyatt (The repackaged Husky Harris) are by far the most successful alumni of the Nexus/New Nexus, with none of the Corre even coming close to matching them.

* BreakupBreakout: You'd think Wade Barrett would have the most successful post-Nexus career, right? Wrong. Fast forward five years later, and Barrett is less prominently featured on TV than the first person kicked out of Nexus, the first member of Nexus's most iconic line-up to be taken off TV, and one of the two people who who joined Nexus months into its existence (the other one did well for himself, even if only for a while).

** Wrestling/{{Kane}} (before teaming with Wrestling/TheBigShow) was given an offer by Wade Barrett to join the Corre.

* FanNickname:
** Nexus member Darren Young's facial features [[http://www.blacksnowcomic.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Black-Cena-and-White-Cena.jpg bear such a strong resemblance to John Cena's]] that fans took to calling him "Black John Cena;" this became an AscendedMeme when it was actually acknowledged on-air and Cena got a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} out of it. Darren mentioned it in passing, but Cena cracked everyone up when he said that Darren Young proved his worst fear: That his mom DID have an illicit affair with [[Film/TheLittleRascals Buckwheat]].
** Moments after the initial attack, fans were referring to the rookies as the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NxtWo]]. In the same vein, people quickly began referring to the Corre as the "Nexus Wolfpac," due to being a splinter group in the same vein as Wolfpac.
** Cena, at one point, when seeing all seven members of Nexus [[SocialSemiCircle lined up on the entrance ramp shoulder-to-shoulder]], referred to Nexus as "NNNNNNN".
** In the few hours since Cena joined the group, people were already referring it as "[=CeNexus=]."
** Heath Slater is constantly compared to the Wendy's girl. This stemmed from the same Cena promo that the Young/Buckwheat joke was made, and a picture of his head Photoshopped onto the Wendy's logo accompanied it.
** Within hours of Wrestling/CMPunk joining the group, people began referring to the group as [=NexSES=], a portmanteau of Nexus and SES (Straight Edge Society, another stable that Punk was the leader of).

Breakup Breakout: You'd think Wade Barrett would have the most successful post-Nexus career, right? Wrong. Fast forward five years later, and Barrett is less prominently featured on TV than the first person kicked out of Nexus, the first member of Nexus's most iconic line-up to be taken off TV, and one of the two people who who joined Nexus months into its existence (the other one did well for himself, even if only for a while).

** The dynamic between Wade Barrett and David Otunga, with Otunga trying to usurp leadership and undermine Barrett, feels like as if it would've worked much better with Daniel Bryan involved as neither Barrett nor Otunga seem as if they have any business turning face. Daniel Bryan as a Nexus member in general is another example, as he was fired within a week of the stable forming and returned as an anti-Nexus WWE babyface.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** You know "Punk," the guy who tried to win New York's heart on the second season of ''Series/ILoveNewYork''? He became a wrestler and joined the Nexus.
** Michael Tarver also previously appeared on WWE TV as a member of Floyd Mayweather's ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 24'' entourage.
** Wade Barrett once made an appearance on an episode of ''Raw'' in 2006 as a security guard.
** Punk's first new recruit for the "New" Nexus, Mason Ryan, is none other than Goliath from ''Series/{{Gladiators}}''.

** Wrestling/{{Kane}} (before teaming with Wrestling/TheBigShow) was given an offer by Wade Barrett to join the Corre.

** Michael Tarver also previously appeared on WWE TV as a member of Floyd Mayweather's ''WrestleMania 24'' entourage.
** Wade Barrett once made an appearance on an episode of Raw in 2006 as a security guard.
** Punk's first new recruit for the "New" Nexus, Mason Ryan, is none other than Goliath from ''Series/{{Gladiators}}''

** The dynamic between Wade Barrett & David Otunga, with Otunga trying to usurp leadership and undermine Barrett, feels like as if it would've worked much better with Daniel Bryan involved as neither Barrett nor Otunga seem as if they have any business turning face. Daniel Bryan as a Nexus member in general is another example, as he was fired within a week of the stable forming and returned as an anti-Nexus WWE babyface.