Where are they now: The Nexus 7, 7 Years Later

#6. Darren Young

Darren Young came out as WWE's first openly gay active performer.

Darren Young was one of the less featured members of the Nexus stable, as evidenced by his performance in the Nexus’s big main event opportunity at SummerSlam 2010. In the elimination tag team match, Young wouldn’t survive the first minute—tapping out to Daniel Bryan at approximately the forty second mark. He would hang with the group in the aftermath, though, hanging around for its duration including a leadership change that saw CM Punk take the reins.

Despite the shaky start, Young would enjoy unlikely longevity on the WWE roster—second to only Heath Slater for the longest tenure with the company. He’d go on to success as half of the Prime Time Players with Titus O’Neil, winning the tag titles once. Additionally, he’d make headlines as WWE’s first openly gay active performer. Unfortunately, he’d never get much traction as a singles wrestler, though, and was ultimately let go this past fall.