Alexander states that the belt should have never gone away.
WWE brought back the Cruiserweight Championship in 2016. It was in 2022 that when the belt was merged by Carmelo Hayes in a title unification match.
There were a total of 18 title holders throughout that stretch and number five on the list was Cedric Alexander. He held the belt for 180 days.
While Alexander was being interviewed by Knockouts and 3 Counts, WWE's acquisition of AAA was brought up and Alexander was asked if they should bring back the Cruiserweight Title. He said they should and added that it should have never gone away. Alexander believes the division was given up on after he, Buddy Matthews, and Mustafa Ali left.
"Oh! God, yes. 100 percent (WWE should bring back the Cruiserweight Title). They should have never got rid of it to begin with. They should have never got rid of it.
It wasn’t until me, Buddy (Matthews) and (Mustafa) Ali left that they kind of just gave up on 205 Live as a whole it felt like, and then on top of that, the pandemic hit and it didn’t make it any easier. They just kind of gave up on it but, they should have never got rid of it. I think the cruiserweight division or light heavyweight, whatever you wanna call it, should have never left because it gives more guys that opportunity to succeed because no matter who’s in charge at WWE or whatever, it’s always gonna be a big man’s game. You’re not always gonna have a Rey Mysterio facing Drew McIntyre every time and then expect for Rey to get over every single time. Not everyone can be a Rey Mysterio where they can be a smaller guy and still get the same kind of respect, and having that cruiserweight, junior heavyweight-style exclusive to more of those kinds of guys, it really helps, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s one of those titles, like, oh! We just gotta have a new title. It bars to what you were saying, the kinship between UFC and more other combat sports with weight classes and stuff like that. As much of a style clash as it is to see, like, a Big Show versus (Rey) Fénix, that’s not something you realistically wanna see every single time. I’m going, alright, Fénix is gonna beat him this time. Sometimes you wanna see a Fénix against Penta and you wanna see a Fénix against Dante Martin and let ‘em just go crazy."
AAA has a Cruiserweight Championship and the title holder is Laredo Kid. Laredo debuted for WWE on the 5/27 NXT and he'll be in a Fatal 4-Way match for the North American Title at WWE x AAA Worlds Collide.
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