Heath Slater
In 2011, Barreta would largely be used as enhancement talent, mostly competing on "Superstars" and losing to various wrestlers such as Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Tyler Reks, Ted DiBiase, Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, and Jinder Mahal. From April, Barreta would enter into a long rivalry with Tyson Kidd, but he found himself on the losing end in five singles matches against Kidd. However, Barreta managed a win over Kidd when he teamed with The Usos to beat Kidd, Justin Gabriel, and Heath Slater on the June 30, 2011 episode of "Superstars". Barreta finally defeated Kidd in a singles match on the August 23 episode of "NXT", his first match on "NXT".