It’s been over a decade since WWE Superstars were terrorized by the Nexus, but Heath Slater feels a group reunion could still happen.
During a recent virtual signing for “Captain’s Corner,” Slater was asked about the faction and addressed a possible reunion with his fellow Nexus members. He said,
“We have never had a second coming (of Nexus), ever. Think about that. You have (CM) Punk up there, you have Wade (Barrett) on commentary. Ryback is a little insane and doing his thing. You have D. Young that still looks like a stud. Me, I’m 250 now, I’m the dad bod but I’ll kick your ass if I need to. You got Michael Tarver that still looks like an evil, crazy son of a gun and David Otunga that still has a bodybuilder build that can damn do anything and then you have Justin Gabriel that is still out there high-flying, doing his 450 splash and kicking ass and looking good. Imagine if it would happen, and that wasn’t even a pitch (he laughed). I just pitched it baby.
“But being real, it could be — I feel like it could be an earthquake in wrestling again. But then again, who knows? That’s just me talking. Other people might be like, you delusional, old f*ck. There’s no way. But, I feel like it could happen.”
The Nexus came together in 2010 and would consist of the ‘rookies’ from the first season of the original NXT. The group was led by season one winner Wade Barrett.
In 2010, CM Punk would replace Barrett as the faction’s leader. The group would hold the WWE Tag Team Championships on three occasions.
