AEW To Use Sting In "A Variety Of Roles"
The only thing for sure about Sting, is nothing's for sure.
Since making his shocking AEW debut at Winter is Coming, many have wondered what the future holds for Sting. According to Jim Ross, the Stinger’s future will see him used in “a variety of roles”.
Discussing the matter on his Grilling JR podcast, Ross explained:
“Having Sting coming to AEW for the first time, what’s really going on? What’s really going on is Tony Khan reached out, hired Sting to a multi-year deal. He’s going to have a variety of roles. I don’t know what they are exactly, but they will be in a creative capacity where he’s a character on television. There’s a lot of ways to be a character on TV that’s been accepted by the audience nowadays that doesn’t include wrestling a match every week.”
From what we’ve seen from Sting on AEW programming so far, it seems as if the multiple-time World Champion is on a collision course with Team Taz – with Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes seemingly along for the ride.
Sting’s last physical in-ring action came at WWE’s 2015 Night of Champions PPV, where he suffered a severe neck injury in a match against Seth Rollins. During his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame the following year, the Stinger formally announced his retirement.
If and when the 61-year-old Sting wrestles again remains to be seen.