History Awesome / STing

* Sting, Shingo Takagi and Darby Allin taking on the Bullet Club (The Young Bucks and El Phantasmo) at ''Forbidden Door'' made Sting seem like he hasn't aged at all since ''Nitro''. Just as the Club appeared at the entrance, the lights turned off and Sting (who hadn't come out during his own entrance earlier) was spotlighted up in the arena rafters, just like the good old days. The light flickered again, and Sting was now at the top of the entrance diving onto the Club to take them down. He also [[NoSell shrugged off]] a Superkick Party from the Bucks with sheer HeroicWillpower, [[DelayedReaction only staggering and collapsing after leveling them with a double clothesline]]. After managing to down him the second time with a ''triple'' superkick including El Phantasmo, The Young Bucks were about to finish him off with a BTE trigger, but Sting dodged at the last instant, causing their knees to collide, and took down both men with a double Scorpion Death Drop. El Phantasmo was oblivious to what had happened and when he turned around he was shocked to see Sting still standing, leaving him at a loss for words before Sting twisted his nipples ([[PayEvilUntoEvil returning the favor for what Phantasmo had done to him earlier]], albeit [[NoSell to no effect]]) and [[GroinAttack kicked him in the crotch]] while the ref was distracted.

* Sting, Shingo Takagi and Darby Allin taking on the Bullet Club (The Young Bucks and El Phantasmo) at ''Forbidden Door'' made Sting seem like he hasn't aged at all since ''Nitro''. Just as the Club appeared at the entrance, the lights turned off and Sting (who hadn't come out during his own entrance earlier) was spotlighted up in the arena rafters, just like the good old days. The light flickered again, and Sting was now at the top of the entrance diving onto the Club to take them down. He also [[NoSell shrugged off]] a Superkick Party from the Bucks with sheer HeroicWillpower, [[DelayedReaction only staggering and collapsing after leveling them with a double clothesline]]. After managing to down him the second time with a ''triple'' superkick including El Phantasmo, The Young Bucks were about to finish him off with a BTE trigger, but Sting dodged at the last instant, causing their knees to collide, and took down both men with a double Scorpion Death Drop. El Phantasmo was oblivious to what had happened and when he turned around he was shocked to see Sting still standing, leaving him at a loss for words before Sting twisted his nipples ([[PayEvilUntoEvil returning the favor for what Phantasmo had done to him earlier]], albeit [[NoSell to no effect]]) and [[GroinAttack kicked him in the crotch]] while the ref was distracted.

* ''Victory Road 2011''. While the situation in itself was stupid, you got to admire Sting for being so professional and not taking the chance to beat the utter ''crap'' out of Wrestling/JeffHardy for arriving to a PPV he was main eventing absolutely stoned. Instead, he just gave him a few stiff shots before forcibly pinning him to the canvas so he couldn't injure anyone.

** Shortly afterwards, it came out that Sting had, in fact, signed a multi-year deal with AEW, with Sting announcing that he'd undergone the same back surgery that had allowed Wrestling/{{Edge}} to make his own shocking return to the ring earlier in the same year and could potentially compete again. But whether he actually wrestles again, or merely provides support as a mentor figure or manager akin to Arn or Wrestling/JakeRoberts, either way the Icon has one more chance to conclude his decades-long career in a manner worthy of his legendary status.

* Sting, Shingo Takagi and Darby Allin takes on the Bullet Club (The Young Bucks and El Phantasmo) at ''Forbidden Door'' is treated as if Sting hasn't aged at all since ''Nitro''. Just as the Club appear at the entrance, Sting, who didn't appear during his entrance earlier, the lights turn off and Sting is spotted at the top rafters, just like the good old days. The light flickers again, and Sting is now at the top of the titantron and dives onto the Club taking them down. He also [[No-Sell]] a Superkick Party from the Bucks and it took a triple one to actually take him down. The Young Bucks are about to finish him off with a BTE trigger but Sting dodges the last minute, causing them to knees to collide, and takes down both men with a double Scorpion Death Drop. El Phantasmo was oblivious over what happened and when he turns around, he is shocked to see Sting still standing is loss at words before Sting twists his nipples (returning the favor when Phantasmo failed to do it to him).

* His participation in the ''Revolution 2022'' trios tornado tag match between himself, Darby and Sammy Guevara against the [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade]]/[[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] Family Office, most especially the spot where he hurled himself off a balcony to splash Andrade through a tower of 4 stacked tables set up earlier by the Butcher and the Blade. And while Andrade was left dead to the world for the rest of the match, Sting was [[MadeOfIron back up on his feet again]] only a few seconds later! Let us remind you, he's doing this ''[[StillGotIt at the age of 62!]]''

* August 18, 2021 episode of ''AEW Dynamite''. Sting and Darby Allin vs. [[Wrestling/ThreePoint0 2.0]]. The finish? Sting wins the match for his team via double Scorpion Deathdrop ''into a double Scorpion Deathlock''.

* If that double Scorpion Deathdrop into a Double Scorpion Deathlock didn't get you going on 8/18/2021, nothing will.

* Sting FINALLY getting his hands on [[Wrestling/HulkHogan "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan]] at ''Starrcade 1997'', winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him with help from Wrestling/BretHart.
** It's divisive though, as it had a screwy finish in an attempt to capitalize on the heat from the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob a month before. Wrestling/JamesJDillon stripped Sting of the title on the first ''WCW Thunder,'' thus [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot squandering a year-plus long storyline]] of Sting chasing Hogan and beating the crap out of the NWO.
*** Well, the build up was awesome anyway...
*** Then again, it did lead to Sting speaking for the first time since adopting the Crow gimmick:
---->'''Sting:''' (''points bat at Dillon'') [[WhamLine You’ve got no guts]]! (''turns it to Hogan'') And you... you’re a dead man.

* The Street Fight may have looked good and been very entertaining, but it was ultimately still a cinematic match, and didn't really answer the question of whether The Icon could still really go in an ''actual'' live wrestling match. When ''Double or Nothing'' rolled around, Sting teamed with Darby again against the team of Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky and finally provided an answer: ''you're damn right he can!'' While Darby unsurprisingly still [[RickyMorton did most of the heavy lifting in the match, setting Sting up for dramatic hot tags]], Sting went with a ferocity that belied his 62 years of age, including a flying crossbody off the stage onto the opponents before the match began and a series of fantastic Stinger Splashes, before catching Scorpio Sky's attempted cutter and reversing it into the Scorpion Death Drop to win a fantastically satisfying match that silenced all doubters and added to The Icon's already legendary legacy.

* The Street Fight at ''Revolution'' lived up to the hype, letting Sting look once again like the terrifying badass who stalked WCW in the 90s. A fantastically-directed cinematic match, Sting and Darby slugged it out with Team Taz all throughout the abandoned warehouse they met in, with Sting finishing Ricky Starks with a Scorpion Death Drop (after Darby had [[TakingYouWithMe taken out both Cage and himself]] with a kamikaze ballistic elbow drop) to win his first match since coming out of retirement and finally end the feud.

** Next week, Sting repaid the favour, apparently coming out alone to confront Team Taz, only to point out Darby Allin in the rafters who ''abseiled down the ring'' like Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, skateboard in hand to help Sting lay waste to the heels. Sting beat the crap out of Cage to pay him back for the powerbomb, hitting him with a Stinger Splash and a Scorpion Death Drop that looked ''excellent'' and showed that not only could the Icon still take moves, he could dish them out too!

* The February 17 2021 edition of ''AEW Dynamite''. After many weeks of Sting largely staying in the background as the much younger Wrestling/DarbyAllin did the brunt of the work in their feud with Team Taz, he finally decided to confront the faction alone. After a brief bit of very safe brawling, Ricky Starks managed to get the upper hand and ''gave him a powerbomb on live TV''. After much of the conversation up to that point had revolved around how capable a 61-year old Sting could be in the ring as well as concerns for his physical health, that moment certainly shocked just about everybody watching and injected life into a feud many had felt was growing repetitive.

** Shortly afterwards, it came out that Sting had, in fact, signed a multi-year deal with AEW, with Sting announcing that he'd undergone the same back surgery that had allowed Wrestling/{{Edge}} to make his own shocking return to the ring earlier in the same year and could potentially compete again. But whether he actually wrestles again, or merely provides support as a mentor figure or manager akin to Arn or Wrestling/JakeRoberts, either way the Icon has one more chance to conclude his decades-long career in a manner worthy of his legendary status.

* Sting is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

** It's divisive though, as it had a screwy finish in an attempt to capitalize on the heat from the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob a month before. JJ Dillon stripped Sting of the title on the first ''WCW Thunder,'' thus [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot squandering a year-plus long storyline]] of Sting chasing Hogan and beating the crap out of the NWO.

* On the RAW before WrestleMania 31, Sting cut a promo against Triple H. When Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon interrupted, Sting called her out on her shit, calling her a "spoiled little brat" that got everything handed to her. That's not the awesome part. The awesome part was when he caught Stephanie's attempted bitch slap. The horror on her face sold it perfectly.
* Ignoring the outcome, just seeing Sting at Wrestlemania was one for a lot of older fans. It was an image that belonged solely in the realms of fantasy booking and missed opportunities, and yet at Wrestlemania 31 it finally happened.

* After years of speculation and anticipation, Sting finally appeared in a WWE ring for the first time at the conclusion of Survivor Series 2014, knocking out crooked referee Scott Armstrong and delivering a Scorpion Death Drop to Triple H, thus allowing Team Cena (by way of sole survivor Dolph Ziggler) to win the match and defeat the Authority.
** And after Seth Rollins got The Authority rehired and Cena's teammates fired via XanatosGambit, Sting finally came to Raw to help Cena win a Handicap Match to get said teammates rehired.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Sting, DDP, and Vader on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz0ThyrV_Fg Table for 3]]''. It reminds one of that old show ''Table for Five'' which was hosted by Jon Favreau of ''Iron Man'' fame.

* ''Victory Road 2011''. While the situation in itself was stupid, you got to admire Sting for being so professional and not taking the chance to beat the utter ''crap'' out of Wrestling/JeffHardy for arriving to a PPV he was main eventing absolutely stoned. Instead, he just gave him a few stiff shots before forcibly pinning him to the canvas so he couldn't injure anyone.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Sting, DDP, and Vader on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz0ThyrV_Fg Table for 3]]''. It reminds of that old show ''Table for Five'' which was hosted by Jon Favreau of ''Iron Man'' fame.

* Sting is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

* Sting FINALLY getting his hands on [[Wrestling/HulkHogan "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan]] at ''Starrcade 1997'', winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him with help from Wrestling/BretHart.
** It's divisive though, as it had a screwy finish in an attempt to capitalize on the heat from the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob a month before. JJ Dillon stripped Sting of the title on the first ''WCW Thunder,'' thus [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot squandering a year-plus long storyline]] of Sting chasing Hogan and beating the crap out of the NWO.
*** Well, the build up was awesome anyway...

* The March 16, 2015 edition of RAW saw him teaming up with Wrestling/RandyOrton to beat down the Authority. Baseball Bat attacks followed by a Stinger Splash to J&J then a Scorpion Death Drop to Jamie Noble. He also appeared much leaner, his hair had grown out slightly and his thinning hairline was almost unnoticeable. He then cut his first official WWE promo after RAW went off the air on the WWE Network[[note]]See TheOtherDarrin on the Trivia page[[/note]].
* On the RAW before WrestleMania 31, Sting cut a promo against Triple H. When Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon interrupted, Sting called her out on her shit, calling her a "spoiled little brat" that got everything handed to her. That's not the awesome part. The awesome part was when he caught Stephanie's attempted bitch slap. The horror on her face sold it perfectly.
* Ignoring the outcome, just seeing Sting at Wrestlemania was one for a lot of older fans. It was an image that belonged solely in the realms of fantasy booking and missed opportunities, and yet at Wrestlemania 31 it finally happened.
* Sting's return on 8/24/15, interrupting Wrestling/SethRollins' honor (by hiding in his statue case) and beating the holy dog shit out of him. The best part, Sting vs. Rollins at Night of Champions! For the fucking WWE World Heavyweight title!
* Sting destroying Rollins' statue on the 9/7/15 episode of RAW by pushing it into a garbage truck, which was then compacted. Cue Seth throwing a temper tantrum.
* Sting wrestling on the 9/14/15 edition of RAW, his first non-PPV match since he left TNA. Nothing spectacular [[note]]He wrestled Big Show and Rollins in a tag match with Cena[[/note]], and it was an obvious ratings grab (Football season had started that day), but it was awesome to see simply because Sting has been working a part-time schedule and few expected him to ever wrestle on RAW.

* Sting is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

** It's a BaseBreaker though, as it had a screwy finish in an attempt to capitalize on the heat from the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob a month before. JJ Dillon stripped Sting of the title on the first ''WCW Thunder,'' thus [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot squandering a year-plus long storyline]] of Sting chasing Hogan and beating the crap out of the NWO.

* ''Everything'' he's done in TNA since becoming DangerouslyGenreSavvy.