Give WWE some credit: The company is trying really hard to make a match between Triple H and Sting seem like an epic encounter that is years in the making. Theyve (rightly) painted Sting as the face of WCW and then had Triple H describe himself as one of the reasons WCW went out of business as a vital cog in the Attitude Era. Its a stretch, but its at least something, right? But why is Sting here? And what beef does he have with Triple H? Is the Stinger defending the honor of WCW? Did Triple H shun Sting at some point? Sometimes, you can get away with having a big match just because. And sometimes, you dont even need words to set up a feud. Sting never spoke in the lead-up to his WCW World Championship title match against Hollywood Hogan at Starrcade 1997. But that match worked because Sting was fighting for the honor of WCW and to dethrone Hogan. We have no idea what is going on here. Sting showed up at Survivor Series and cost Triple H and Stephanie McMahon their jobs (for five weeks). He then interfered in a match to help save John Cenas Royal Rumble title shot and get three wrestlers jobs back. Thats it. So why is Sting fighting Triple H? Will stipulations be added during the next five weeks? Why should we care about this match at all, other than its never happened? Or is that all thats needed these days?
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.
