Three weeks later, on the January 31 episode of Raw, Harris and McGillicutty unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Harris passed his initiation, a lashing from the rest of the group, and was allowed to remain a member of the New Nexus, alongside Punk, McGillicutty and David Otunga. In January 2011, CM Punk took over the Nexus and had each of its members put through an initiation. Despite of their loss, Harris and McGillicutty were inducted into the Nexus on Raw the following week. On the October 18 episode of Raw, Harris and McGillicutty failed to earn a place in the Nexus when they lost to Cena and Randy Orton in a tag team match. The following week, Harris and McGillicutty cost Cena a match against The Miz, prompting Barrett to give them the opportunity to win membership in the Nexus. Harris' and McGillicutty's identities were revealed on the following day's episode of Raw, though Barrett claimed he had not asked for their help and refused to make them full-time members of The Nexus. Harris reappeared in the season finale of NXT with the other eliminated rookies and joined in on the attack on the NXT winner, Kaval.Īt the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view in October, a disguised Harris and Michael McGillicutty interfered in a match between John Cena and Wade Barrett, and helped Barrett win, forcing Cena to join Barrett's faction the Nexus per the pre-match stipulation. Following his elimination, Harris and Rhodes attacked Kaval, resulting in a brawl also involving Porter and Kofi Kingston. Harris was one of two rookies eliminated from NXT on August 17. In the poll later that night, Harris climbed to fourth place out of the six rookies. On August 9 the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw, which Harris' team won when he pinned Kaval, but his team lost a rematch the following night on NXT. In the second poll, Harris moved up to sixth place, narrowly avoiding elimination. The following week, Harris lost to Porter in a singles match, and was ranked seventh out of the eight rookies in the first poll. After a rocky start with his pro Cody Rhodes, Harris turned heel on the June 22 edition of NXT by attacking announcer Matt Striker, just as his pro did the previous week. Harris made his debut on the June 8 episode of NXT, competing in a tag team match with Rhodes against Montel Vontavious Porter and Percy Watson, which they lost. On June 1, 2010, Rotunda was announced as a competitor in the second season of WWE NXT under the name "Husky Harris", with Cody Rhodes as his mentor. At the November 19 FCW television tapings they lost the championship to the Dudebusters ( Curt Hawkins and Caylen Croft). On June 23, 2009, Rotunda teamed up with his younger brother Bo, and they defeated Justin Angel and Kris Logan to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. He later changed his name to "Duke Rotundo". He debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in April 2009 with a victory, using the name "Alex Rotundo". 1.1.5 Feud and Reconcile with 'Woken' Matt Hardy (2017 - 2018).1.1.4 Singles run and feud with The Undertaker (2014-2016).
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