10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 25)

2. Sting Planned To Retire After WrestleMania 32

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As of right now, the career of Sting is pretty much up in the air. It's anyone's guess whether or not he will someday be able to return to the ring, but things don't look too promising. Back at the Night Of Champions pay-per-view in September 2015, Sting was injured during a WWE World Heavyweight Title match with Seth Rollins. 

Since then, there have been reports that the Stinger suffered from cervical spinal stenosis, and he has had surgery to try and correct the neck issue. WWE's official website ran an exclusive interview with the man this week, and it appears as though one original plan for WrestleMania 32 involving the man would have handed wrestling fans a genuine dream match.

Sting categorically stated that his wish for 'Mania was to face The Undertaker. He then stated that following that match he would have probably "called it quits" on his WWE run. He also said that everyone behind the scenes in the company knew he was keen on creating that clash, so there's a good case to say it may have actually happened. 

Unfortunately, his injury problems stopped any chances dead in their tracks.

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