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As Sting prepares for his final professional wrestling match at Revolution, “The Icon” has become increasingly retrospective about his career, his legacy, and his protege, Darby Allin, who has participated in all 27 of his matches in AEW, if you can believe that. Now at the time, pairing Sting up with Allin made a lot […]

By the end of the weekend, Sting‘s run in AEW will be officially over, bringing his career to an end with a bang in a match featuring Darby Allin and the Young Bucks, Nicholas and Matthew Jackson. … or will it? Discussing Sting’s final match in AEW on the Revolution media call, Tony Khan was […]

As Sting prepares for his final professional match at AEW Revolution, it’s hard for some fans not to think about the one that got away, “The Icon” versus The Undertaker at the biggest show on the WWE calendar, WrestleMania. On paper, the story sort of wrote itself; in January of 2014, when Sting’s TNA contract […]

With AEW Revolution rapidly approaching, the Young Bucks, Nicholas and Matthew Jackson, find themselves with a very interesting task at hand: retiring Sting. On paper, the process is simple enough, the two-time AEW Tag Team Champions are set to face off against the current AEW Tag Team Champions in a winner-takes-all challenge for the straps […]

When it comes to telling the story of Sting, it’s hard to get too deep into it without mentioning the name Booker T. A fellow standout of WCW who found themselves working very closely together in TNA, Sting, and Booker T have shared the ring on 42 occasions over their careers, including multiple title matches […]

When Darby Allin and Sting officially linked up in early 2021, few could have predicted just how incredible the path the duo would travel together through the AEW Galaxy. Initially debuted as an ominous figure capable of breaking down a would-be challenger with a simple stare, the dynamic duo of Allin and Stinger went on […]

When Tony Khan gave Sting the special gift of having Ric Flair join him for the final act of his professional wrestling career, it always felt like a weird fit to a large chunk of the AEW audience. Sure, Flair and Sting have a ton of history together, working matches together during the formative years […]

As the professional wrestling world grapples with one of the biggest shoot stories of all time in the resignation of Vince McMahon mere hours before the opening bell of the 2024 Royal Rumble, seemingly every wrestling personality, from podcast hosts to red carpet wrestlers and even multi-hyphenate business owners like Tony Khan have been asked […]

When Sting broke the news that he was going to hang up his boots for good in early 2024, wrestling one final match at Revolution before heading off into the great unknown of retirement, it felt like a big deal. While Sting hasn’t wrestled frequently in AEW, working just 26 matches since his debut in […]

With Sting‘s final match in professional wrestling rapidly approaching, presumably against the Young Bucks in the main event of Revolution, you’d think the “Icon” would set back, make a few appearances on AEW shows, and prepare to ride off into the sunset in March, right? … nope, as it turns out, Darby Allin, Sting’s tag […]

After taking a few months off of television after being bested inside the ring and tactically by their long-time The Elite friend Kenny Omega alongside his short-lived tag team partner Chris Jericho at Full Gear, the Young Bucks returned in a big way on the second AEW Dynamite of 2024, interrupting the post-match celebration between […]

As the professional wrestling community prepares to hear from the Young Bucks for the first time since Full Gear back in November, with Nick and Matt Jackson returning to Dynamite to effectively lay down the challenge for Sting and Darby Allin ahead of the former’s final match, the discourse has again opened up about just […]

When AEW Collision was announced for Charlotte, North Carolina, it felt like a borderline guarantee that Sting‘s manager, the “Nature Boy” himself, Ric Flair, would be a fixture of the program. A native of Memphis, Tenessee, Flair cut his teeth in the south working for Jim Crockett’s promotion and continued that trend into the 1980s […]

When Bill Goldberg wrestled Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia at the Elimination Chamber in 2022, it was more of a transaction and less of a favor. Sure, at the time, the former WCW juggernaut was still under contract with the leader in Sports Entertainment and would be until the end of 2022 when his deal […]

What will happen to Ric Flair when Sting officially hangs up his boots in the spring at the end of Revolution? Will he take a step back from his relatively regular bookings in AEW, appearing for “mainstream” media matters and on sporadic shows but nothing else? Or will he instead take on a new client, […]

After cutting a fun promo with his good buddy Sting after Tony Schiavone announced the location of Revolution 2024, the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina, Ric Flair found himself in hot water when, while filming a segment for Rampage, he delivered a line that needless to say, didn’t go over too well with fans at […]

After surviving – literally – his first taste of action in AEW at Full Gear, Ric Flair made his semi-anticipated return to weekly television on Dynamite, when the “Nature Boy” and his best friend Sting helped Tony Schiavone reveal the location of Revolution: The Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina. Interesting stuff, right? Stinger gets to […]

When Sting officially signed with WWE in 2015, there was one dream match fans wanted to see more than any other: “The Icon” – even if he wasn’t known by that at the time – versus “The Deadman” himself, The Undertaker. I mean think about it, Sting and The Undertaker had a ton in common […]

When Adam Copeland made the jump from WWE to AEW back in October, it left more than a few fans with hurt feelings. Granted, it felt pretty obvious that the pairing had run its course, as WWE gave Edge one final match on SmackDown against Sheamus that was presented like a massive deal, but behind […]

When Adam Copeland took the ring at AEW Full Gear, he experienced a whole lot of firsts. It was Copeland’s first time working a Pay-Per-View for AEW, his first time wrestling in the Kia Forum, and, if you can believe it, his first time working a “Premium Live Event” under his real name, with his […]

If there’s one thing Adam Copeland knows better than most, it’s how to identify a superstar. Over his 25 years of experience in WWE under the Edge moniker, Copeland shared the ring with everyone from John Cena, to Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Seth Rollins, and even the current “Top Dog” in the promotion, Roman Reigns, […]

When AEW decided to sign WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair to a multi-year contract, it turned heads around the professional wrestling world, but not always for the right reasons. A controversial act who is as popular outside of the ring as he is unpopular among hardcore fans of the sport, AEW drew pretty much […]

When Sting debuted for AEW and returned to professional wrestling for his first extended stint since 2015, fans had to know he was in it for a good time, not a long time. Sure, despite being in his 60s, the Stinger has seemingly found the fountain of youth, or at least figured out a way […]

When Ric Flair walked out on AEW Dynamite as Tony Khan’s special present for Sting, it drew wide reactions from around the professional wrestling world. To some, the decision was a wholesome effort to give something special to “The Man Called Sting” after a career wrestled the right way, allowing him to enjoy his final […]

When Sting announced to the professional wrestling world that he was going to hang up his boots once and for all and call it a career at Revolution 2024, it was met with (almost) universal acclaim from fans inside and out of AEW. After seemingly leaving the business behind two times before, the “Man Called […]

When Ric Flair made his long-anticipated debut in AEW, managing String instead of his son-in-law Andrade El Idolo, it drew all sorts of different reactions from around the professional wrestling world. Some fans celebrated the decision, touched by the idea of Sting getting to ride off into the sunset with one of his best friends, […]

When Tony Schiavone broke the news that none other than Ric Flair was his special gift to Sting following the announcement of his impending retirement at Revolution 2024, it drew incredible reactions from around the professional wrestling world. From fans celebrating the “Nature Boy” being afforded a spot shotgun for his protege’s final half-year in […]

After spending the better part of a week hyping up that Tony Khan had a very special gift for Sting on Dynamite after announcing his retirement from wrestling the previous week, fans wondered what the CEO of AEW had in store. Would the promotion be announcing a Sting Memorial Trophy a la the Owen Hart […]

As fans of AEW and beyond eagerly await a chance to see what kind of gift Tony Khan has to offer Sting after “The Icon” announced his intentions to retire at Revolution in 2024, the wrestling world has begun to reflect on the 24-time champion‘s career and what story is left to be written before […]

When “The Icon” Sting announced to the professional wrestling world on AEW Dynamite that he was rapidly approaching the finale of his professional wrestling career, with his retirement officially set for AEW Revolution 2024, the fans from far and wide started to talk about who should be the man who retires the 64-year-old WWE Hall […]

After making the vague announcement that Sting would be addressing the AEW audience on Dynamite, fans waited with bated breath to see what the 63-year-old had to say. Would he be announcing some new venture? Addressing his part in the situation between Adam Copeland and Christian Cage? Or would he be delivering his dreaded retirement […]

If Sting wanted to call it a career at All In, he had everything set up to say goodbye to the AEW Galaxy. Almost three years after his return at Winter is Coming in 2020, Sting took to the ring alongside his best friend, Darby Allin, to his old WCW song, “Seek and Destroy” by […]

After months and months of anticipation, AEW All In is officially here; soon, fans will find out if AEW truly delivers the biggest wrestling show of all time and if the hype surrounding the show will live up to fan expectations. If it works out, AEW has a chance to truly establish itself as the […]

Though he refused to acknowledge it at the time, except, of course, in the most subtle, meta way possible, Cody Rhodes has slowly but surely trickled out information about what brought him from AEW to WWE back in 2022 and what his heel run could have been had he stuck it out in the promotion […]

Though Kurt Angle has been a part of many interesting angles during his time in WWE both before and after announcing his retirement, one of the groups he actually founded and spend a not-insignificant period of his career in was the Main Event Mafia, a faction of largely ex-WWE performer in TNA who banded together […]

Though he’s still going strong, having wrestled four matches in 2023 alone between AEW and Pro Wrestling Noah, the day will soon come when Sting rides off into the sunset and says goodbye to one of the most storied careers in the history of professional wrestling. But who, fans have long wondered, should be the […]

At Forbidden Door 2, in the year 2023, WCW legend Sting took part in the penultimate match of the Pay-Per-View sandwiched between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay’s masterclass and Bryan Danielson submitting Kazuchika Okada with a broken arm in front of 14,000 ravenous fans in Toronto. That’s…certainly not a statement anyone would have imagined being […]

How on earth does Forbidden Door follow up the second match in a series between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay that will likely end up with a six-star distinction when Dave Metlzer’s ratings are all said and done? Well, by booking a lean, mean, hard-hitting affair between Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki and […]

In professional wrestling, few performers are as connected to a single promoter as Eric Bischoff is to Sting. The Vince McMahon to “The Crow’s” Steve Austin, Sting worked for Bischoff for the entire time he was in charge of WCW, and even after the company formerly known as Jim Crockett Promotions shuttered its doors for […]