4. His Gimmick Is Ripped Off From The Crow
The Crow was a popular movie in 1994. It starred Brandon Lee and grossed over $140 million on a budget of $22 million. In other words, it was a huge success in theatres while also becoming a cult classic after airing on cable TV for such a long time. A lot of people saw that movie. Two years after the film came out, Sting appeared on WCW TV with a different look. Instead of the spiked blonde hair and the colorful face paint, he wore a long leather trenchcoat, he had the black & white face paint and his hair was long as well as black. It was a complete makeover for his character. For much of his first year as The Crow version of Sting, he barely spoke. When he did speak, it was a huge deal because he had morphed into this mysterious figure and we almost forgot what he looked like just because of the commanding presence that this Crow look had. The gimmick was actually the idea of Scott Hall. It's a story that has been told many times. Some guy in WCW actually dressed like The Crow backstage to impress his girlfriend, Hall remembered the look and suggested it for Sting when they needed something new for him. Sting liked it and that's what they went with. That was back in 1996, so here we are in 2014 showing that the gimmick obviously worked. It's unlikely that WWE is ever going to mention that there's a movie called The Crow or that Sting got his look from him. They will want fans to think he's an original, which is not true.