Cedric Alexander’s attempted Cinderella run to the United States Championship has been one of the more inspiring elements of Raw in recent weeks, but the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion may have hit the end of the line. Alexander came up short in his second title opportunity against the obstinate AJ Styles, despite putting on the kind of performance everyone has come to expect from the supremely talented Superstar.
It was, unfortunately, not enough. Alexander and AJ are near-identical in terms of their in-ring styles (so to speak), but what this match came down to more than anything was experience. So, while Alexander had certainly learned enough from his WWE Clash of Champions loss to make this one a fight, Styles leaned on his years of experience, busting out counters to Alexander’s counters — the most astonishing of which was a whirling midair escape of the Lumbar Check, which led instantly to a match-ending Styles Clash. And while the list of competitors who can’t quite catch AJ Styles is long and illustrious, that doesn’t make this one any less of a heartbreak for Cedric.
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