Lost in the world of professional wrestling is the fact that wrestlers aren’t just performers, but they’re fans. They started as fans and continued on into the world of pro wrestling in a different capacity. They love the sport as much as fans do.
Every wrestler had their favorites growing up, some even inspiring them to get into the professional wrestling business. Sting definitely was that for some people and his arrival at Dynamite last night only proved that.
Nick and Matt Jackson spoke to the Living the Gimmick podcast where they talked about the backstage reaction to the debut of Sting. While social media blew up in a way that showed the fans had marked out, Jackson talked about the reaction backstage being almost the same.
“He was hidden all day in the back and when it was time to go we had one of our guys from Atlas [Security] leading him through the entire commonplace area to the go, and as he walked by, he was just tunnel vision and he was going to walk straight through where he was going to get to where is was going to get to; and all the boys and girls their heads started turning like it was the Exorcist.”
“They were like, ‘WHAT?’ It was really fun to see everyone marked out and have a mark out moment like that. When they did that and I saw the mark out reaction with the talent then I knew it was going to be an even bigger moment on television.”
The arrival of Sting was clearly a success for AEW. Sting got the reaction they wanted and even managed to break a sales record along the way. While he may not be able to take the bumps and do the work he used to do, Sting will provide many valuable things for the company.
h/t to Ringside News for the quote.
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