9. Sting
It still feels strange referring to Sting as a WWE star, but there we go. As two of the top performers in TNA it is no surprise that Sting and AJ Styles battled on a number of occasions, main eventing a whole host of pay-per-views for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the process. The two first crossed paths in any meaningful fashion on opposite side of the Main Event Mafia/TNA Frontline wars. Styles was the head of the Frontline opposed Sting (then World Champ), Kurt Angle, Booker T, Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner. The Mafia dominated almost every aspect of the feud unfortunately, but Styles and Sting weren't done when it ended. It was Styles who ended Sting's undefeated streak at Bound for Glory in 2009, in a match that was voted TNA's Match of the Year by fans. It is unlikely that the two will face off against each other in WWE however, as Sting's latest injury setback seems certain to be the last one for The Icon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVijzazQ_A
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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
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