Zechariah Smith, Stephon Smith & Giant Zanjeer Released By WWE

August 6, 2021

Two big men and a referee were three of the several releases that WWE made on the evening of August 6.

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is reporting that Zechariah Smith, Giant Zanjeer and Stephon Smith were all released by the company on Friday.

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

Zechariah and Zanjeer both tower over seven feet tall, and in January, the latter giant was used in the company’s Superstar Spectacle show. Zechariah was a former basketball player before he signed with WWE in early 2020. Stephon Smith was an active referee for the NXT brand.

WrestleZone will provide more details as they become available.

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