WWE Hall of Famer Sting made his AEW debut on this week’s special “Winter is Coming” episode of Dynamite on TNT.
On the most recent episode of Booker T’s “Hall of Fame” podcast, he discusses Sting’s debut with AEW. Booker talked about Sting’s short WWE run, and why Sting would choose to sign with AEW at the age of 61.
“I remember when Sting came over, it was brief. The match with Seth Rollins – boom – it was pretty much over with before it started. And I remember Sting, the reason he didn’t come to WWE because… you know, the way I started out with The Rock and then the angle with Stone Cold Steve Austin and then I did the… went on and on and you know, two-time Hall of Famer. Now that’s another story. [Sting] said he didn’t come over because of the way The Rock said ‘It doesn’t matter what your name is,’ which you know, is part of the angle, part of the gimmick. He missed a ton of a career in the WWE and then to finish it like that, I’m sure that there’s something that would have weighed on him forever, you know, saying ‘that’s not the way I wanted to go out, I really wanted to finish the thing’.
Now, lo and behold, AEW comes along, and he has a chance to actually do that with perhaps a Cody Rhodes or Darby Allin or something like that. The question is, Sting at 61… I’m not going to say anything about Sting. But it’s a young man’s game. It really is.
I love seeing him come back, hopefully it’s just for nostalgia purposes and they can definitely get something out of that.”
Sting is scheduled to appear on next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT, where he will be interviewed by Tony Schiavone. It has previously been reported that Sting signed a multi-year deal with AEW, and is expected to be a mainstay on their programming going forward.
You can listen to the entire episode of Booker T’s Hall of Fame podcast below.
(h/t to SK Wrestling for the transcription.)
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