Ari Sterling Released By WWE

Ari Sterling, the former Alex Zayne has been released by WWE. 

Sterling, one of the recent hires used to replenish WWE 205 Live and WWE NXT, who is officially let go by WWE on Friday, August 6, 2021.

Prior to his short tenure in WWE, Alex Zayne was one of the top superstars on the independent circuit, specifically GCW. 

Alex Zayne confirmed his release with a simple tweet saying that his independent persona was better than his WWE one.

Alex Zayne > Ari Sterling

— Ari Sterling (Alex Zayne) (@AriSterlingWWE) August 7, 2021

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— Alex Zayne (@AriSterlingWWE) August 7, 2021

WWE has released a bevy of NXT and 205 Live Superstars. 

In all, WWE released

-Bobby Fish
-Bronson Reed
-Jake Atlas
-Ari Sterling
-Kona Reeves
-Leon Ruff
-Stephon Smith
-Tyler Rust
-Zechariah Smith
-Asher Hale
-Giant Zanjeer
-Mercedes Martinez.

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) August 7, 2021

Fightful will continue to monitor the situation and report all updates.