Cedric Alexander Says He Modeled Himself After AJ Styles

Cedric Alexander appeared on the Art of Wrestling podcast to talk about his career and more. Some highlights are below:

On his mother nearly becoming a wrestler: “My mom was actually going to train to be a wrestler, but she didn’t do it, back in the day, before I was [training]. I could have been second generation. I could have been second generation, which is so awesome. She had to get a real job, finish high school, [and] had to get a real job. [This was in the] 80s. She did [share her plans for pro wrestling school]. She told me, I can’t remember who she said she was going to train with, maybe it could have been Ivan [Koloff], but she said she was going to do it because her dad was a big Wahoo McDaniel fan. And he would always come home, like, from hanging out with the guys or whatever, come home saying he’s going to Wahoo chop someone if they act up wrong in the house or something and she always remembered and passed it on to me.”

On AJ Styles: “I modeled myself heavily after AJ Styles. I’m a huge AJ mark, so a lot of the things he does and the way he does them are very different as far as the fluidity and just his general athleticism. I try to do a lot of his stuff, basically. I steal a lot of his moves. And everyone tells me, ‘man, what you do, it looks so cool’ or whatever. It’s just, I copy this guy or whatever, put a little twist on it, and then, okay, now it’s mine. That’s as far as I think it through, but one guy told me, ‘you know the difference between you and AJ Styles? I believe you a lot more because of the emotion.’ I was like, ‘I guess.’ Like, I’m trying to think. I’m just athletic and I can do things. I just try to get everyone to believe what I’m doing.”

On Dolph Ziggler: “I’m a huge Dolph Ziggler fan. Yeah, I love Dolph! I think he’s great. I want to wrestle him one day. One day, I will. I will.”

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