Because of course he did.
While Sting had limited himself to cinematic matches only, AEW Double or Nothing was where we finally saw Sting perform in front of a live crowd alongside his protégé Darby Allin. The Icon’s last live match was at the 2015 WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view, where he suffered a neck injury at the hands of Seth Rollins.
While appearing on Hawk vs. Wolf with Tony Hawk, Darby Allin recalled the events leading to The Icon’s big return. He revealed that he suffered an accident while skateboarding, which left him with a knee injury.
“It’s his first live match back in front of an audience, and a week earlier, I was filming some skating down at the Gates of Hell in Phoenix, Arizona. The video I sent you [Hawk] where, I went down, but then hit the crack and flew into the wall, I thought I broke my wrist and kneecap all at once. I’m just laying there in blood. I’m in a red ant hill and shit. I went to Jaws’ [Skateboarder Aaron “Jaws” Homoki] house. I was contemplating going to the hospital, but I told Jaws, ‘I’m going to sit in the bathtub for two hours and if I piss blood, I’ll to the hospital, but if I don’t, I won’t go,’”
“It was a week before he made his return on pay-per-view and the whole week, I was limping on my knee and icing it like crazy. I didn’t know how to tell anybody that I flew into a wall skateboarding. It was a pay-per-view and so much riding on this match. I showed up and told everyone that I was training and I smashed my knee. ‘Dude, you’re really messed up.’ I low-key told Sting behind the scenes, ‘What really happened?’ He knows that I’m crazy outside of the ring. I showed him the video and he started laughing. That was pretty stressful,”
Darby Allin
Darby Allin was able to brave through the match, picking up a victory alongside The Icon Sting. It seems the saying “All’s well that end’s well” held true for Allin.
H/T Fightful
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