6 Ups And 2 Downs From WWE's Cruiserweight Classic (July 13)

By Scott Carlson / July 14, 2016

3. Alexander The Great

Hopefully, WWE is paying attention to the stars who are performing in the Cruiserweight Classic and is evaluating each wrestler to see if they belong in NXT after the tournament is over.

One wrestler who hopefully got WWE’s attention was Cedric Alexander, who toppled Clement Petiot in their first-round match Wednesday night. Alexander expertly played up to the fans without detracting from the match, busting out some high-flying moves to counter Petiot’s strength and strikes. Alexander looked like he was chiseled out of stone and gave fans a great little performance en route to victory.

Hopefully, Alexander will get more chances to compete in a WWE ring (besides his upcoming second-round bout against Kota Ibushi).

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 14th Jul 2016

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