Jim Ross comments on Sting’s upcoming retirement and how he wants to see it happen.
On last Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite, Sting addressed the fans and revealed that at AEW Revolution 2024, he will be retiring from the ring for good.
On this 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.
While speaking on the “Grilling JR” podcast, Jim Ross outlined how he would like to see Sting retire from the ring.
“On a pay-per-view of some sort. I think a pay-per-view is apropos to celebrate his career. It’ll be fun to see how that works out and how the promotion evolves. It’ll be interesting to see going forward what’s up for everybody. Sting has had an amazing career, and the fact that they’re planning his exit this far out is good planning in my view. So we’ll see how it evolves, and we’re still a little ways away from that, but I’m anxious to go along on that ride,”
“There’s a lot of guys who would love to have that match with Sting. There would be a lot of guys that would stand in that line to celebrate his career and his last match. So it’s hard to say who it would be. Somebody is gonna be very blessed to have that opportunity to appear on that show against Sting,” JR said. “So I’d say it’s quite an honor to be selected for that position, and I can’t wait to see how it all pans out and how we end up this amazing career. I was very shocked that he signed with AEW, happily shocked, a great deal. So we’ll see how it all works out. The nice thing is that we have plenty of time to plan for it. I think that’s really important. For a guy like Sting, he needs all the celebration that you can muster. So we’ll see how it ends up. I’m happy and excited that he’s finally decided that this is gonna be enough. He’s [been] there much longer than I anticipated him being there with this last run. So he’ll be missed, but he’s gonna be so appreciated as we move forward. I’m a big Sting fan. Hopefully, he’ll have a celebration fitting his career. I’m sure that he will.”
Jim Ross
While Flair and Sting caught up in the ring, 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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