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During his match at WWE Night of Champions this past weekend against Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Title, Sting was visibly injured after taking a running powerbomb into the turnbuckle.
On watching the match live and again on demand you could see Sting’s head snap back on contact with the turnbuckle and it was moments later that it was apparent he couldn’t shake this off.
His legs gave way but he got back to his feet, it was a second time that his legs gave way and he collapsed again, it was during this time that the referee paused the match and called in the trainer.
Sting would go on to lose the match to Seth Rollins and since then the rumor mill has been spinning with regards to just how serious Sting’s injury was. He has now spoken with WWE.com. Highlights are below.
WWE.com asked if can set the record straight on the extent of his injury:
Bottom line, I had tingling, numbness down both arms, all the way to my fingertips. And then, later in the match, I just fell wrong, whatever it was, and this time [the tingling and numbness] went down both arms and into my legs, and I couldn’t feel my legs too well. They just felt like rubber. I don’t know how to describe it. I had to go down on all fours there for a minute, get my composure. I was a little … I was worried.
Long term, well, I’m just going to take care of the short term first and see how the long term might play out.
Sting was asked about what treatment he received following his match at Night of Champions:
I was out in the hospital — out like a light. They had a neck brace on me, and they were pumping me with [medication] to get me out of pain. I had to do a CT scan and an MRI. They ended up talking to my wife, and I have some details from my wife, but I still have [further evaluation ahead]. They mentioned cervical spinal stenosis, but that’s only part of what I heard. I don’t know if there’s anything else. The doctor did tell my wife, “He’s going to have to get this dealt with. He’s lucky he walked out of there.”
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WWE.com then asked Sting whether or not he would get back into the ring again to which he replied that he would, but only in the right scenario.
Sting went on to explain that he was aware that on both times into the turnbuckle that he was injured, the first being like whiplash and the second being a lot worse.
He also recalled what was going through his mind when the referee stopped the match and he was being looked at by the WWE trainer:
The referee, the doctor, they’re all in there talking to me: “Are you OK? What’s going on? Can you continue? Are you all right? Tell us what’s happening.” And the whole time, I’m just thinking, “Oh, man, not now,” I mean, I want this to be good, you know? And if it ends up being the last thing I ever do in the ring, I don’t want to go out like this.
“God help me.” I’m trying to just shake it off, you know? “C’mon, c’mon.” I’m stamping my feet or moving my toes, just trying to get a feel back, get my legs back underneath me. It started to kind of clear up a little bit. My fingers were still tingling and all that, but my legs were not at that point. I said, “Let me try to continue, let’s just try it.” So I just stood up and walked away from them, and we continued.
To read the rest of the interview that WWE.com had with Sting, you can do so by clicking on this link.