Top 8 SummerSlam main events from this decade

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#6 Team WWE vs The Nexus (SummerSlam 2010)

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A wasted opportunity

This match was a perfect example of how annoying WWE can get. John Cena was in the middle of his Super Cena run, where he rarely lost and if he lost, it was never a clean loss (save for one or two instances).

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If this ranking were based on build-up alone, this match would most probably be number 1. It was refreshing to see WWE give so many newcomers such an important spot. The whole aura behind The Nexus was something that we had not seen in WWE for a long time.

They brought a sense of chaos and unpredictability to the scene at a time when WWE desperately needed it (remember when R-Truth main evented a pay per view). Coming into this event, The Nexus had a lot of momentum riding on its back and it seemed that the only way they could go was upwards. Boy oh boy, was everyone wrong!

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The match started off strong with the reveal of Daniel Bryan, it had a Survivor Series elimination match feel to it.

Where the match loses a lot of points is the ridiculous finish of Cena once again overcoming the odds and winning from a 1-2 disadvantage. It literally killed all of the momentum that The Nexus had with it.

The finish was so ridiculous that when Wade Barrett first heard it, he thought it was a joke. It was reportedly Cena's idea to have that finish, a finish that had the likes of Edge and Chris Jericho repeatedly trying to convince Cena that it was bad. In the end, Cena himself acknowledged what he did was wrong.

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