The NY Daily News has reported a rumor that Sting (Steve Borden) has signed a one-year contract with the WWE. The rumor coincides with WWE promos showing a mystery man that will make his debut on February 21, 2011. The dirt sheets have speculated that 2/21/11 will be the return of The Undertaker or Triple H, but Sting would be an interesting choice that makes a certain amount of sense.
Sting is one of the few NWA/WCW stars that has never wrestled for the WWE. This year’s WrestleMania takes place in Atlanta, GA — a huge WCW town. The WWE also owns the rights to Sting’s best matches. The speculation is that Sting will return for a brief program with The Undertaker, promote a best of Sting DVD, and be inducted into the WWE hall of fame.
I used to be a huge Sting mark back in the day. I loved the neon-wearing, rat-tail version of Sting. His matches with Ric Flair were outstanding. (Though to be fair, anyone could have an outstanding match with Flair in those days.) I never warmed up to the “Crow” version of Sting and the TNA version was a shell of his former self. While he’s definitely limited and not what he used to be, I believe that The Undertaker could help him pull off one more excellent match.
Although this rumor makes sense on paper, I’m going to wait for more information before I start buying into it. Part of it is that I would love for Sting to have one last run and would love for the WWE to roll out the red carpet for him. If I started believing the rumor and it didn’t pan out, I’d be disappointed. Part of it is that a lot of Sting’s recent work in TNA seemed sloppy — the result of a worker that’s unmotivated and disinterested. Perhaps a final run on the big stage combined with money from DVD sales will motivate Steve Borden to turn back the clock and become the Stinger of old.
What do you think of this rumor? Does the prospect of Sting in the WWE excite you? Have any of you seen his pre-Crow matches?
i wasn't much of a Stinger fan. He completely lost me when he went to with The Crow face paint.
I like Sting but he's gotten kinda lame to me. Maybe he's got one great match left in him.
Never been a big fan. Not sure at this stage in his career anyone would care.
He still has a lot of fans and would be over huge in Atlanta.
Yeah, but most WWE fans wouldn't care in the same way they cared about a Diesel or Booker T appearance at the Rumble.
I think The Undertaker should go out beating the top dog, John Cena.
i think im the one guy who started to like sting once he put on the crow makeup…HA!
I've been thinking about a Sting DVD a lot. In addition to his early NWA/WCW matches, it would be cool to see him from his Blade Runner days in UWF. For those of you not familiar with The Blade Runners, they were a tag team in the mid-'80s comprised of Sting and Rock, who eventually became The Ultimate Warrior.