The Corre

The Core is a professional wrestling stable in the professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), that is currently competing on its SmackDown brand.

Formation
The group had it's roots as The Nexus on Raw. Wade Barrett, who was the leader of Nexus, was essentially exiled following losing a triple threat steel cage match to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship on January 3, 2011. New Nexus member CM Punk had interefered by feigning to assist Barrett, but then ripping off Barrett's Nexus armband and kicking him off the cage as he was attempting to climb over the top and win the match. Punk then declared himself as the new leader of the group.

The following Friday (January 7) on Smackdown, Barrett made his debut on the brand, attacking The Big Show while Show was wrestling in a fatal four way match to determine the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship.

On the January 14th edition of SmackDown, Barrett compared himself to Julius Ceasar, saying he got so powerful on Raw, that everyone was conspiring against him, thus his exile from both Nexus in particular and Raw in general. Barrett then explained he targeted Big Show because he wants to go after the biggest and the best, and everything else wasn't worth his time.

During Barrett's match with Big Show that evening, former Nexus members Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel (who refused to participate in their initiation into CM Punk's new version of the Nexus--Punk had wanted them to hit one another with Singapore canes--and were thus thrown out of the group) came from the back and attacked Show, resulting in a disqualification.

The attack ceased once they spotted a returning Ezekiel Jackson standing on the apron. "Big Zeke" would then join in the attack (including body slamming the near 500 lb. Show) and forged a new group aligning himself with Barrett, Slater and Gabriel.

Barrett officially dubbed his crew as The Core on the January 21st episode of Smackdown attacking Smackdown GM Teddy Long and World Champion Edge in the process.

In Wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Wade Barrett
 * Wasteland (Forward fireman's carry slam)
 * Ezekiel Jackson
 * The Book of Ezekiel (Ura-nage)
 * Standing side slam
 * Justin Gabriel
 * 450° Splash
 * Heath Slater
 * Sweetness (Jumping Russian leg sweep)
 * Leaping reverse STO


 * Entrance themes
 * End of Days by 9 Electric - Wade Barrett
 * Domination performed by Evan Jones and composed by Jim Johnston - Ezekiel Jackson