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My Corre rebuilding strategy:
* To give him some time off, The Corre attacks Triple H and leaves him broken. Barrett says that the WrestleMania loss has encouraged them to step up their game, and truly take the reigns of the WWE.
* At Extreme Rules, Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel really arrive on the scene as a tag team when they defeat Big Show & Kane, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov and R-Truth & Johnny Curtis in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Tornado Match when Johnny Curtis turns on R-Truth for "never being there for him on NXT" and possibly even joins The Corre (although not necessary).
* At Extreme Rules, Wade Barrett defeats Kofi Kingston in a Steel Cage Match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Kingston looks to escape the cage, but Barrett meets him up there. Kofi manages to knock Wade to the floor, and thinks about climbing out, but instead decides to try a pump crossbody from the cage, but misses, annhilating himself. Barrett then picks up the scraps and retains.
* At Over the Limit, Theodore Long thinks he has worked out a plan to destroy The Corre -- or rather have The Corre destroy themselves. He signs Wade Barrett to defend the IC Title against Ezekiel Jackson, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater in a Fatal 4-Way Match. The prestige of the Intercontinental Championship can be used as a trigger for causing tension in the group, as Gabriel, Slater and Jackson all let it be known that they would love to be the Intercontinental Champion -- but all say that they will remain with the group, etc. This experiment by Long will determine whether or not The Corre do all treat themselves as equals. But to add to the tension, Long could even add a stipulation that the loser will be fired from SmackDown!.
* At Over the Limit, Wade Barrett retains the IC Title, with Ezekiel Jackson taking the fall (perhaps because Barrett, Gabriel & Slater single him out as the only non-Nexus member). As a result, Jackson returns to RAW, but it seems as if The Corre has lost their muscle: enter the returning Skip Sheffield.
That at least takes you heading into Capitol Punishment with the group remaining (for the most part) together, mostly dominant and victorious, and not really damaging any established guys in the process.
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