From 2004 to 2010, TNA Wrestling used a 6-sided ring. Some fans loved the unique feel to the ring but others were less enthusiastic. During WWE Network’s recent Table for 3 episode with Sting, Jeff Jarrett, and AJ Styles, the 3 former TNA stars talked about the polarizing 6-sided ring.
“Internally, that was a nightmare battle,” Jarrett said about getting the 6-sided ring approved.
“I hated it,” Sting said. “Too many years wrestling in the squared circle.”
“I told Hulk that,” Jarrett continued. “I said ‘why do you hate it?’ and he said ‘ah brother, it’s just not right.'”
“It’s the only thing that got us shelf space in the toy market,” Jarrett continued. “They didn’t care about action figures, they didn’t care about talent, ‘oh you got a 6-sided ring? That will sell, we want it.'”
“I grew to love it,” Styles said. “I thought it made us so different from anything anybody else was seeing. It was kind of like with cagefighting, it looked like that. It made it more sports-oriented being so different to that box ring. We had 6-sides and looked like MMA kind of, it was different. I loved that look to the point where when I heard we were going to lose it, I was mad.”
“You and a few others were vocal,” Jarrett said to Styles.
“I wasn’t complaining when it was gone,” Sting added.
Highlights from the Table for 3 episode can be viewed in the player below:
The WWE Network is slated to air a new episode of Table For 3 on Monday night starring AJ Styles, Sting, and Jeff Jarrett where the three former TNA icons talk about a wide range of topics.
WWE’s YouTube channel released this clip where they talked about the six-sided ring that was used in TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling.
Sting talked about how he hated it. When asked why he thinks that, the WWE Hall of Famer stated he had too many years wrestling in the squared circle and that, “It just changed the dynamic of everything. You know, I suppose it’s good for some and not so good for others.”
Jarrett chimed in by stating that Hulk Hogan didn’t like the ring either but did point out that their unique ring is the only thing that got them shelf space in the toy market.
Styles gave his take by noting that he was a fan of the ring because he thought “It made us so different from anything anybody else was seeing, you know with cage fighting.”
He added, ”It made it more sport-oriented, being so different than the box ring. It looked like MMA.”
The two have famously never competed against each other, and a clash between the two often tops many dream match lists.
Sting has previously stated that a matchup with The Undertaker is the only match he would come out retirement for. Despite speculation that the images may be hinting the match could finally be happening, it turns out the images were to promote WWE’s new YouTube series, WWE Reimagined.
Sting vs The Undertaker: What If…
The series addresses a ‘What If’ scenario that both past and present Superstars then analyse and discuss. The debut episode revolves around what would have happened if The Undertaker had gone to WCW during the ’90s.
The video features names such as Universal Champion Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bruce Prichard, Natalya, Sting, and more.
When hypothesizing about what would have happened during a match between himself and ‘Taker, Sting claimed:
“There is no way The Stinger is gonna get tombstoned by The ‘Taker. That ain’t happening. Not on my watch. What would have happened is a few Stinger Splashes, a Death Drop, and probably the Deathlock.”
He continued, saying “To have ‘Taker at that time [in WCW], I don’t think there would have been a chance for any kind of comeback with WWE at the time.”
WWE got fans talking after teasing an Undertaker vs. Sting dream match in a recent post on Instagram, which you can see here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzihG6eFzjc/
There were some fans that speculated that this match could take place in November at WWE’s return event in Saudi Arabia due to the big money offered to talents to work shows in the country.
This just happened in June with Goldberg vs. Undertaker at the Super ShowDown event. That is not likely to happen as Sting has been retired from the pro wrestling business for years.
Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV event, which marked Sting’s last match and end of his career after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner.
This has been a match that Sting has wanted to take part in for years now. Despite his feelings for it to happen, it never did.
In previous interviews, he has stated that if he could’ve made it through his match with Rollins as planned then he planned to push hard for a match with Taker. Sting thinks that there was the potential for it but then he got hurt.
WWE held a birthday celebration for WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair on Monday’s episode of RAW in Atlanta, GA at the State Farm Arena.
There were several notable names that made an appearance on this show for the segment. Those names include Shawn Michaels, Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Kurt Angle, and Batista.
It all started with McMahon and Triple H walking out to the ring that had a cake and balloons where they would introduce guests as well as Flair. A video package aired to show some of the biggest moments from his legendary career in the pro wrestling business.
They also created a custom World Title Belt. Just as Flair was about to walk out to the ring for his celebration, we see Batista dragging a cameraman to the locker room of Flair and he pulled out the pro wrestling legendary who had been attacked. He asked Triple H if he got his attention and then left. This closed the show.
Flair was last seen on WWE television when he appeared on the SmackDown 1000th episode for an Evolution appearance back a few months back alongside Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista.
It’s always great to see “The Nature Boy” considering the major health issues that he suffered in August 2017. The most serious complications were kidney failure, necessitating dialysis treatment and ongoing hospitalization. Flair had surgery in Georgia to remove an obstructive piece of his bowel back in December.
WWE Hall of Famer Sting is slated to make an appearance at Starrcast II. The news was made on Monday night when the following post was sent out on Twitter:
Who will be the first official Superstarr announced as appearing at Starrcast II this Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas?
The three-day convention is scheduled to take place from May 23 – 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pre-sale tickets go on sale on February 12th while tickets for the general public will be made available on February 15th.
For more information, you can check out the official Starrcast website. As of this writing, no other talent has been advertised for the convention but will be announced in the coming weeks.
The first edition of this wrestling convention presented by Conrad Thompson took place during All In weekend last September in Chicago, IL.
The AEW Double or Nothing event is set to take place May 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will mark the first official event under the AEW (All Elite Wrestling) banner.
A second event will be held in Jacksonville, Florida with a large portion of the gate going to benefit victims of gun violence. There was no date or venue announced.
WWE Hall of Famer Sting was recently interviewed by 99.7 CYK to promote an appearance for an independent wrestling show. During the brief interview, he was asked about a potential WWE return and being fine with not working one more match in the squared circle under the WWE banner.
This is when the pro wrestling legend stated that he would only consider coming back against one opponent and that would be The Undertaker. “Anyone else, at this point, why?” He continued by stating that he always loved the idea of that match happening as he’s had many ideas in his head to the point where he speculated how to make it just a night that people would never forget.”
If you recall, Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV event, which marked Sting’s last match and end of his career after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner.
Another question that came up was him returning to the WWE as a General Manager. He’s against that idea of bringing him back to television in that role because he thinks it would tarnish his legacy and mystique as a character.
Posted October 22nd, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
Sting has revealed exactly when was the best chance for a potential match with The Undertaker under the WWE banner to happen after years of WWE fans dreaming about it.
The WWE Hall of Famer talked about a potential feud with “The Deadman” in the WWE during an appearance on The Apter Chat and how he wanted his last match to be against Taker at WrestleMania 32.
Obviously, that didn’t happen as Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV, which marked Sting’s last match after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner.
Sting stated that by the time he signed with the WWE and even before his first WrestleMania, he had hoped to have his last match against The Undertaker.
The wrestling legend also noted that his deal with the WWE at the time was for one-off matches. Despite his feelings for it to happen, it never did. He did bring up the fact that if he could’ve made it through his match with Rollins as planned then he planned to push hard for a match with Taker. Sting thinks that there was the potential for it but then he got hurt.
Posted October 9th, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
Steve Borden, better known to wrestling fans as Sting, wrestled for TNA between 2003 and 2014 after his legendary tenure in WCW. WCW would be bought by their main competitors the WWE, then-WWF, in 2001.
During a conversation with Bill Apter, Sting reminisced on his negotiations with the WWE prior to signing with TNA, as well as Vince McMahon’s reaction when told he would be heading to Total Nonstop Action.
“I had probably had three… on three separate occasions, I had a conversation with Vince [McMahon] and I was close on a couple of those occasions to leaving [WCW],” Sting remembered.
He explained that a primary reason he would never leave the WWE’s primary rival was that “WCW always ended up giving me what I asked for as far as…it wasn’t just financial – it was how much I work. I wanted to have it be in black and white, contractually. ‘I want to work X number of days and blah, blah, blah, only a certain number of house shows that I want to do throughout the year,’ so they gave me what I wanted.”
“That’s Exactly What He Said…”
When Sting confessed to Vince that he was bound for TNA, he can still remember Vince McMahon’s reaction.
“I’ll never forget having that conversation with Vince,” Sting recalled. “He’s on the phone with me and he says, ‘you know, Sting,’ he said, ‘I find this hard to believe. The legacy that you leave behind and the thought of you going to TNA is just, blah.’”
“That’s exactly what he said, ‘blah!’ And so then you fast forward to me coming back to do WrestleMania [31], I sent out a text to Vince and Triple H, and I simply said, ‘have you guys turned the page on Sting yet?’ because I honestly didn’t know. Did they turn the page? Are they done or would they consider a run up there?”
Sting would finally wrestle for the WWE at Wrestlemania 31. He would face off against Triple H in an eventual loss to the King Of Kings.
Sting has made it well known in various interviews over the years that he wanted a match with the Undertaker under the WWE banner. However, fans never got to see that match due to Sting being in WCW then TNA and having his career cut short due to injury.
Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV, which marked Sting’s last match after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner.
The WWE Hall of Famer talked about a potential feud with “The Deadman” in the WWE during an appearance on The Apter Chat and his ideas that he had for it if it was ever booked by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
Sting stated that he had so many ideas that developed over a couple of decades based on both of their characters and that they are so similar that he wanted to have some special effects and holograms go on. “I had some ideas that would have rocked everybody.”
Sting continued by stating that it would have matched both characters and he thinks that it would have left people with their jaws open and very entertained. He brought up doing disappearing acts where he could come out of the portal over there on the north side of the arena than to the east and more. He also had an idea that they would have people dressed up as him in different parts of the arena and trying to have people guess which one was him.
Posted October 3rd, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
There’s no doubt Sting is one of the greatest professional wrestlers to ever step in between the ropes. The WWE Hall Of Famer began his WCW tenure back in 1987 with Jim Crockett Promotions. He was a staple in the company’s history, winning several World Titles under their banner.
Sting is a former NWA World Champion, a six-time WCW World Champion, and a two-time WCW United States Champion – to name only a few. Of course, WWE eventually bought out WCW and signed a few of their stars in the process. Sting, however, was not one of those stars.
He’d instead briefly work with World Wrestling All-Stars before signing with Jeff Jarrett’s new promotion, TNA in 2003. Speaking on the Apter Chat podcast recently, Sting revealed Vince McMahon’s reaction to him deciding to sign with TNA:
“I’ll never forget that conversation I had with Vince. He’s on the phone with me and he says: ‘You know Sting, I find this hard to believe. The legacy that you leave behind and the thought of you going to TNA… it just bleh!”
“So you fast forward to you know coming back to do WrestleMania I had set out a text to Vince and Triple H that just said, ‘have you guys turned the page on Sting yet?’ And I honestly did know? Did they turn the page? Are they done? Or would they consider a run up there?”
Sting would leave TNA in 2014 after over a decade with the company. That same year he’d make his WWE TV debut and begin the build to his WrestleMania match with Triple H. He was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2016.
Do you think Sting should’ve gone straight to WWE?
WWE Hall Of Famer Sting was recently a guest on the Apter Chat podcast.
During the interview, Sting revealed where he got the idea for the Scorpion Deathlock. Apparently, Sting got the inspiration from a wrestling by the name of Riki Choshu at a Japanese show:
“I was fortunate enough in those early days, while I was still with Bill Watts, (Giant) Baba from Japan wanted me to come do a show,” Sting said.
“Bill sent me to Japan and there was a wrestler named Riki Choshu. He used that hold and I went ‘oh, I like that’ and so then the scorpion kinda popped in all at the same time and attempting to brand myself.”
The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion then discussed the demise of WCW. He was one of the key characters in the promotion’s legacy. When WCW finally came to an end and was bought out by WWE, Sting said it felt “surreal”:
“It was shocking, it was surreal,” Sting said. “It was emotional because it was a lot of years of a lot of sacrifice. Fighting tooth and nail to not be the second class wrestling organization, but to finally evolve into the number one wrestling organization in the world.
“To be that first class wrestling organization. A global machine. And to just watch it slip through your fingers and be gone and totally out of your control, I always said it was like the enemy coming into your camp and having their way.”
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions
Posted September 11th, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
The WWE Hall Of Famer first talked about his transition into the “Crow” character and why he never went back to his old blonde look:
“The Crow character by the time it came alive and hit the scene and evolved to what it turned into, it would’ve never made sense to go back to the blonde flat-top haircut,” Sting said.
“Even if I wanted to, there’s not enough hair on my head to do that anymore. So I just couldn’t pull it off. But let me tell you something, if I thought I could pull it off, I would’ve attempted it in these later years.
“Because so many people talked about it and they’re so nostalgic about it. And WrestleMania 31 is a big example of that with DX and nWo and people just freaked out over that.”
Who’s Idea Was It?
Upon transitioning to the “Crow” character, Sting implemented face paint into his look. Sting revealed which fellow Hall Of Famer came up with the idea to use face paint:
“They put Ric (Flair) with Ricky Morton, and Ricky gets hurt,” said Sting. “So Dusty says, ‘Stinger baby, I want to put some color on your face, color on your tights and color on your boots. And I want to put you with Ric.’
“So we did a little story line with JJ Dillion and the Four Horseman and Ric Flair in Raleigh, North Carolina for a TV taping. It was no real heat angle, we just kind of did our thing and it took off. So Dusty is the real reason why the color started to begin with.”
Discussion: Which of Sting’s gimmicks did you prefer? Let us know in the comments section below!
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions
Posted September 6th, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker and a few Hall Of Famers have been announced for a Texas church sermon series.
Grapevine, Texas-based pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church will be interviewing Taker, Ric Flair, Sting and Ted DiBiase. The interviews are part of Young’s new “Wrastlin'” sermon series. The series lasts four weeks and kicks off on Sunday, September 9th.
Fellowship Church’s main stage will feature a wrestling ring where the interviews will take place. On the other side of the church a section will be available for the congregation to see the interviews. An official statement and video announcement for the series has been released. Check those out below:
Wrastlin’ – A Series by Ed Young. Beginning September 9, 2018
Over four weeks this September, Ed Young and Fellowship Church welcome four legendary guests from the world of professional wrestling – Ric Flair, The Undertaker, The Million Dollar Man, and Sting!
The Bible often compares the Christian life to that of a warrior, a wrestler. Wrestling is a metaphor commonly used in the Christian life and one that will remind us that no matter what, God is ready and able to step in between the ropes and help us overcome any challenge we face!
For more information, visit Fellowshipchurch.com/wrastlin.
Over the weekend two of the biggest names in WCW history reunited with one another.
Both Goldberg and Sting were at the Stand Alone Wrestling: Boardwalk Beatdown Pro Wrestling Experience convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Goldberg and Sting reunited and took a photo with one another.
Sting sported the old WCW World Title around his shoulder while Goldberg held the WWE Universal Title. Goldberg also met up with WWE legend Haku and took a photo with him as well.
He uploaded the photo to his Instagram to share with professional wrestling fans. Check it out here:
“Never know who your going to run into!!! To say these 2 men had a positive influence on me during my wrestling days is a mild understatement! Seems like just yesterday!!”
There’s no doubt that Sting and Goldberg are two of the biggest professional wrestling stars ever produced by WCW. Sting was with the promotion from 1987 until its collapse in 2001. During his tenure “The Stinger” captured one NWA World Heavyweight Championship and six WCW World Titles.
Goldberg also had a tremendous run with the company. He began his professional wrestling career with WCW in the late ’90s and had an undefeated streak that lasted a year. Eventually he defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Title on a historic episode of Nitro.
After the company went under Goldberg had two runs with WWE. His latest featured a great rivalry with Brock Lesnar that included a WWE Universal Title run. Sting finally came to WWE in 2014.
He feuded with Triple H but lost to “The Game” at WrestleMania 31. He went on to have matches with Seth Rollins and The Big Show before being inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2016 – announcing his retirement. Goldberg wasn’t too far behind, as he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame himself this past April.
The latest episode of Eric Bischoff’s 83 Weeks podcast focuses on Sting’s 1996. A lot was changing for WCW that year. In addition to launching Monday Nitro in the fall 1995, WCW was acquiring WWF talent at a breakneck pace. After signing top names from the WWF like Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, 1996 saw many more high-profile acquisitions ushc as Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
As the franchise player of WCW, there was no guarantee that Sting would react kindly to so many big stars coming in. While some people in Sting’s position would have reacted negatively to so many new challengers to his spot, Bischoff says Sting was the consummate professional and welcomed the new opportunities that awaited him.
“One of the things that stands out to me so much is that (Sting) was the ultimate team player.” Bischoff said. “He was one of the few guys that really was completely supportive. He wasn’t [just] supportive – he was excited that Hulk Hogan was coming to WCW, he was excited that Randy Savage was coming to WCW.”
When Bischoff took over WCW, Sting was the top babyface in the company. With political sharks like Hogan, Hall and Nash entering his waters, Sting took it all in stride.
Bischoff explained “[Sting] was so apolitical in that regard, in an era where everybody was worried about their spot or all of a sudden the spotlight going from them to someone else.”
Head over to 83Weeks.com for more on Eric Bischoff’s podcast.
WWE Hall of Famer Sting has commented on potentially wrestling again inside of a WWE ring.
The pro wrestling legend recently spoke with longtime WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia on her podcast, Chasing Glory, where he spoke about various topics. If you recall, Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV, which marked Sting’s last match after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner and has not wrestled since then.
“Yeah, I’m really done. I mean my neck doesn’t bother me at all. For the first couple of months after the match, I had an ache that would go down to the left side of my neck and down into my left trap. It was like a dull ache that was just there all the time and it was hard to sleep. I don’t have any side effects, any trouble so all I know is the neurosurgeon said, “You are so lucky there wasn’t a catastrophe that happened.”
He continued by stating that he has to be careful and that he feels it’s sad too because even at his age, he feels that he can still go and have a good match with The Undertaker as he thinks they could tell an incredible story with both the chemics and the mystique of both of them.
He brought up how he’s had these ideas for 20 years and that it would be something that people would talk about for a long time, but he’s satisfied and happy with how things turned out as he had his WWE run, wrestled at WrestleMania, worked with Seth Rollins for the WWE Title so he can’t complain.
Sting also gave some insight into what made him not go to the WWE shortly after WCW was sold and bought by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon as he noted that WCW would always give him what he wanted and that he knew the commitment he would have to make with McMahon which was being gone a lot more due to the schedule.
“With WCW at the time, I was able to kind of tailor make my schedule to something that I could tolerate and something that was easier for my family at the time. Financially they always gave me what I wanted, but I was really close to leaving on a few different occasions and I was ready. If WCW didn’t give me what I wanted, then I was willing to take that risk and go to WWE. One of the other reasons why I never did, I always talked about this as well, I at the time-and I still don’t know if it’s accurate or not, but I thought that Vince wanted me as a talent to undermine WCW more than he wanted me as a talent working for him.”
What are your thoughts on Sting’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.
Posted July 30th, 2018 in News, WWE. Tagged: Sting.
– Bret Hart attended tonight’s UFC event, UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier, at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and appeared on camera during the television broadcast on FOX.
UFC Heavyweight/Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier got excited putting “The Hit Man” over on commentary, saying, “The Intercontinental Champion, the tag team champion, the WWE Champion! He’s the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be, “The Hit Man” Bret Hart! Welcome Bret to the UFC!”
Daniel Cormier sounded like the happiest man in the world introducing Bret Hart on screen at tonight's UFC card in Calgary pic.twitter.com/Tzyi25NLQ6
Before beating Gadzhimurad Antigulov via TKO, Ion Cutelaba entered the Octagon wearing Hart’s trademark sunglasses as the wrestling legend’s WWE entrance theme played.
During the show, Hart posted a photo on Instagram of himself with UFC President Dana White.
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– Brandi Rhodes noted yesterday on Twitter that she will not be wrestling at “ALL IN,” which takes place on Saturday, September 1 at the Sears Centre in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. She will, however, still appear at the event “with as many Beyonce style costume changes as time will allow.”
I’m not wrestling at #ALLIN But I’ll be appearing of course. With as many Beyoncé style costume changes as time will allow. https://t.co/1IO316CB9j
Rhodes appeared as a ring announcer for WWE before leaving the promotion in 2016. She is currently under contract to Ring of Honor and also appears for various independent promotions alongside her husband, Cody Rhodes.
– Sting will be Lilian Garcia’s guest this Monday on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia.
The wrestling world lost Leon White earlier this week. The wrestler better known as Big Van Vader touched a lot of people in his 63 years. Wrestling legends and personalities, such as Mick Foley and Jim Ross, have paid tribute to Vader in the days since his death. His memory was honored at the NJPW shows this weekend as well.
TMZ has published an interview with Vader’s son, former NXT wrestler Jesse White. White wrestled under the name Jake Carter in WWE developmental from 2011 to 2013. According to Jesse, Sting was a big help to the family in Vader’s final days.
“Dallas Diamond Page, [Stone Cold Steve] Austin, Mick Foley,” White mentioned as having helped but one of Vader’s old friends made an extra special impression. “I do have to send a big thank-you out to Sting, Steve Borden.”
I want everyone to know that there are few things my father and I have been working on for some time now. Please stay tuned. Coming Soon!!!!
“Sting has been a huge blessing,” White said, also noting they had grown closer since Vader’s health began to decline. “My father was a God-fearing man and so was Sting, and they would sit down and read the bible together. Go over the Bible, just talk about life and good time stories and, yeah, Stings been a huge blessing throughout this process.”
Sting and Vader were rivals in the ring. Vader won his first WCW World Championship from Sting in 1992, simultaneously ending Sting’s first run with the belt. Vader would lose the belt to Ron Simmons but gain it back just 5 months later. In 1993, Sting defeated Vader to win his 2nd WCW World Championship. He would drop the title back to Vader just 6 days later, however. All throughout 1992 and 1993, Sting and Vader would wrestle each other on WCW house shows as well.
Former WCW President Eric Bischoff on the first episode of his new podcast 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff, discussed a number of topics from his time in the WCW. During the podcast, Bischoff revealed which stars got paid more than WCW’s top stars Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
“It was never a thing with me. We had a budget in place that had been approved the year before by Turner Broadcasting Finance Committee, so I knew the parameters that I had to work with. I knew that politically, from a locker room prospective, I knew that there was no way that I can bring these new guys in and make more money than Ric Flair,” Bischoff said. “Nor did I wanted to put them at the level, even if Ric Flair hadn’t been there, I didn’t want to pay them at Sting’s rate. Sting was the highest paid guy. We were all comfortable with that, the rest of the talent was comfortable with that, but I never used it as a barometer publicly. I knew that within my budget, and Sting being the highest paid guy, along with Ric Flair and a few below him, again, the questions that I did have with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, especially with Kevin because I talked with him more based on our previous relationship with him.”
Even though Nash and Hall were not the highest paid guys in the company, it worked for them because they didn’t have to work as much as they did in WWE. They had fewer dates and an easier schedule.
“Kevin made it clear to me, we put a maximum of 180 dates, WWE was at 250, we may be splitting hairs to a degree, but it wasn’t half the dates. It may have felt that way to Scott and Kevin, but we had a maximum of 180 dates, we never hit the maximum dates, it was around 125-130 dates a year, so it was definitely a lot less of a load than what they were used to,” Bischoff said. “Kevin was expecting his very first child at that time, and in WWE he would have been on the road, add the travel that they worked along with the front and back end of traveling back home and leaving again they were probably gone 300 days a year, so it was a much lighter load. Add the income from pay-per-views, house shows, and all the profit shares, they were probably making $500,000 or more, but they had to work hard to get it, but they both expressed to me, especially with Kevin, it was much of a lifestyle consideration as it was a financial one.”
You can check out the podcast here. Quotes by WrestlingInc.
Since making his return at the Royal Rumble this past January, much has been made about Rey Mysterio’s WWE status. He has had at least one meeting with Triple H regarding negotiations since the Rumble.
There’s also indication that he’ll be making an appearance at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in less than a week in Saudi Arabia. A fan asked Dave Meltzer on Twitter about Mysterio’s WWE status, and he reports the former World Champion has yet to sign a deal:
Several Legends Reunite At “Legends Of Wrestling” Event
Several professional wrestling legends reunited in Detroit for their “Legends Of Wrestling” event. Those legends include two-time WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Road Warrior Animal, Mick Foley, Sting, Jimmy Hart, and The Nasty Boys. Here are some photos:
Yesterday Asuka Tweeted out a picture of herself with the caption “Fabulous.” This prompted a response from SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Carmella. She said “Girls just wanna be Carmella.”
The pair then continued to go back and forth a bit. Check out the exchange here:
Currently Asuka and Carmella are on opposite brands, however, tonight marks the beginning of the Superstar Shake-Up. It’s possible a feud between Carmella and Asuka begins if they end up on the same show.
Sting Reunites With Fellow WCW Alumni
WWE Hall Of Famer Sting posted a picture on his Twitter account from WrestleCon during WrestleMania weekend. The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion is pictured reuniting with fellow WCW alumni such as Lex Luger, Mr. Hughes, Mick Foley, and Rick Steiner:
– Former WWE star Chavo Guerrero has offered to challenge John Cena at WrestleMania 34, who does not have an opponent officially set yet.
Guerrero, a one-time ECW Champion, four-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion, and two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, made the challenge to Cena on Wednesday via Twitter.
I hear many people putting their names into the hat to Face @JohnCena at Wrestlemania. Well here’s mine…Cena, The Guerreros help mold u, but we didn’t teach you everything…there’s still a lot in This Tank! ?? #topofmygame#luchaunderground#muchrespect
– Former WWE star Jillian Hall will be in action on Saturday, April 14 in Brooklyn, New York at Warriors of Wrestling’s “Women of Warriors V” event. She will be teaming with C-Bunny against Katred and Thumper.
Hall, a one-time WWE Divas Champion, wrestles on occasion these days after her announcing her retirement from wrestling in January 2014.
– Former WWE and WCW star Lex Luger has joined Funko’s “POP!” WWE Vinyl Figure line. “The Total Package” is part of a two-pack with Sting in his “Surfer Sting” persona (Funko previously released figures on “Wolfpac Sting” and Sting with black and white face paint). This product is being exclusively sold by WWEShop and FYE.
WWE Hall of Famer Sting recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to talk about various topics. During the interview, he opened up on his retirement from pro wrestling, which was at the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
Seth Rollins wrestled Sting for the WWE Title at the 2015 Night of Champions PPV, which marked Sting’s last match after he suffered a neck injury after taking a powerbomb in the corner.
“I didn’t know if I was going to make any kind of announcement until I did it at the Hall of Fame,” said Sting. “I was wavering, I was kind of back-and-forth on it. I got hurt wrestling Seth [Rollins], and the neurosurgeons and everybody [were] saying I needed surgery, and then I had trouble with cervical spinal stenosis, or whatever they call it, and there were two areas in my neck that were really messed up bad, although I don’t have any pain or side-effects. One more bad fall and it’s not going to be good for me, so I just thought enough was enough.” Sting once again reiterated his desire to have a match with The Undertaker. This would be the only match that he would be willing to come out of retirement for.
“Undertaker,” confirmed Sting. “Now do I regret not leaving [sooner for WWE]? That’s actually a good question, but a tough one to answer. On one side, it’s easy to say, ‘Yeah, I wish I would have gone earlier.’ On the other hand, I really don’t have any regrets. But my dream match for more than a decade, or maybe two decades, was to have a good match against ‘Taker. I always wanted to have that.”
– WWE Hall of Famers and former rivals Sting and Hulk Hogan reunited on Monday at the Ace Comic Con event in Glendale, Arizona. Both Sting and Hogan tweeted photos of them together.
– Also last night saw the return of Seth Rollins’ old friend, the Curb Stomp, on Monday Night RAW. Rollins used the move to defeat Finn Balor in the night’s main event and took to Twitter to react to bringing back the maneuver: