Cedric Alexander wasn't surprised by his WWE release.
Alexander, who competed in the WWE for nine years, was released from the company on Feb. 9, 2025.
And, according to the man himself in an interview with Insight with Chris Van Vliet, he wasn't surprised when he was let go.
“I wasn’t expecting it, but it was the thing of I wasn’t surprised. I guess I kind of saw the writing on the wall after a while. I was expecting to be angry and frantic. Actually, funny enough they called Friday night. I was in the middle of a leg workout. I’m doing squats and my phone starts ringing. So I put the weight down, because I have a gym in my house, so for me I’m just working out all hours of the day. So I pick up the phone and I received the dreaded 203 number. I’m like, Okay, what’s gonna happen? I don’t remember the guy’s name. I think he said it was Will from TR. I was like yeah, sure. What’s up? He goes, ‘Sorry, we’re gonna release you from your contract.’ My initial reaction was okay, cool. He goes, ‘Yeah, sorry to get this news on a Friday.’ So I had an NXT house show tomorrow, 'So I don’t have to do that anymore?' That was my first question, too. He goes, No, you’re all good, just the 90 days and if you need anything let us know. I was like, okay, cool," Alexander said.
Alexander told Van Vliet that he didn't panic because he knew that WWE was just a job.
“So I immediately thought to myself when I was released, I was like okay, that’s a job. Wrestling is my career. I may be out of a job, but I still have a career. All thanks to [Mustafa] Ali, he’s one of the guys that called me within the hour of me being released and was immediately like, hey dude, it’s all good. Just being super positive as you know Ali is. But yeah man, it sucked because it’s a dream job. It’s one of those jobs that I’m a kid and I’m like oh my God, I’m gonna wrestle for WWE. Then when it ends, it just ends. You just move on” he said.
While Alexander has yet to sign with All Elite Wrestling, he did recently say that he wants to join The Hurt Syndicate in AEW.
Read about Cedric Alexander never feeling like a Triple H guy here.
