10 Reasons Why Sting Was Never As Great As We Thought He Was
8. Sting Was Never A "Squeaky Wheel"
Vince McMahon loves his stars to be the kind of people who will openly question decisions that could be asinine or bad for business. Turner Entertainment procuring Robocop for Capital Combat '90 as a cross-promotional tie-in for RoboCop 2 was fine. However, when the idea existed to have Sting be saved by an actor in a RoboCop suit, that was a moment for Sting to stand up, be the squeaky wheel that Vince loves, and define his stardom. Going along to get along in wrestling never quite works the way it feels like it should. In WCW, guaranteed money and a more corporate and less "pro wrestling" power structure welcomed this behavior, too. Thus, for the purposes of "traditional pro wrestling," Sting's much less of a star than those like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Sting and even Ric Flair, all stars who understood their worth, questioned authority, and in many cases because they questioned authority, made the industry better overall.
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.
