10 Reasons Why Sting Was Never As Great As We Thought He Was

9. There's A Reason Why Hulk Hogan Put The Warrior Over Cleanly...

If you had paired Ultimate Warrior's charisma with Sting's athleticism and WCW push, there's a good reason to believe that Hogan, Savage, Sting, Sid or any of the stars pushed as major players in the 1980s and early '90s would've been easily eclipsed. There's a reason why the Blade Runners were a tag team. Tag teams exist in order to accentuate strengths and eliminate weaknesses. Of the Blade Runners duo, Warrior definitely had the matinee idol thing. The athlete in that pair? Definitely Sting. However, when it comes to pro wrestling, we never remember the athletes as much as we remember the superheroes. Hulk Hogan lost to a superhero in 1990. In 1997, when faced with the other half of the Blade Runners, there was an 18-month build and Bret Hart involved. One of the two or three least "clean" clean victories involving Hogan doing the job for someone else, it's definitely important to understand why.