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Answers: Cedric Alexander, WWE PLE shows

Added 2025-05-14 16:00:11 +0000 UTC

Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.

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Since he's a free agent now...has there been talk of bringing Cedric Alexander in to AEW? I know that MVP, Shelton and Bobby would like to have him in the HS, but maybe you heard something from some AEW officials regarding this matter.

Cedric Alexander is open to it, and it's always been a thing that has been discussed. I know a lot of people looked at the Big Swole departure as a hurdle, but I was told it isn't. Beyond that, I was told it would take a lot more than that for a bridge to truly be burned there.

Do you know why WWE stopped with pre show matches on PLE

Every time I asked, I was just told it was their new approach, and that the were comfortable with the number of matches that they had. When I asked on longtime producer, they compared their modern day pre-shows to more like a sports pre-show.

How far in advance do producers & talent plan match choreography for a PLE?

There are spots thought of and pitched throughout the build. Mostly, the matches are put together the day of unless something grand is planned. There are always exceptions, of course.