And a star is born ( Stu Bennett )

Formation and attacks on WWE personnel

On the June 7, 2010 "Viewer's Choice" edition of Raw, the group debuted sporting matching armbands with the letter N during the main event which saw John Cena face CM Punk after the leader of the Straight Edge Society on with 45% of the viewer vote. Barrett, who entered from the ramp, led the group, who entered through the crowd and jumped the barricades, in an attack on Cena, Punk, Luke Gallows, Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler, NXT host Matt Striker (who had joined Lawler and Michael Cole at ringside to announce the results), Justin Roberts (who was the Raw ring announcer at the time), WWE timekeeper Mark Yeaton and other WWE personnel around the ring, not to mention destroying everything at ringside, including the ring itself.[5] During the attack, which ended with Cena being taken out of the American Airlines Arena on a stretcher, Daniel Bryan strangled Roberts with his necktie and, in a sign of disrespect, spit in Cena's face, the latter of which led him to be released from his contract on June 11 as WWE reportedly felt those acts were too violent for the company's TV-PG programming. His absence was explained by Barrett as Bryan had felt remorse for his actions and, as a result, was kicked out of the group, rather than reveal the real truth. Nexus was stablished as the main heel stable in RAW, attacking several wrestlers and legends like Ricky Steamboat, Dusty Rhodes Raw General Manager Bret Hart and mostly, John Cena. After his attack to Hart, McMahon removed him as Raw General Manager "due to his injuries" and subsequently appointed a new General Manager, who chose to remain anonymous for fear of being attacked like Hart was, communicating only through e-mails quoted by Cole, the "official spokesman".