David Otunga is 100% sure John Cena buried The Nexus.
Former WWE Superstar David Otunga was a guest on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast. During the conversation, Otunga addressed The Nexus’ SummerSlam 2010 match against John Cena’s Team WWE.
David Otunga stated that John Cena burying The Nexus is 100% accurate. He also shared that the group was supposed to win that night, but WWE changed the plans at the last minute because Cena wanted to go over.
“Oh yeah, that’s 100% accurate. I mean, that’s what happened, that is what happened.
“Yes. And I don’t know why he wanted to go over, but we knew all day we were supposed to go over, and then things started getting weird, and then they tell us, no, the finish changed, and it’s because John wanted to go over, and we weren’t happy about that. The other guys in the match weren’t happy about that. And if I’m being honest, I think John probably knows that wasn’t the right idea. I mean, maybe obviously, at the time, he thought that was the right call, but in retrospect, I don’t even think he would agree that that was the right thing to do.”
David Otunga then said he knew The Nexus was supposed to win, but he wasn’t sure how. The match would have featured “some shenanigans,” but Nexus going over was the plan until WWE changed it.
David Otunga Says He Was Supposed To Take Over The Nexus, But WWE Suddenly Chose CM Punk As The New Leader
Speaking further, David Otunga shared that the loss at SummerSlam damaged The Nexus’ momentum after the strong build. He also revealed that he was supposed to take over the group after kicking out Wade Barrett, but WWE brought in CM Punk as the new leader out of the blue.
“But either way, you spend six months or however long it was building this faction, and we’re the strongest thing, we’re the hottest thing they have. Then now, why would you have us lose that? This is the main event. To really build these new stars, you want us to keep going. We could have rode this all the way to Mania, but then after that, we’ve now lost and that took us down a few pegs. After that, we never regained the steam.
“They ended up separating us,” David Otunga continued, “Even then they started to have a good storyline going where we were gonna oust Wade Barrett, and I was gonna take over. I remember, I kicked him out of the group. I think it was Raw, and then the next week, I was supposed to then become the leader. However, then it’s hey, surprise guys, we got a new leader for you, CM Punk. Wait, what? How does this fit in?
“And I guess he needed a faction. Straight Edge Society was done and he needed a new faction. So I don’t know why they decided just to give him Nexus. So then the storyline that we had going just stopped, and now we’re The New Nexus with CM Punk, which, eh. It never really took off, I think, because it was a disconnect for the fans too.”
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