You really thought Vince would let the lone WCW holdout win HIS title?
Sting will job to Hornswoggle before leaving.
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You really thought Vince would let the lone WCW holdout win HIS title?
Sting will job to Hornswoggle before leaving.
my dreams, bro...i had hope : /
I remember hearing him talk when he was in TNA, that the reason he didn't want to join WWE is that very reason.
Yeah there's an interview on youtube where he says that. Sigh...it's hard watching him try to continue the match after that buckle bomb. Reminds me of taker after lesnar broke the streak.
BurningRage
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Cesaro jobbing to Big Show 
The man deserves a singles title.
The man deserves a singles title.
fistfulmetal
Super Freak
I know. At least have him still feud with Owens or take on Cena again.Cesaro jobbing to Big Show
fistfulmetal
Super Freak
WTF man. Two clean pins in a row by Cena over Rollins.
I get Seth is in a program with Kane but it sucks how weak they make him look as champion. Typical of WWE.
I get Seth is in a program with Kane but it sucks how weak they make him look as champion. Typical of WWE.
BurningRage
Super Freak
They really want that US Title to be seen as the NO. 2 title. I hope they don't do that Cena invitational every week again where wrestlers get an opportunity to have a good match with Cena but still lose.
franpincho
lol@$300 head sculpts
Brock vs Taker in hell in a cell announced?
Jesus.
It seems that the WWE really wants to kill undertaker. Last time he wasn't able to walk.
Jesus.
It seems that the WWE really wants to kill undertaker. Last time he wasn't able to walk.
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I'd rather see Taker vs Sting and WWE really play up the WCW holdout angle against their 'champion career killer'. Start it now and give it a chance to build up into a grand finale at Wrestlemania. The slow burn rivalry has gone and its all here and now with the WWE and its writers, added to that they rarely use wrestlers to their strengths and have genuinely interesting feuds.
New Sting article. Doesn't sound too good.
WWE.COM: It’s been a few days since your match at Night of Champions. How are you feeling?
STING: Aside from a stiff neck, I’m a little banged up, but otherwise, I feel good. Pretty standard after wrestling a match like that.
WWE.COM: Can you set everyone straight on the extent of your injury, as you await further evaluation?
STING: Bottom line, I had tingling, numbness down both arms, all the way to my fingertips. And then, later in the match, I just fell wrong, whatever it was, and this time [the tingling and numbness] went down both arms and into my legs, and I couldn’t feel my legs too well. They just felt like rubber. I don’t know how to describe it. I had to go down on all fours there for a minute, get my composure. I was a little … I was worried.
Long term, well, I’m just going to take care of the short term first and see how the long term might play out.
WWE.COM: What kind of treatment did you receive after your injury at Night of Champions?
STING: I was out in the hospital — out like a light. They had a neck brace on me, and they were pumping me with [medication] to get me out of pain. I had to do a CT scan and an MRI. They ended up talking to my wife, and I have some details from my wife, but I still have [further evaluation ahead]. They mentioned cervical spinal stenosis, but that’s only part of what I heard. I don’t know if there’s anything else. The doctor did tell my wife, “He’s going to have to get this dealt with. He’s lucky he walked out of there.”
WWE.COM: Is getting back in the ring again something you’d want to do? Do you have that desire to return?
STING: [long pause] Hmmm, in the right scenario … in the right scenario, yeah.
WWE.COM: Were you aware of exactly when your injury occurred during the match?
STING: Oh, yeah, definitely. Both times into the turnbuckle. First time was like a whiplash. [pause] It’s my fault, bottom line. I know better. The second time, I went up into the air and back toward the turnbuckle like that, I thought, “Well, that’s not going to happen again,” and it did. The second time was worse.
WWE.COM: That was when you lost your legs a bit.
STING: Yeah.
WWE.COM: Have you watched the match at all?
STING: No, I have not.
WWE.COM: Any desire?
STING: You know, for 30 years I have watched very, very little of myself wrestling, so I probably would not.
WWE.COM: Can you describe what was going through your mind toward the end when the referee stopped the match?
STING: The referee, the doctor, they’re all in there talking to me: “Are you OK? What’s going on? Can you continue? Are you all right? Tell us what’s happening.” And the whole time, I’m just thinking, “Oh, man, not now,” I mean, I want this to be good, you know? And if it ends up being the last thing I ever do in the ring, I don’t want to go out like this.
“God help me.” I’m trying to just shake it off, you know? “C’mon, c’mon.” I’m stamping my feet or moving my toes, just trying to get a feel back, get my legs back underneath me. It started to kind of clear up a little bit. My fingers were still tingling and all that, but my legs were not at that point. I said, “Let me try to continue, let’s just try it.” So I just stood up and walked away from them, and we continued.
WWE.COM: At one point, as the evaluation was happening, the crowd began chanting, “Sting! Sting! Sting!” Were you aware of that and, if so, did that help to motivate you?
STING: I don’t remember that now. I don’t remember a “Sting!” chant [during that evaluation], but I was very coherent. The doctors were talking to me — everyone was talking to me, so I knew what was going on. I’d like to say in the moment I had to have heard and understood what the crowd was doing. From the dive from the top rope onto Seth on the floor [prior to the evaluation], the crowd started a “Sting!” chant there, and I thought, “Wow.” I mean, they see this [type of maneuver] every other minute, but coming from the 56-year-old guy, I think they appreciated it all the more.
WWE.COM: How would you describe competing against Seth Rollins?
STING: The biggest pleasure. I’m honored. After 30 years and working with some of the best and some of the greatest, [Rollins] is, I’m telling you, he’s got to be the best I’ve ever worked with. I mean, this guy has it. And I think he’s just scratching the surface on what he will do. I’ve never seen somebody as talented. He’s working two [matches] on Raw, two [matches] on the pay-per-view, he’s involved in every other segment and it’s physical. He’s got guys coming from every angle. There’s a lot on his plate. He’s carrying a lot, and he’s handling it. He’s proven he can do it. I’m just glad I had a chance to work with him. He’s the kind of guy who could be in there with a broomstick and make something very interesting happen, a match that people would love somehow.
WWE.COM: That’s incredibly high praise coming from Sting.
STING: Really, I can’t say enough. He poked his head in the ambulance and said, “Man, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what happened.” I said, “Seth, don’t worry about it. It’s not your fault.” And he, for 15 minutes, he said, “I just wanted to tell you what an honor it was, what a pleasure. I can’t believe I had a chance to get in the ring with you and work with you. I was you for Halloween when I was a kid.” He was on and on about it, but man, this young guy, he doesn’t have any idea how much I appreciate being able to work with him.
WWE.COM: Well, where does that leave Sting? Was this your last match?
STING: I hate it when I’m asked that question because the answer truly is a question mark, and the question mark is as bold as it could ever be at this point.
WWE.COM: Wait and see?
STING: Yeah, for now.
WWE.COM: Well, the important thing is that you walked away from it. There’s been quite a bit of speculation on the Internet as to what happened, so thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Any closing words for your fans?
STING: I have not been on the Internet, but I have heard some things here and there. To be quite honest, I just shut myself in once I got home. I can’t tell you the number of text messages and phone calls I received. But listen, I’m grateful, thankful and appreciate wrestling fans now — after 30 years — I appreciate them now more than I ever have.
WWE.COM: It’s been a few days since your match at Night of Champions. How are you feeling?
STING: Aside from a stiff neck, I’m a little banged up, but otherwise, I feel good. Pretty standard after wrestling a match like that.
WWE.COM: Can you set everyone straight on the extent of your injury, as you await further evaluation?
STING: Bottom line, I had tingling, numbness down both arms, all the way to my fingertips. And then, later in the match, I just fell wrong, whatever it was, and this time [the tingling and numbness] went down both arms and into my legs, and I couldn’t feel my legs too well. They just felt like rubber. I don’t know how to describe it. I had to go down on all fours there for a minute, get my composure. I was a little … I was worried.
Long term, well, I’m just going to take care of the short term first and see how the long term might play out.
WWE.COM: What kind of treatment did you receive after your injury at Night of Champions?
STING: I was out in the hospital — out like a light. They had a neck brace on me, and they were pumping me with [medication] to get me out of pain. I had to do a CT scan and an MRI. They ended up talking to my wife, and I have some details from my wife, but I still have [further evaluation ahead]. They mentioned cervical spinal stenosis, but that’s only part of what I heard. I don’t know if there’s anything else. The doctor did tell my wife, “He’s going to have to get this dealt with. He’s lucky he walked out of there.”
WWE.COM: Is getting back in the ring again something you’d want to do? Do you have that desire to return?
STING: [long pause] Hmmm, in the right scenario … in the right scenario, yeah.
WWE.COM: Were you aware of exactly when your injury occurred during the match?
STING: Oh, yeah, definitely. Both times into the turnbuckle. First time was like a whiplash. [pause] It’s my fault, bottom line. I know better. The second time, I went up into the air and back toward the turnbuckle like that, I thought, “Well, that’s not going to happen again,” and it did. The second time was worse.
WWE.COM: That was when you lost your legs a bit.
STING: Yeah.
WWE.COM: Have you watched the match at all?
STING: No, I have not.
WWE.COM: Any desire?
STING: You know, for 30 years I have watched very, very little of myself wrestling, so I probably would not.
WWE.COM: Can you describe what was going through your mind toward the end when the referee stopped the match?
STING: The referee, the doctor, they’re all in there talking to me: “Are you OK? What’s going on? Can you continue? Are you all right? Tell us what’s happening.” And the whole time, I’m just thinking, “Oh, man, not now,” I mean, I want this to be good, you know? And if it ends up being the last thing I ever do in the ring, I don’t want to go out like this.
“God help me.” I’m trying to just shake it off, you know? “C’mon, c’mon.” I’m stamping my feet or moving my toes, just trying to get a feel back, get my legs back underneath me. It started to kind of clear up a little bit. My fingers were still tingling and all that, but my legs were not at that point. I said, “Let me try to continue, let’s just try it.” So I just stood up and walked away from them, and we continued.
WWE.COM: At one point, as the evaluation was happening, the crowd began chanting, “Sting! Sting! Sting!” Were you aware of that and, if so, did that help to motivate you?
STING: I don’t remember that now. I don’t remember a “Sting!” chant [during that evaluation], but I was very coherent. The doctors were talking to me — everyone was talking to me, so I knew what was going on. I’d like to say in the moment I had to have heard and understood what the crowd was doing. From the dive from the top rope onto Seth on the floor [prior to the evaluation], the crowd started a “Sting!” chant there, and I thought, “Wow.” I mean, they see this [type of maneuver] every other minute, but coming from the 56-year-old guy, I think they appreciated it all the more.
WWE.COM: How would you describe competing against Seth Rollins?
STING: The biggest pleasure. I’m honored. After 30 years and working with some of the best and some of the greatest, [Rollins] is, I’m telling you, he’s got to be the best I’ve ever worked with. I mean, this guy has it. And I think he’s just scratching the surface on what he will do. I’ve never seen somebody as talented. He’s working two [matches] on Raw, two [matches] on the pay-per-view, he’s involved in every other segment and it’s physical. He’s got guys coming from every angle. There’s a lot on his plate. He’s carrying a lot, and he’s handling it. He’s proven he can do it. I’m just glad I had a chance to work with him. He’s the kind of guy who could be in there with a broomstick and make something very interesting happen, a match that people would love somehow.
WWE.COM: That’s incredibly high praise coming from Sting.
STING: Really, I can’t say enough. He poked his head in the ambulance and said, “Man, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what happened.” I said, “Seth, don’t worry about it. It’s not your fault.” And he, for 15 minutes, he said, “I just wanted to tell you what an honor it was, what a pleasure. I can’t believe I had a chance to get in the ring with you and work with you. I was you for Halloween when I was a kid.” He was on and on about it, but man, this young guy, he doesn’t have any idea how much I appreciate being able to work with him.
WWE.COM: Well, where does that leave Sting? Was this your last match?
STING: I hate it when I’m asked that question because the answer truly is a question mark, and the question mark is as bold as it could ever be at this point.
WWE.COM: Wait and see?
STING: Yeah, for now.
WWE.COM: Well, the important thing is that you walked away from it. There’s been quite a bit of speculation on the Internet as to what happened, so thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Any closing words for your fans?
STING: I have not been on the Internet, but I have heard some things here and there. To be quite honest, I just shut myself in once I got home. I can’t tell you the number of text messages and phone calls I received. But listen, I’m grateful, thankful and appreciate wrestling fans now — after 30 years — I appreciate them now more than I ever have.
Yeah, I was reading that article last night. Really bum deal. Just watching the match the other night you could see something wasn't right.
I was really big into Wrestling from the mid eighties to about 1999 when I started to drift away. My 9 year old has really gotten into WWE over the past year and has kind of gotten me into it a bit again. We took him to Wizard World Chicago a few weeks ago and met Sting and man, what a cool guy. My son had no trouble deciding on a Halloween costume this year.
I hope Sting's able to fully recover and get back in the ring. I'd like to at least see him end his career with a victory or two in the WWE.
My thoughts exactly. Taker has not looked well at all after both of his most recent matches agains Brock. This will be a buried alive match or something goofy to send Taker off into the sunset of Death Valley.
If you're not Cena or Lesnar, then you're a transitional champion. Even Randy Orton is just holding the bag when he wins until someone else more important comes along. Sad, but that's what terrible, clueless booking, and the associated lack of market competition does to you.Typical of WWE.
franpincho
lol@$300 head sculpts
Man, that Lesnar is a freak. The way he handled the Big Show is cruel.
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fistfulmetal
Super Freak
Hell In A Cell was pretty good.
Surprised to see Del Rio come back and beat Cena for the U.S. title.
dw316
Super Freak
Hell In A Cell was pretty good.Surprised to see Del Rio come back and beat Cena for the U.S. title.
Why was he fired/did he leave a few years ago, do you know by chance?
fistfulmetal
Super Freak
Last year he was fired for slapping an office employee, who told a racist joke directed at him.
Looks like Ziggler might retire in 2 years. He probably isn't going to get another major title run...
Cesaro out 6 Months, Orton out 6 Months - a year, Seth Rollins out 6-9 Months, Sting out 4 Months, Daniel Bryan may never compete again, Tyson Kidd out 1 Year - Life, Cena on Vacation.
WWE has serious problems...
Cesaro out 6 Months, Orton out 6 Months - a year, Seth Rollins out 6-9 Months, Sting out 4 Months, Daniel Bryan may never compete again, Tyson Kidd out 1 Year - Life, Cena on Vacation.
WWE has serious problems...
