AEW To Use Sting In "A Variety Of Roles"

The only thing for sure about Sting, is nothing's for sure.

by Andrew Pollard
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Since making his shocking AEW debut at Winter is Coming, many have wondered what the future holds for Sting. According to Jim Ross, the Stinger’s future will see him used in “a variety of roles”.

Discussing the matter on his Grilling JR podcast, Ross explained:

“Having Sting coming to AEW for the first time, what’s really going on? What’s really going on is Tony Khan reached out, hired Sting to a multi-year deal. He’s going to have a variety of roles. I don’t know what they are exactly, but they will be in a creative capacity where he’s a character on television. There’s a lot of ways to be a character on TV that’s been accepted by the audience nowadays that doesn’t include wrestling a match every week.”

From what we’ve seen from Sting on AEW programming so far, it seems as if the multiple-time World Champion is on a collision course with Team Taz – with Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes seemingly along for the ride.

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Sting’s last physical in-ring action came at WWE’s 2015 Night of Champions PPV, where he suffered a severe neck injury in a match against Seth Rollins. During his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame the following year, the Stinger formally announced his retirement.

If and when the 61-year-old Sting wrestles again remains to be seen.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.