Wrestler Sting: American professional wrestler
Steve Borden (born March 20, 1959) is an American former professional wrestler, actor, author and bodybuilder.
He is better known by his ring name Sting. He is currently under contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is one-half of the current AEW World Tag Team Champions with Darby Allin. He is best known for his time with the former World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
| Sting | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sting wrestling at a Pro Wrestling NOAH event on January 22, 2023 | |
| Born | March 20, 1959 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sting Blade Runner Flash Blade Runner Sting Flash Flash Borden |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 252 lb (114 kg) |
| Billed from | "Every man's nightmare" Venice Beach, California |
| Trained by | Bill Anderson Red Bastien Georgio Maradona Terry Funk |
| Debut | November 28, 1985 |
| Retired | March 3, 2024 |
During his time with WCW, he was known as "The Franchise (of WCW)". He is also known as "(The) Stinger", "The Icon", "The Hooligan", "The Man Called (or They Call) Sting", and "The Vigilante". Also, during a time in 2011, he went through a Joker (a character played by the late Heath Ledger in movie The Dark Knight in 2008) phase that was dubbed "The Insane Icon". He held a total of 15 championships in WCW. This includes the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times, the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship two times, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship one time. He has appeared on more PPVs in WCW than any other wrestler. When the WWF bought WCW in March 2001, Sting decided to not sign with them.
Sting joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2003. Throughout his 11 years with the company, Sting was a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Kurt Angle, and was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Sting made his WWE debut on November 23, 2014. He attacked Triple H and cost Team Authority the match. Sting faced Triple H at WrestleMania 31. He lost but shook Triple H's hand after the match.
On December 2, 2020, Sting made his debut for All Elite Wrestling at Winter Is Coming. He has since been teaming with Darby Allin.
On the February 7, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Sting and Darby Allin would defeat Ricky Starks and Big Bill to win the AEW World Tag Team Championships. This was Sting's first championship in AEW.
Personal life
He became a born-again Christian in August 1998. Sting has two sons, Garrett Lee and Steve, Jr. and a daughter named Gracie. After the 2015 NFL draft, his son Steven was invited by the Kansas City Chiefs to try out for the team at the rookie mini-camp.
References
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2008-10-15 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
- Sting's profile on WWE.com
- Sting's TNA profile Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
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