Wade Barrett Discusses The Legacy of Nexus

Nexus is one of the most unique factions of all time. The group had one of the most impactful debuts in the history of WWE and they quickly established themselves as a dominating faction on Raw. At one point it looked as if all Nexus members were going to emerge as the next generation of main event talents for the wrestling world.

The faction, however, lost its momentum as quickly as it had gained it and they disbanded less than 6 months after its formation. Most of its members slowly descended on the WWE card after their break up, before being forgotten by the fans. Despite this fate, people still talk about Nexus and there are a number of moments from its short run that fans still remember to this day.

Wade Barrett recently reflected on his time as part of the group in an interview with Even Stronger podcast. He first discussed the circumstance that led to the creation of Nexus:

"I think there was probably an era from about 2002 until about 09-2010 where I think the show got stale because it was the same seven or eight top guys at the time who had been running the show for the duration of that. So I think the company was starting to realise, 'Look, some of these guys that we've had holding this down for years now, they're starting to get aged out. We really, really need fresh stars because the next 10 years are not looking good unless we start building them now.'

So I was kind of lucky that I was along that wave. Sheamus is another one who separately came up around that time, Drew McIntyre. We all got hired on the same day. We're pretty close. So I contrast and compare myself with those two regularly but we got caught up in this wave of 'Look we need new talent. We need new guys. We need fresh stars.' So I was fortunate that my rise through the developmental ranks came at that time, which meant the company was actively looking for new stars."

Wade Barrett Discusses The Impact of Nexus on Wrestling World