Former WWE star Heath Slater has looked back on being a part of The Corre, why the group had a strange spelling and has also clarified a prior rumour.
After Wade Barrett was kicked out of The Nexus by CM Punk, the former leader went on to form The Corre with Slater, Justin Gabriel and Ezekiel Jackson. Although Slater did find success in the group as he and Gabriel won the Tag Team Championships, the former WWE star does not have many fond memories from being in the faction.
Speaking with Kenny McIntosh for Issue 55 of Inside The Ropes Magazine, Slater first said the following when asked to talk about The Corre:
“Pass [laughs]. Should have never happened and Nexus should have rode right through that s—t.”
When asked why The Corre was spelled with 2 R’s, Slater elaborated on the group’s creation and how the shirt and the name was a Vince McMahon idea:
“Here’s the story about that, and this is the truth. The Corre was supposed to be me, Gabriel, Wade and Ryback. Ryback got hurt. He was out. Next thing, the Nexus is falling apart and CM Punk’s coming in, they’re breaking Nexus up, that type of thing. I thought it would be like NWO white and red and we’d have Nexus yellow and white or whatever. But no, we’re changing the whole name, and y’all gonna be the core of Nexus.
Then we were in a meeting and Vince said, “They gotta have a shirt”, this and that. And they’re like, what about this? What about that? So I guess Kore was copyrighted and Core was copyrighted. Vince took out a napkin that his coffee was on, drew a t-shirt and wrote C, O, R, R, E, down sideways with this little Iron Man heart in the O, gave it to them and said, print it out. That’s how we got our Corre shirt.”
Heath Slater Sets The Record Straight On Wade Barrett Rumour
When asked about his reaction to the infamous shirt, Slater admitted he found the spelling to be odd while also dispelling a rumour started by Wade Barrett:
“I said, “What the hell? Why are there 2 Rs?” Then Wade, the bastard, tries to tell the whole damn world that I can’t spell. That’s the truth, but I did not misspell Corre. When I first looked at it, I thought it was like Corré, like French or something. I didn’t know. When I first saw it I was like, God, that’s an ugly shirt. Why is it spelled that way? And then of course, Stu being Stu, he just wanted to let the world know I did it.”
Additionally, the former WWE star looked back on John Cena’s backstage meltdown.
The full interview with Heath Slater is available in the latest issue of Inside The Ropes Magazine, which can be purchased here.
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