Cedric Alexander announces WWE departure

Cedric Alexander has announced that he is no longer with WWE.

In a social media post Friday, the former WWE Cruiserweight Classic standout revealed that he was no longer with the company and will be free to work elsewhere in 90 days.

Alexander wrote in a post on X:

Thank you for the last 8 1/2 years! Being a professional wrestler has been a dream of mine since I could form memories and I will continue to do so till the good Lord says otherwise. #SeeYouIn90

The 90-day reference indicates that this was a release or a negotiated buyout and not a contract expiry.

Alexander worked ROH and the indies beginning in early 2010, but his big career break came when he took part in WWE’s Cruiserweight Classic in 2016, with his second round match against Kota Ibushi leading to the crowd chanting “Please sign Cedric.”

The chants were so strong that WWE’s Paul “Triple H” Levesque emerged from backstage to acknowledge them and indicated that he would in fact be signing Cedric:

As part of the Raw and 205 Live rosters, Alexander won the WWE Cruiserweight title in 2017 at WrestleMania 34. He was also part of The Hurt Business faction alongside Bobby Lashley, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin, including winning the Raw Tag Team titles with Benjamin on one occasion.

Since 2023, Alexander had primarily wrestled in dark matches or as an enhancement talent on TV for WWE. In 2024 he was shifted to the NXT brand where he briefly aligned with Je’Von Evans, and a potential rivalry or team with Ashante Adonis was teased but never materialized on television.

Alexander’s last WWE match came on the January 28 NXT episode where he lost to Ethan Page.