The wrestling world has seen plenty of promotional shifts this yr, with the likes of Mercedes Mone, Kazuchika Okada, and Ricochet coming aboard to AEW, whereas Ethan Web page, Giulia, and Stephanie Vaquer ventured over to WWE. On the similar time, AEW and WWE have each equally retained plenty of skills to their firms. Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander reportedly falls into the latter class.
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In line with Fightful Choose, Alexander renewed his contract with WWE earlier this yr. Whereas precise phrases of the brand new deal weren’t disclosed, it’s described as “multi-year” in size.
Alexander’s first look below the WWE banner as part of the 2016 Cruiserweight Traditional event. There, Alexander defeated Clement Petiot within the opening spherical, earlier than falling to former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kota Ibushi within the subsequent spherical of competitors. Following his efficiency towards Ibushi, which earned him “Please Signal Cedric” chants, Alexander acquired and accepted a contract supply from WWE. From there, Alexander formally started his WWE journey as part of the “WWE NXT,” and later “WWE Uncooked,” model.
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Within the current day, Alexander has returned to “NXT” with a motivation to assist the model’s youthful skills. Most lately, Alexander got here to the help of Je’Von Evans on the September 3 episode of “NXT.” Evans was making an attempt to fend off Gallus’ Wolfgang and Mark Coffey at ringside, whereas Joe Coffrey distracted the referee within the ring. And by chance for him, Alexander took the previous Gallus pair down, paving the way in which for Evans to then land a victory over Joe.
