WWE: No, Cedric Alexander is not being buried; he’s rising up the ranks

Despite what current rumors suggest, Cedric Alexander is not being buried by WWE. If anything, he is exactly where he needs to be as he continues to rise up the ranks of Monday Night Raw.

The past few days have proven to be tumultuous for Cedric Alexander on WWE TV. He failed to defeat AJ Styles with the United States Championship on the line at Clash of Champions. Then, the next night, not only was his team – alongside The Viking Raiders – on the losing side of a Six Man Tag Team Match, but it was Cedric who suffered the pin to Styles.

The Wrestling Observer is claiming now that Cedric suffered these two losses because WWE Chairman Vince McMahon “wanted to bury” the former Cruiserweight Champion. While Cedric hasn’t had the best of luck these last couple days, it is in no way, shape, or form a burial.

How soon do we forget that Cedric Alexander actually pinned AJ Styles, a former WWE Champion and WrestleMania headliner, in the main event of WWE’s Madison Square Garden show last Monday? What could have possibly happened in the last week that the Chairman would suddenly decide that a “burial” was necessary?

Furthermore, let’s not act like Cedric has anything to be ashamed of in losing to a 2-time WWE Champion, who’s second reign is one of the longest in the company’s history.

I understand that the centerpiece at the helm of The Observer is a long tenured journalist with inside scoops, but over the course of several decades, he has gotten as many reports wrong as he’s gotten them right. I find it hard to believe this new report falls in anything other than the “wrong” category. Our own Tom Colohue – who has his own inside sources within WWE – admitted on Twitter that he’s heard the concept “laughed at” rather than confirmed.

In fact, I feel like Colohue said it best when he added on Twitter that “in order for someone to win, someone else has to lose.”

I find it hard to believe that Cedric Alexander is being buried and I find it easier to believe that he isn’t exactly where he needs to be in WWE. Don’t forget that Cedric Alexander only just started being pushed to the forefront of WWE’s midcard scene this past summer. He’s picked up some big wins and some losses, as well as some moments that had the whole WWE Universe talking. These two losses to Styles continues that trend.

These two straight losses are either going to be used to definitively signal the end of their feud or force the Cedric Alexander character to scratch and claw harder to a victory – and presumably, a title win – as an underdog babyface that new fans can grow to fall in love with.

In either case, we should not feel like Cedric Alexander is being buried. He’s on TV having matches with one of the top stars on the red brand. Hell, the fact that he’s on TV alone should mean that Cedric isn’t being buried. If being on TV is storyline programs – win, lose, or draw – is a burial, then guys like The Ascension are probably begging to be buried right now. When was the last time we’ve heard from them, by the way?

As a Superstar rising up the ranks in WWE, Cedric Alexander is exactly where he needs to be, racking up just the right amount of wins and losses to both elevate him on the midcard and endear him in the hearts and minds of fans across the globe.