American professional wrestler

This article is about the American professional wrestler. For the British television presenter, see Alex Zane.

Alex Zayne

Born|  (1986-10-28) October 28, 1986 (age 36)
Lexington, Kentucky
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)| Alex Zayne
Andras Vidal
Ari Sterling
Zayne
Billed height| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
Billed from| Lexington, Kentucky
Debut| March 31, 2007

Alex Zayne is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with WWE where he wrestled on the NXT[1] and WWE 205 Live[2] brands under the ring name Ari Sterling.

He has also appeared on Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor,[3] NJPW Strong[4] and Game Changer Wrestling.[5]

## Professional wrestling career[edit]

### New Japan Pro Wrestling (2019-2021; 2021-Present)[edit]

Zayne made his debut in NJPW on November 11, 2019 at New Japan Showdown, in a tag team match, where he and Aaron Solow lost against Amazing Red and T. J. Perkins. Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Zayne was unable to work on NJPW events in Japan, leading him to take part in NJPW Strong series. His big matches and performances led him to a WWE Try-out, which he pass leading him to leaving NJPW and be signed with WWE in the spring of 2021.

In the fall of 2021, Zayne was released from WWE as part of budget cuts relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and returned to NJPW Strong, and made his return match at New Japan Showdown defeating Ariya Davari. Zayne then later faced Will Ospreay on November 17, at the second NJPW's XTRA show in a losing effort. On May 1, Zayne was announced to take part in the 2022 Best of the Super Juniors in Japan. At the tournament, Zayned finished the tournament with a record of four wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Zayne formed a tag team with Ace Austin. However, on June 3, Austin joined the Bullet Club, this led Zayne questioning Austin's actions before being layed out by Austin and the Bullet Club. On the June 20th episode of IMPACT, Austin defeated Zayne with the help of Chris Bey.

## Championships and accomplishments[edit]

* 3-2-1 BATTLE!
* Six Pack Challenge (2018)[6]
* Hope Wrestling
* HOPE Young Guns Championship (1 time)
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* Ranked No. 227 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2020[7]
* USA Championship Wrestling
* USACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* Ring of Honor
* Honor Rumble Winner (2021)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Former WWE NXT Star Earns Future ROH World Title Shot". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
2. ^ "Alex Zayne To Debut As Ari Sterling On 205 Live | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
3. ^ P, Dominic (2021-09-12). "Alex Zayne Returns to ROH". Last Word on Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
4. ^ NJPW. "Alex Zayne-アレックス・ゼイン | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
5. ^ Rathi, Ishaan. "Alex Zayne returns to Game Changer Wrestling following his WWE release » FirstSportz". firstsportz.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
6. ^ cite web|url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=5176
7. ^ cite web|url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=21715&page=12

## External links[edit]

* Alex Zayne at IMDb

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Ring of Honor

Personnel|

| Men's division|

* Brandon Tate
* Brent Tate
* Brian Cage
* Cash Wheeler
* Chris Jericho
* Claudio Castagnoli
* Dalton Castle
* Daniel Garcia
* Dax Harwood
* Kaun
* Mark Briscoe
* Samoa Joe
* Toa Liona
* Wheeler Yuta

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Women's division|

* Athena
* Mercedes Martinez

Other on-air personnel|

* Prince Nana

Stables and tag teams|

* The Boys
* The Embassy
* Gates of Agony
* FTR

Broadcast team|

* Bobby Cruise
* Caprice Coleman
* Ian Riccaboni
* Lexy Nair

Management|

* Tony Khan

Programming|

* Honor Club
* Death Before Dishonor
* Final Battle
* Supercard of Honor

Championships|

| Men's singles|

* World
* Television
* Pure

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Men's tag team|

* Tag Team
* Six-Man

Women's|

* World

Sister promotions|

* All Elite Wrestling

Partnerships|

| Former|

* Shimmer Women Athletes

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See also|

* ROH alumni

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ROH Honor Rumble winners

* Ruckus (2008)
* Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (2009)
* Jay Lethal (2011)
* Mark Briscoe (2013)
* Michael Bennett (2014)
* Silas Young (2016)
* Frankie Kazarian (2017)
* Kenny King (2019)
* Alex Zayne (2021)

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