Cedric Alexander joins roster, Ashante Adonis appears on WWE NXT

Cedric Alexander has officially joined the WWE NXT roster, and his tag team partner may be coming with him.

Alexander was introduced as the newest member of the NXT roster in a backstage segment on Tuesday’s WWE NXT episode as part of the ongoing storyline where Stevie Turner and Robert Stone vie for NXT GM Ava’s favor.

Turner set up a meeting between Ava and Alexander in storyline, and it was revealed that Alexander has officially been added to the brand. Stone then introduced Adonis and inserted himself and Adonis into Ava’s meeting with Alexander.

Alexander and Adonis had been part of the SmackDown brand and began teaming in dark matches at SmackDown tapings last December.

Vignettes presenting the pair as a tag team were produced and were posted to WWE’s digital media channels in February. The two never wrestled as a team on TV following the vignettes, instead working dark matches. Alexander had been used sporadically this year on the SmackDown brand as enhancement talent and as part of the WWE Speed show on X.

Both took part in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on SmackDown in April, which was Adonis’s last televised match.