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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Dec 3, 2020 16:35:12 GMT -5
Despite it being awesome Sting signing with AEW kinda breaks my heart, because the door is now shut on Mattel figures and video game slots.
However looking back on his time with the company it's a real shame that he was signed for 6 years and they never used him.
After his HOF induction he didn't appear again until Ric Flairs birthday which was 3 years later and it was basically a cameo.
I know his career was over, but other Legends have regularly appeared in non wrestling roles so why didn't Sting do the same?
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Post by rkmo: Garbage Collector on Dec 3, 2020 16:53:36 GMT -5
DUBYA-CEE-DUBYA
To expound upon a serious response, the main thing Sting's run suffered from was a lack of long-term direction thanks to Creative. The aspect most fondly remembered from the Crow run was the build to his challenge of the NWO. In WWE, his segmented run was mostly targeting the Authority. But Sting's WWE story was mostly lost in the shuffle, and much like in WCW was ultimately made inconsequential.
Sting debuted at Survivor Series 2014 specifically to ensure the Authority's crooked regime was unseated, but the match results were undone mere weeks afterward. Then after his reemergence for the WM 31 match, his motivation was effectively changed to turn Sting into the last remaining warrior for a lost cause, making it easier in a sense to eat the loss but soured the build for some (myself included). Then challenged corporate champ Seth Rollins for the World Title a few months later. Injury notwithstanding, I don't see him winning that match that night, thru funny business or not. Would that feud have carried on for the next several months, until Sting capped off his in-ring career at WM 32? Perhaps, but the fact remains his WWE legacy would have been better remembered if his goals were not so disjointed over the course of his brief stint.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 3, 2020 17:00:09 GMT -5
Despite it being awesome Sting signing with AEW kinda breaks my heart, because the door is now shut on Mattel figures and video game slots. However looking back on his time with the company it's a real shame that he was signed for 6 years and they never used him. After his HOF induction he didn't appear again until Ric Flairs birthday which was 3 years later and it was basically a cameo. I know his career was over, but other Legends have regularly appeared in non wrestling roles so why didn't Sting do the same? Maybe he just didnt want to or creative had no ideas. Sting was never the kind of guy to just make random appearances on Raw like Bret Hart does. And with how Sting was misused back in 2015, it was a good thing. |
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Post by McBlake on Dec 3, 2020 17:29:46 GMT -5
He was in his mid to late 50s when they got him. I never really had much of a desire to see him do much tbh outside the spectacle of the Undertaker match we never got.
It was cool to SEE him in WWE, but that's about as far as my excitement ever got I'm afraid.
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Post by K5 on Dec 3, 2020 18:35:44 GMT -5
I could've certainly been content never seeing Sting in WWE. here's hoping AEW handles him far better and what he deserves as the legend he is.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Dec 3, 2020 19:23:35 GMT -5
I didn’t watch AEW but I’m hoping his tights were tucked into his boots
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Dec 3, 2020 19:49:50 GMT -5
WWE's use of Sting was abysmal. Losing to Triple H made no sense whatsoever, and then to top it off with the handshake? Good lord.
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Post by marino13 on Dec 3, 2020 19:56:38 GMT -5
I love Sting, but the fact that they brought him in, gave him a high profile WM match, a title shot, and a HOF induction, I think was more than fair considering his age. Not much you can do with a 56 year old man who can't risk taking a bump. Signing a 61 year old version, seems like a worse idea IMO.
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Post by CM Tusk on Dec 3, 2020 21:33:24 GMT -5
He was used fine. Say they booked him against Undertaker instead of Triple H? He would have still lost. The same people would have complained. There is zero reason he should have beat Rollins. He had no business being WWE Champion. It’s not on WWE that he used up his last good years in TNA. He didn’t have much to offer except his name when he finally signed.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Dec 3, 2020 21:52:47 GMT -5
WWE's use of Sting was abysmal. Losing to Triple H made no sense whatsoever, and then to top it off with the handshake? Good lord. Made perfect sense. Triple H went over every WCW Monday Night War main eventer after they came to WWE. Big Show, Benoit, Booker, Nash, Goldberg, Steiner, Flair, and Hogan (probably DDP too but can’t think of a time when they wrestled). Why would he ever put over Sting in a match that meant nothing? His ego wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. |
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Post by tenup on Dec 3, 2020 22:00:30 GMT -5
People sure do linger on subjects. Sting is well off and his WWE merch will be even more sought now that he's left the company. Imo his stint was short and sweet from his big debut to his exceptional Mattel deal we should be satisfied. Think of this it could've never happened at all.
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Post by specterkev on Dec 3, 2020 23:30:34 GMT -5
They did exactly to Sting what he always thought would happen all these years of not wanting to sign with the WWE
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Post by Darkhawk on Dec 3, 2020 23:56:24 GMT -5
They did exactly to Sting what he always thought would happen all these years of not wanting to sign with the WWE Which was a damn shame tbh, wish his run was better. Seems like AJ Styles was the only TNA guy to turn out pretty great in WWE. |
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Post by CM Tusk on Dec 3, 2020 23:59:43 GMT -5
They did exactly to Sting what he always thought would happen all these years of not wanting to sign with the WWE Which was a damn shame tbh, wish his run was better. Seems like AJ Styles was the only TNA guy to turn out pretty great in WWE. I mean, despite injury set backs, Joe has had a good run. First two time NXT champion, made to look like a real threat against Brock, and squashed Rey at Wrestlemania. I wish he had done more but that’s still all solid, |
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Post by Evil Abed on Dec 4, 2020 0:24:02 GMT -5
I selfishly wish they had done something with both Taker and Sting in the ring at the same time. Even though the often talked about dream match seemed like less of a reality, a tag match together against a common threat or just some in ring segment similar to Raw 1000 just replace Kane with Sting would have been beyond cool. Just to see two absolute icons in the same ring at the same time would have been a dream come true.
I feel like he went to WWE with the sole purpose of closing out his career against Taker and it just never happened. I think over time he realized it wasn’t going to happen.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Dec 4, 2020 1:25:53 GMT -5
Sting wrestled 2 proper matches in the fed and was on his back looking up at the lights both times.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Dec 4, 2020 1:28:05 GMT -5
Sting's worst fears about going to New York came through. Misused and beaten in a WWF vs WCW feud.
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Dec 4, 2020 4:14:19 GMT -5
WWE's use of Sting was abysmal. Losing to Triple H made no sense whatsoever, and then to top it off with the handshake? Good lord. Made perfect sense. Triple H went over every WCW Monday Night War main eventer after they came to WWE. Big Show, Benoit, Booker, Nash, Goldberg, Steiner, Flair, and Hogan (probably DDP too but can’t think of a time when they wrestled). Why would he ever put over Sting in a match that meant nothing? His ego wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. Hogan went over HIM for the belt. |
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Post by LK3 on Dec 4, 2020 4:27:20 GMT -5
Now he can get Jazwares figures and AEW video game slots. What’s the problem? Lol.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 4, 2020 5:19:46 GMT -5
Made perfect sense. Triple H went over every WCW Monday Night War main eventer after they came to WWE. Big Show, Benoit, Booker, Nash, Goldberg, Steiner, Flair, and Hogan (probably DDP too but can’t think of a time when they wrestled). Why would he ever put over Sting in a match that meant nothing? His ego wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. Hogan went over HIM for the belt. HHH got the win back on smackdown 2 months later. |
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