10 Things You Didn’t Know About Cedric Alexander

10. No Background In Sports

Despite his obvious athleticism, it may come as something of a surprise to know that Alexander doesn’t possess any kind of sporting background.

During a recent appearance on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast, Alexander spoke of being a self-professed nerd. He says he was “never a football guy, never a basketball guy, or even tennis or baseball” and that most of his childhood was spent watching cartoons, amine and professional wrestling as opposed to conventional sports like the cool kids.

So athletically speaking, Alexander was starting from absolute scratch when first ventured into the pro wrestling business. Not that you’d ever have known it by looking at his moveset though, what with that backflip headscissors takedown he’s perfected, the awesome elevation he gets on his springboard clothesline and his beautiful topé con hilo.

I guess it’s not all that uncommon these days, but even so; given the ease with which he does things in the ring, I personally find it fairly surprising - and rather impressive - that Alexander doesn’t have some kind of sporting background.