WWE Cruiserweight talent Cedric Alexander was recently interviewed by The Charlotte Observer. The interview is in conjunction with tonight’s RAW in Charlotte. The interview also features comments from Cedric’s trainer George South.
You can find some excerpts from the interview below. The full interview is available HERE.
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On the fans chanting “Please Sign Cedric” at him after he was eliminated from the Cruiserweight Classic and Triple H surprising him after the bout:
“That really threw me off,” says Alexander. “I was already full of emotion from wrestling Ibushi – who, ironically, when we were doing interviews (for the show) that is the guy I wanted to wrestle. When the brackets worked out, that was enough to make me tear up. But hearing the crowd…my trainer, George South, used to say, ‘Sometimes when you lose, you really win.’ ”
On having to drop 22 pounds to meet WWE’s Cruiserweight division requirements:
“I thought I was in shape at 230,” says Alexander, a self-described “Southern boy” with an appetite to boot who ramped up his cardio and water intake, and “ate like a bird” for three months. “I do way better in this weight class. I felt lighter on my feet and my joints weren’t aching so much from carrying around so much weight. I was a whole different animal.”
