Sting In Incredible Shape Ahead Of WWE SummerSlam Return

Sting won't let 56 years of age hold him back.

By Grahame Herbert /

Sting is in incredible shape ahead of his WWE SummerSlam return, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. People who have recently seen the WCW Icon noted how great his conditioning looked. Despite being 56 years old, Sting's in-ring work looked good in his first WWE match at WrestleMania 31. He clearly lives clean and regularly puts time in at the gym. That sort of conditioning has helped him to stay physically younger than most men his age look. He'll have maintained his training to a high standard, as the Wrestling Observer says his SummerSlam booking has been planned for months. The angle as of two weeks ago was for Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper to get a new member of the Wyatt family. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose would then get Sting, setting up a three on three match for the August 23rd show. The other option would be just Bray and Harper, going against Reigns and Sting. That would involve Wyatt putting Ambrose out of action in the coming weeks. However, after missing Battleground, surely there's no way Ambrose is missing a second special in a row. A final option would be to just cancel Sting's involvement. Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer said he highly doubts that would happen, as people had told him how ring ready Sting looks. What they could maybe do is Wyatt and Harper vs Reigns and Ambrose, with Sting then showing up at the conclusion of the match. Whatever the plan is, Raw for the next five weeks and SummerSlam look to be unmissable. With The Undertaker battling Brock Lesnar, SummerSlam really could put the WWE Network over a million subscribers.