In October 2010, Cena was forced to join The Nexus as a result of losing to Barrett at Hell in a Cell and at Bragging Rights, Cena and David Otunga won the WWE Tag Team Championship. On the October 25 episode of "Raw", Barrett made a tag team match, with Gabriel and Slater facing Otunga and Cena for the championship. Gabriel and Slater won when Barrett ordered Otunga to allow Slater to pin him, winning the title. Gabriel and Slater held the title for nearly two months, before losing it to Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov in a four-way elimination match also involving The Usos and Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu on the December 6 episode of "Raw". Gabriel and Slater received a championship rematch at but lost by disqualification when Nexus member Michael McGillicutty interfered. On the January 10, 2011 episode of "Raw", Gabriel and Slater refused to take part in new Nexus leader CM Punk's initiation and walked away from the group.