Cedric Alexander will make a championship defense.
A couple weeks ago, Buddy Murphy lost his chance at the WWE Cruiserweight Championship by not making the 205 pound weight limit. Last week, he made weight finally and now 205 Live general manager Drake Maverick has created a match between Champion Cedric Alexander and Murphy. The announcement came in the video at the top of this page and the following tweet.
BREAKING: @WWE_Murphy will get a @WWE #Cruiserweight Championship match against @CedricAlexander on the May 29 episode of #205Live! pic.twitter.com/binTlSd1uY
— WWE (@WWE) May 10, 2018
This week on 205 Live, Murphy defeated Mustafa Ali who Alexander beat to become Cruiserweight Champion at WrestleMania 34. Buddy Murphy has been a new edition to the Cruiserweight division as he was on a tag team in NXT before. He has been antagonizing Cedric Alexander since appearing on 205 Live.
The May 29th taping of Smackdown and 205 Live will be in Raleigh, North Carolina which will be a hometown appearance by Alexander.
Fightful Wrestling has live coverage of 205 Live every week.
