You want this. Damien Sandow's gimmick of impersonating other wrestlers can EASILY lead to this point, and what a wonderful point it is. Damien Sandow as LeBron James? Goofy. Sandow as Sherlock Holmes? Pretty fantastic, actually. But the black-haired and similar to Steve Borden built Sandow appearing as "Fake Sting" in a manner similar to how Jeff Farmer's performances as "NWO Sting" in 1996 were an integral piece to the puzzle of the development of "Crow Sting?" Well, that's be pretty fantastic. Triple H comes out on Raw and jokingly bemoans the fact that his "open challenge" for a Wrestlemania opponent to stop the drunk with power Chief Operating Officer has gone unanswered. Then, the lights cut off in the building, and from a spot in the rafters, after familiar music plays, there's "Sting," black baseball bat, white and black "Crow" makeup and all, posing with the bat pointed at the ring. Then, on the HD Titan Tron the word "tonight" appears, and when Hunter returns to his "office," there's a note on the door that tells him that he's wrestling "Sting" in the main event. Triple H uses the entire show to put over his fear, and there are "classic Sting moments" (sponsored by the WWE Network) that play all night long. of course, Triple H enters the ring to wrestle "Sting," and given that it's Sandow, Triple H merely kicks him in the gut, Pedigrees him, and immediately starts to pound away. Of course, that's when the lights in the arena go off again, and there's the REAL Sting on top of the ramp, and he says something like, "I don't know who HE is, but Hunter, at Wrestlemania, IT'S SHOWTIME." If you want a GREAT way to end this whole "Sandow as other people storyline," this is as solid of an ending as there is.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
