| The Nexus | |
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| Stable | |
| Leader(s) | Wade Barrett (1st leader) CM Punk (2nd leader) |
| Members | See below |
| Name(s) | The Nexus The New Nexus The Nexus Alliance |
| Debut | June 7, 2010 (As The Nexus) January 3, 2011 (As The New Nexus) |
| Disbanded | August 22, 2011 |
| Years active | 2010–2011 2018 |
The Nexus, later the New Nexus, was a villainous professional wrestling stable in WWE that competed on the Raw brand from June 7, 2010 to August 22, 2011, originally consisting of eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their 14-month existence, with David Otunga being the only member to serve the group throughout the entirety of its existence.
After NXT, the group went on to antagonize the Raw roster, with then-WWE Champion John Cena as their main focus, who forcibly became a member of The Nexus after losing a match at Hell in a Cell thanks to outside interference. However, Cena was eventually removed from the group at Survivor Series after Barrett lost his WWE Championship match to Randy Orton. Barrett was replaced as leader by CM Punk, at which point the stable was renamed The New Nexus in an attempt to distance itself from The Nexus, becoming a tight-knit group dedicated to one another by faith. The group won the WWE Tag Team Championship three times, while Punk won the WWE Championship in his final match with the stable at Money in the Bank.