Now or never for Sting?
 

His contract is almost up and no doubt WWE will be making overtures in a desperate last ditch attempt to get him to come to WWE for the dream match against Undertaker.

Surely this has to happen in 2014 and at WM 30 of all events?

If not I can't see it ever happening. Sting's a fool for resisting all these years.

He doesn't need the money so he's hardly a fool, they'll do a Sting DVD regardless of if he signs or not, he'll make money off that so really its just if he wants to come in and job at 'mania or not first.

He's a fool in the sense that he could have had it all and truly been the biggest star in wrestling history. No doubt he is a legend but one wonders what might have been had he wrestled the likes of HBK, Triple H, Kane, The Rock, Stone Cold and yes of course the Undertaker. Almost every "major" star you can think of 1980s onwards made their career in both the WWE/WWF and WCW be it Hogan, Booker T, Bret Hart, Macho Man, Goldberg, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Eddie Guererro, Paul Wight and even Chris Benoit.

Here's a question:

Who says that Sting vs The Undertaker is a dream match for WWE?

Is Sting really so relevant 13 years after WCW closed down that him "challenging" Taker's streak is really that big of a draw? I don't think WWE's core audience thinks as highly of Sting as us hardcore rasslin' fans do.

What movie character would he rip off for his debut in the WWE?

I'd rather see Sting vs. Triple H to be honest.

I don't care who Sting faces, but a run in WWE would make me happy. If past relevance is anything to go by, if they can make RVD's return as big as they did this year, imagine what they could pull off with a Sting debut. It could be massive.

I'm not that bothered. He hasn't had a good match in TNA in a while as he is getting on a bit. I'd still like to see one WM match though, but my reaction wouldn't be marking, it would be:

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Sting would be pretty incredible to see. How do we think WWE would introduce him? Cool cryptic mysterious videos or random surprise appearance ala Rumble? Both?

I find it amusing that Bret Hart and Bruno Sammartino have made their peace with Vince and now Sting is the reigning king of the stubborn in wrestling. At this point it wouldn't bother me if he never makes it to WWE.

I don't think its being stubborn, he's on an alleged $500k a year for working a handful of dates within walking distance of his home for the most part of his tenure there, he wasn't a fan of the edgier product so why go somewhere he wasn't comfortable with?

I was wondering the same thing. Sting's matches are hardly watchable anymore, and seeing him challenge the streak would be a tremendous waste of everyone's time.

If anybody wants to see Sting, just watch TNA. He's there a lot.

Last time I saw Sting wrassle, which is a few years ago now, he did alright. So unless he suddenly went sharply downhill, he would be fine.

Part of me doesn't want to see him in WWE though. He's got a unique place in wrassling history as the one guy who never went to the WWE but still is a major star.

It'd be an awesome spectacle if he faced Taker at mania, but it certainly wouldn't be as good of a match as the last few taker mania matches. But I don't really see him facing anyone else.

Sting vs. John Cena maybe? That'd be a better style match than against Taker.

... Something that could have been brought to my attention 11 YEARS AGO!!!

I'm just now kinda wondering why Taker is the guy everyone talks about as Sting's opponent if he were to come to WWE. Is it really just because they wear black and had similar goth-like gimmicks in their prime?

It's just gotten drilled into everyone's heads as a dream match. I was always much more interested in Sting vs. Kane. But if Sting came to the WWE, I'd actually like to see him get a run with a story behind it.

I always wanted to see Triple H vs Sting for some reason.

Sting the die hard Christian that has to stick to his "principles"

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While I wish for it, I am confident that it will be never

There's definitely a marketable dynamic there. Legend vs. Legend, Icon vs. Icon, Sledgehammer vs. Baseball Bat, who loves Ric Flair more?

Mix between Sting being possibly the last big star yet to have been in the WWE, the idea of Mania 27 having a WCW-themed Hall of Fame being considered, and the dirtsheets every so often hint at the WWE still having a lot of interest in getting him these past few years.

If he ever did get signed, a one-time Mania match and/or a very small RVD-like run makes a lot of sense since it would be very similar to the TNA type schedule he enjoys a lot.

Sting wrestles with a shirt on now. A fucking shirt.

Sting vs. The Rock at Mania would be awesome

if they could get him to sign it'd be cool.

He's like 54 now so the time to do it is ticking.

Yeah, he's not abysmal, he is fine. But just that. Fine. I watch a decent amount of TNA, and whenever I hear that Sting is in a match, I get about as excited as I do about a Married With Children re-run. It was awesome when it was new, the allure is a bit outdated at this point, and I've probably already seen it. I'm definitely not going to buy it on pay-per-view, though.

I don't know why people are wanting so bad for Sting to come to the WWE.

Same people complaining about the Rock taking up a ppv spot.

Sting isn't even a great promo, and The Rock is probably currently better in the ring too.

Sting was good and all, but he really was only interesting between 96-98 with Hogan.

I must be missing something here, because I don't get the fascination

I would like to see Sting vs. Daniel Bryan, just because I think Bryan would get something approaching special out of Sting.

I'm thinking that Brock Lesnar could come out on Raw one night on the Road to WrestleMania and talk about how he's a monster and nobody in the WWE can stop him. Then the lights go out. Everyone thinks it's the Undertaker. When the lights come back on Sting is in the ring and has laid out Brock Lesnar with a baseball bat.

This would lead to Sting vs. Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.

You could possibly throw Undertaker in there as well and make it Sting vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker but I think the first match would be huge enough, feed taker to someone else.

Sting vs. Brock Lesnar sounds like a money match.

Its because he's never wrestled there, think that's about it really.

Shawn Michaels v.s. Sting w/ Jesus Christ as Guest Ref, Born Again title on the line. Loser has to fall back into sinning, or as I like to put it, being a normal person.

Does that mean we get colorful Sting back if he loses?

I think A 3-Way between Sting, Chris Jericho, and Brodus Clay would be a sleeper MOTN

I'm A huge mark for Sting, but I'd be fine with never seeing him work for WWE. First off, because I like the idea of him always being the one Legend who never worked for Vince and company. And also, sad as I am to say it, these days he just can't perform at the level WWE would expect for a one-night-only dream match against Taker or whoever.

Why do people still care? I loved Sting back in the day, but come on, he hasn't been relevant in 13 years. It'd be cool to see him in a WWE ring, but the guy is obviously well and truly past his prime, and it's not really anything that appeals to me.

Plus, one Sting match on the card means shit loads of guys like Wade Barrett, Antonio Cesaro etc being left off the card.

Unless Sting faced Wade Barrett or Antonio Cesaro in a classic encounter

Sting vs. Brock Lesnar actually sounds huge to me. Something about Sting standing up to a monster like Brock would make him feel "classic" again.