Ranking all 8 original Nexus members based on their success

This was a major moment.
This was a major moment.

#6 Darren Young

He has done well for himself.
He has done well for himself.

Not counting the initially fired Daniel Bryan, Darren Young was the first member of the Nexus to be exiled by the group, following a loss to John Cena on the post-SummerSlam 2010 episode of RAW.

His WWE career seemed to stagnate for a bit before he returned to the yellow brand to take part in NXT Redemption. In 2012, Young teamed up with Titus O'Neil as the Prime Time Players, a heel tag team. The following August, he would become the first active WWE superstar to publicly come out as gay.

Young then wrestled as a face for the rest of his WWE career, even winning the WWE Tag Team Championships with O'Neil in 2015. He was paired with Bob Backlund in mid-2016, but that gimmick failed to take off following the return of the brand split.

Young was released in October 2017, following a lengthy arm injury. After getting released, he began using his real-life name, Fred Rosser on the independent circuit. Young would wrestle for Big Time Wrestling and WrestlePro, as well as reunite with former Nexus members, Michael Tarver and Justin Gabriel, to form the Nexus Alliance in Chikara's 2018 King of Trios tournament.

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