When Sting originally wanted to wrap up his career by the end of this year.
On last week’s AEW Dynamite, Ric Flair would make his AEW debut as Tony Khan’s gift to Sting. During the segment, Flair would state that he wants to join Sting on his ride to retirement at AEW Revolution 2024.
Speaking to Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Sting commented on Ric wating to tag along for the ride on his retirement tour.
“I wanted to finish earlier, maybe in December,” said Sting. “But now that Ric is here with me, I want to go longer, all the way to Revolution.
“When Ric came out and I heard his music play, it hit me, had this flashback, and it made me emotional. Ric is the guy who put me on the map. We’ve traveled around the world together, and Ric helped make me. Now he’s going to finish with me. After all the travel, all the matches, all the press slams, all the chops, and all the woos–woooo!–I experienced the same feeling on Dynamite this past week with Ric that I did on that final Nitro. Except this time, it was so much more positive.”
Sting commented further, “All I can say for now is I want people to walk away and say, ‘Wow, what an ending,’ I’ll be three weeks away from turning 65 at that point. I want to leave people with a memory that will mean something.”
Sting
While Flair and Sting caught up in the ring last week, Christian Cage would make his way to the stage and would make a few insults in Flair’s direction. He would then challenge Sting and Darby Allin to find a partner for AEW Full Gear for a six man tag against he, Nick Wayne and Luchasauras.
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