10 WWE PG Era Superstars You Don't Remember

7. Michael Tarver

The Nexus invasion of the Summer of 2010 was a breath of fresh air at a rather creatively stagnant time, as the band of rebel rookies shook up the status quo and launched themselves into the main event mix with a series of powerful attacks on some of WWE’s untouchables.

Most of the Nexus, save for the quickly canned Daniel Bryan, were unproven commodities at the time, but would come good in the end. 

Except for Michael Tarver. It feels a bit mean to single him out from the original group, but the truth is that Tarver was only around for a few months and was easily the weakest member as far as in-ring work was concerned. 

He had a decent look and was a serviceable mouthpiece, but that wasn’t going to be enough for him to get by in the long run, and it wasn’t much of a surprise when he was released, without returning to television after getting booted out of the black-and-yellow group.

Reflecting on his run a decade later, Tarver claims he was buried when he got to the main roster and that one man in particular – John Cena - held him back.