AEW Talent Pay Emotional Tribute To Sting
The Stinger calls time on his legendary career later today at AEW Revolution.
With Darby Allin having penned a phenomenal Players' Tribune article in celebration of Sting, a whole bunch of the Stinger's colleagues and family members have likewise moved to pay tribute to the Icon ahead of his retirement at AEW Revolution later today.
Also put together by The Players' Tribune, the likes of Dustin Rhodes, Eddie Kingston, FTR, and Arn Anderson were amongst those to leave a voicemail sharing their thoughts on Sting. Find a clipped six-minute montage of these calls below, or you can head to The Players' Tribune to hear each voicemail in full.
“I really appreciate all the love. It means the world to me, and it’s going to be tough to say goodbye to all this.”
There’s no one like @Sting.@AEW | https://t.co/JeMWwBZNxt pic.twitter.com/i3FnA0z2mk
Advertisement— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) March 2, 2024
With a career which dates back to 1985, Steve Borden finally hangs up the boots and facepaint today as he and Darby Allin defend the AEW Tag Team Titles against the Young Bucks.
In a truly legendary career, Sting has shared the ring with a who's who of professional wrestling; from Ric Flair, to Harley Race, to Dusty Rhodes, to Terry Funk, to Antonio Inoki, to the Great Muta, to Nikita Koloff, to the Road Warriors, to Bruno Sammartino, to Jerry Lawler, to the Steiners, to Akira Taue, to Big Van Vader, to Tatsumi Fujinami, to Stan Hansen, to Rick Rude, to Mick Foley, to Steve Austin, to Lex Luger, to Hulk Hogan, to Randy Savage, to Kevin Nash, to Roddy Piper, to Goldberg, to Booker T, to Bret Hart, to Diamond Dallas Page, to Samoa Joe, to AJ Styles, to Kurt Angle, to Triple H, to John Cena, to Seth Rollins, to MJF, to CM Punk, to FTR, to Shingo Takagi, to Chris Jericho, to Naomichi Marufuji, to Tetsuya Naito, to Minoru Suzuki, to Orange Cassidy, to Jay White, to Christian Cage, to Adam Copeland, to to Ricky Starks, to... you get the picture.
Words like legend and icon are forever thrown around in the wrestling world, but in Sting, such terms are fully justified and arguably don't fully do justice to an in-ring career that's inspired countless others and delivered at such a high level for so long.