History Trivia / Sting

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sting has considered his short-lived "Joker Sting" gimmick in Impact Wrestling to be his favourite gimmick, as it allowed him to be himself more. Fans still prefer his Crow or Surfer looks

** Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Seek and Destroy" in WCW from 1999-2001.

* BreakupBreakout: Sting and Warrior both went on to become megastars, but Sting enjoyed a much longer career and a better reputation, and arguably was the breakout star of the Blade Runners.

* NamedLikeMyName: Sting asked to meet the wrestler Wrestling/{{Sting}} in the early '90s; When they met after one of his concerts, the musician told the wrestler that he found out that his young son had a poster of the wrestler on his wall, and he wanted to find out who this other Sting is. They even took [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmIlbCl6F4 a photo]] together. The wrestler also owns the rights to the name Sting, and it's rumored that he licenses it out the musician for $1 a year.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Sting haa considered his short-lived "Joker Sting" gimmick in Impact Wrestling to be his favourite gimmick, as it allowed him to be himself more. Fans still prefer his Crow or Surfer looks

* NamedLikeMyName: Sting asked to meet the wrestler Wrestling/{{Sting}} in the early '90s; When they met after one of his concerts, the musician told the wrestler that he found out that his young son had a poster of the wrestler on his wall, and he wanted to find out who this other Sting is. They even took [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmIlbCl6F4 a photo]] together. The wrestler also owns the rights to the name Sting, but licenses it out the musician for $1 a year.

* NamedLikeMyName: Sting asked to meet the wrestler Wrestling/{{Sting}} in the early '90s; When they met after one of his concerts, the musician told the wrestler that he found out that his young son had a poster of the wrestler on his wall, and he wanted to find out who this other Sting is. They even took [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BhmIlbCl6F4 a photo]] together.

* NamesTheSame: With the [[Music/{{Sting}} British musician]]. The two [[https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/sting-aew-wrestling actually met]] in the early '90s when the musician invited the wrestler backstage to one of his concerts; Turns out, the musician's son was a big fan of the wrestler and he started to wonder who the other Sting was.

*** [[http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0601/595861/sting-talks-about-almost-working-angle-with-steve-austin-at/ Even earlier than that]], Sting had almost signed with the WWE in 2003 to debut at ''Wrestlemania XIX'' to begin a feud with either Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin or [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. It's safe to say that if time machines are ever invented, a main priority for wrestling fans would be to go back in time to make sure that Sting goes to WWE much earlier than he did in this timeline. (Scorpion Death Drop to Steve Austin!)
*** He was also approached to wrestle Wrestling/KurtAngle at [=WrestleMania=] 18. Though the two did wrestle when they were in TNA together.

* BadExportForYou: The US CD release of ''Ten Summoner's Tales'' inexplicably removes "Everybody Laughed but You" from the tracklist; this alteration was also present on the LP release in all territories due to space constraints, but why it was specifically left off of American [=CDs=] has never been clarified.

* FanNickname:
** "The Dumbest Man In Professional Wrestling".[[labelnote:Explanation]] Because Sting rarely worked as a heel and remained a face for most of her career, other wrestlers had a tendency to do a FaceHeelTurn on him. This meant that Sting came across as a gullible idiot for trusting the same people over and over again. Notably, Wrestling/RicFlair turned on Sting no less than three times in a five-year period from 1990-1995, and the two weren't even in the same company for over a year of those five years.[[/labelnote]]
** On [[ImageBoards the /wooo/ forum of 420chan]], "Steve", thanks to a dirtsheet typo that identified him as [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Steve "Steve"]] Borden.
** "Brother Borden" - In reference to his deep Christian beliefs.
** "Lobster Sting" - Due his face paint being mostly red as a member of the [=nWo=] Wolfpac.
** "Real Estate Steve" - Referencing his no make-up, suit-wearing Main Event Mafia run. Long story short, MMA Fighter Frank Trigg knew a guy who owned a lot of property his town nicknamed Real Estate Steve and found out he was Sting at a TNA show.

** Sting is probably the unluckiest wrestler in this business. He spent his prime in the most mismanaged promotion in the history, then shuffled off to TNA, who repaid him by blocking the WWE's efforts to induct him. If it wasn't enough, he got buried by Triple H when he finally made it to WWE. It's a miracle he made it that big despite the circumstances. Imagine how his career would look like if he would debut in the WWF and didn't have had to deal with all these terrible bookers. Ric Flair apparently begged Sting to go to the WWE for his own good.
--->''"I told him one time, you know, 'the only thing that you've done wrong in your life was to not go to Wrestling/VinceMcMahon.' 'Cause if Vince [=McMahon=] had had Sting, I don't think Hulk Hogan and Wrestling/UltimateWarrior would've been able to compete. I mean, he had that same look, he was incredible, and his ring work was ten times better."''

** On [[ImageBoards /wooo/]], "Steve", thanks to a dirtsheet typo that identified him as [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Steve "Steve"]] Borden.

* CreativeDifferences: '''I AGREE!'''
** Sting wasn't happy to be paired with Vampiro, at all. But still tried his best to carry the feud.

* FlipFlopOfGod: For years Sting has insisted that he was never going to be the third man in the [=nWo=], whether Hogan joined or not. Finally, at a taping of the WWE Network's "Table For Three" with DDP and Vader he gave in and said that he was tired of fighting it: He doesn't remember any plans for him to be the third man, but he's heard it enough that it must be true.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Not the man himself, but his finisher. Many WWE fans who are unfamiliar with WCW accuse Sting of stealing the Scorpion Deathlock (aka. the Sharpshooter) from Wrestling/BretHart. Although Bret started wrestling first, Sting was actually the first North American wrestler to use the move; Hart was primarily a tag team wrestler during his first 10 years in the ring. Even Bret acknowledged in his book that Sting did it before him (though pointed out some slight variances in the two moves). And as stated in the main article, neither Sting nor Hart invented the move.[[note]] It was invented by Japanese wrestling legend Wrestling/RikiChoshu.[[/note]]

*** [[http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0601/595861/sting-talks-about-almost-working-angle-with-steve-austin-at/ Even earlier than that]], Sting had almost signed with the WWE in 2003 to debut at ''Wrestlemania XIX'' to begin a feud with either Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin or [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. I think it safe to say that if time machines are ever invented, we need to go back in time make sure that Sting goes to WWE much earlier than he did in this timeline. (Scorpion Death Drop to Steve Austin!)

** If Hogan had refused to be the third man in the nWo, Sting was the second choice. [[note]]Steve himself has no recollection of this despite the likes of Bischoff, Nash, Hall and Tony Schiavone saying otherwise, meaning he either wasn't told about it or simply forgot about it over time[[/note]] Since he can't play a heel worth a crap, it likely wouldn't have worked.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JimHenson originally wanted Sting to play the villain in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', but ultimately heeded the advice of his sons, who preferred Music/DavidBowie. YMMV on whether Sting would now have websites devoted to his "[[FanNickname area]]".

* DoingItForTheArt: In a shoot, he said he saw how the WCW guys were treated at WWF, and decided not to have anything to do with that. He specifically mentioned The Rock saying to Booker T, "Who the hell are you?" (despite Booker being WCW Champion at the time) and felt Booker deserved better than that.

* DoingItForTheArt: In a shoot, he said he saw how the WCW guys were treated at WWF, and decided not to have anything to do with that. He specifically mentioned The Rock saying to Booker T, "Who the hell are you?" (who was WCW Champion at the time) and felt Booker deserved better than that.

* DoingItForTheArt: In a shoot, he said he saw how the WCW guys were treated at WWF, and decided not to have anything to do with that. He specifically mentioned The Rock saying to Booker T, "Who the hell are you?" and felt Booker deserved better than that.

** "The Dumbest Man In Professional Wrestling".[[labelnote:Explanation]] Because Sting rarely worked as a heel and remained a face for most of her career, other wrestlers had a tendency to do a FaceHeelTurn on him. This meant that Sting came across as a gullible idiot for trusting the same people over and over again. Notably, Wrestling/RicFlair turned on Sting no less than three times in a five-year period from 1990-1995.[[/labelnote]]

** "The Dumbest Man In Professional Wrestling".[[labelnote:Explanation]] Because Sting rarely worked as a heel and remained a face for most of her career, other wrestlers had a tendency to do a FaceHeelTurn on him. This meant that Sting came across as a gullible idiot for trusting the same people over and over again. Notably, Wrestling/RicFlair turned on Sting no less than three times during Sting's first decade in WCW.[[/labelnote]]

** "The Dumbest Man In Professional Wrestling".