 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.