10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Sting

5. He Entered Arenas By Coming Down From The Roof

http://youtu.be/NTWbleF5wTI A big reason why Sting's Crow look worked so well in WCW was because of the element of surprise. He wasn't booked like every other wrestler. When he appeared on Nitro or other WCW programming, he did so by repelling from the ceiling. You just never knew when he might strike against Hulk Hogan and the evil New World Order. While it's unfair to say that the element of surprise was the only reason he got over as a character in the mid to late 1990s, it was a huge aspect of his persona at that point. When it comes to WWE, they are never going to let him come down from the rafters to enter for a match or a segment. That's because Owen Hart died in May of 1999 when he tried to enter the ring on a zip line, the harness didn't detach in a safe way and he went crashing into the ring at an incredibly fast speed. Owen died shortly after. It's something that is considered the most tragic thing to ever happen in a WWE ring. Sting's history as a guy that entered an arena by dropping down from the rafters is likely going to be ignored by WWE and it should be. They don't want fans thinking about Owen Hart in any way. The good thing about it is that Sting stopped doing that sort of thing about 15 years ago, so it's a distant memory for a lot of fans anyway.