WWE gave fans a legit mark-out moment at the end of Survivor Series when Sting, the last WCW holdout from the Monday Night War, made his debut on WWE programming. Pick a major WCW star from the late 90s. Odds are that he spent some time in WWF/E either before or after the Monday Night War. All except Sting until Survivor Series. For a change, WWE has handled this debut really well. Stings appearance in the WWE 2K15 video game commercial got a huge ovation from the live crowd earlier this year, and his sporadic appearances at certain events helped build a buzz before he showed up to disrupt the main event and help defeat the Authority. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_GE23hgXMw Granted, Stings extremely limited contract could hamper storylines going forward, but for a one-shot appearance, this one was definitely a high point for the year.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
