Apparently, legendary Sting isn’t yet done with his career. After staying away from competition for almost five years, he’s now arrived the rival brand of the WWE, All Elite Wrestling promotion, as seen on their TV programming, last week. It’s needless to mention that the presence of the former WCW franchise would add a completely new dimension to the Wednesday Night Wars with WWE NXT.
AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin and Cody defeated Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs on last night’s AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming. After the match, a brawl ensued between Team Taz and The Nightmare Family. Hobbs went on to hit Cody Rhodes with the FTW Championship when the lights went out and Sting came out through the entrance on his way out to the ring.
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It was later announced that Sting signed a multi-year deal with All Elite Wrestling. He will be making an appearance on next week’s Dynamite to speak up and address the professional wrestling universe. In a press release sent to wrestling media outlets, the company confirmed that he signed a full-time, multi-year agreement.
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“The surprise introduction of Sting was a great way to celebrate our biggest episode of Dynamite yet,” said AEW President Tony Khan. “When AEW launched, I was ecstatic to bring wrestling back to TNT after a very long absence. Sting defeated the legendary Ric Flair in the final wrestling match to be shown on TNT for more than 18 years until the debut of Dynamite in 2019. Now, almost two decades later, it’s such a thrill to welcome Sting to AEW and bring him back home to TNT!”
The Vigilante is mostly known for his stint back in the WCW where he was introduced as the franchise player of the company. He had multiple World Heavyweight Championship reigns by his name before Vince McMahon took over the brand at the beginning of this century.
Sting signed a contract with WWE in 2014, but he had no obligations with the company as of this May as that deal expired. WWE removed all of Sting’s merchandise from WWEShop.com this past October as the image deal also ran out. Sting last wrestled in WWE in the year 2015, when he suffered a career-ending injury during a match with then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins at WWE Night of Champions. The following year, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 32 weekend.
