WWE's use of Sting

While it's unfortunate we never got that coveted Sting vs. Undertaker match, I'm generally just glad we saw Sting in WWE in any capacity. I'm probably in the minority but I look back pretty fondly on his match against Triple H despite the finish. While I do wish Sting won, it doesn't bother me all that match that he lost since he was in his mid-50's and it wasn't like he was going to have a lengthy run in the company. While I agree it would have been great if Sting won, I don't really think either guy needed that win. I think the same way about his match against Rollins too. Even more unfortunate that he injured his neck in the match, but the match itself was actually quite good up until that point and it was nice to see him get a shot at the title.

All that to say, I think WWE did all they could with Sting (booking notwithstanding) up to his injury. After that I don't think they had much use for him aside for merchandising. He went into the HOF and if he could no longer take bumps based on WWE's medical standards then all he could really do is pop up periodically for random segments. Given his much heavier background in other promotions I'm assuming WWE simply didn't have a place for him since he was really more connected to guys like Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Vader, etc.

AEW has a good niche going where they've been pairing up legends as managers alongside younger wrestlers. That's what has me optimistic about Sting's arrival there since he at the very least can elevate a rising star without the need to get overly physical. WWE doesn't do this, so I can understand why Sting might have wanted to go elsewhere and try something different. Especially in a company that has openly embraced the history of companies like NWA and WCW.

They completely botched his run. Not saying Sting should have wrestled more but the guy is a legend and they could have used him on other capacities to help get others over.

It’s weird. When Sting showed up in WWE, I was excited. We got some cool stuff and merchandise. But at the same time, when he being used, I don’t really feel like I even noticed he wasn’t there. I was kind of indifferent to his run.

I watched Dynamite and kinda felt the same way when he showed up in AEW. In my head I was thinking “I guess this is cool... Schiavone may need to change his pants, and I wonder how Glacier feels that his gimmick is getting lifted.” A lot of times I do feel like AEW falls into the trap so many others have fallen into of trying to recreate WCW.

He was misused completely. As others have said he should have had a match with The Undertaker. The fans didn't want Sting to face Triple H at WreslteMania. Plus Sting always said he would have loved to wrestle with The Undertaker. Yeah we got plenty of Mattel figures of Sting and Video Game appearances but it's time to move on. What's done is done at this point.

At Wrestlemania 31 when Sting and Undertaker could both still go, that is when it should have happened. Bray Wyatt vs Undertaker really made no sense and Undertaker did not appear at any point during the build. Undertaker beat Bray Wyatt after Wyatt lost the previous year to John Cena at Wrestlemania, and those back to back high profile losses REALLY killed the Bray Wyatt character.

Sting vs Triple H....it may have been Sting's second choice, but that wasn't really anything anyone ever really asked for.

If Sting was coming in to lose a Mania match, and he was fine with losing....Sting's WWE career should have been one and done, lose to Taker at Wrestlemania 31, and call it a career...at least in WWE.

The fact that Sting and Undertaker both wrestled on Wrestlemania 31 and it wasn't against each other was a huge missed opportunity.

And Undertaker recently did interviews and was asked about Sting and it wasn't that he didn't WANT to wrestle Sting, he said he didn't want to wrestle Sting and have it SUCK because Undertaker said he wasn't capable of being the Undertaker anymore physically in the ring. He said the idea of Sting vs Undertaker has been so built up and desired by fans for so many years that he'd rather have it not happen and have people imagine how good it would have been than to actually do it and have it suck and ruin the whole thing. Undertaker said him and Sting could have done amazing stuff 10 years ago, especially with their characters and special effects and promos. But I think when Undertaker saying he doesn't want to wrestle sting, he is talking about it in terms of the most recent years, not that he had no desire to do it EVER. I don't see why if both could still wrestle that Taker wouldn't be ok with beating Sting, because we know under the WWE banner that Sting winning was NEVER an option.

At Wrestlemania 31 they were both physically fine and that's when it should have happened. Undertakers BRUTAL (I mean physically, not quality) matches with Brock Lesnar in 2015 show he could still go at that time, and Sting's performance in the first half of the match against Seth Rollins show that he was still capable of high level performance.

Sting has said numerous times that it wasn't Seth's fault that he was hurt.  Why can't people believe that?

Yeah Trips dropped the belt cuz Hogan was red hot coming out of WMX8 but not without getting something back. Who looked stronger in their win? Hogan who needed Undertaker to come out and take out the ref prior to getting pinned for the 3 count then lay out HHH with a chair shot to the head allowing him to deliver the leg drop for the win or Triple H who kicked out of Hogan’s finisher, pedigreed and pinned him for the clean win with no shenanigans?

100% cash grab

Surely he isn't at AEW to wrestle though?! AEW's use of legends has been absolutely perfect so far; I can't imagine them suddenly doing something so silly.