10 "Buried" Wrestlers Who Weren't Actually Buried

8. Cedric Alexander (2019)

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Just because someone doesn't become a megastar doesn't mean they were buried.

Cedric Alexander's failure to wrestle the WWE United States Championship from AJ Styles in the autumn of 2019 led plenty of people to throw the 'B' word around with gusto. Vince McMahon had lost interest in another shiny toy, Cedric Alexander was done. Thanks for your time, buddy, although we never wanted to sign you in the first place. Thanks for nothing, Full Sail.

Cedric Alexander may not have received any sort of sustained benefit from his program with AJ Styles, but this is another example of fans trying to have their cake and eat it too. If we're to take this as the depiction of a real sport, every individual must go through different stages in their development. Cedric Alexander had rubbed shoulders with the big boys and fallen short. It was time to go away and regroup before coming back again.

Which is exactly what happened in 2020, albeit through a heel turn and an alignment with The Hurt Business. Cedric is now in a better place on RAW than he was during that feud. In many ways, Cedric Alexander is the West Brom of WWE; a yo-yo competitor looking to once again establish himself.

Does that make MVP Slaven Bilić? Perhaps it does.

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