Hey, here's a WrestleMania rumour for ya... *SPOILERS YOU IDIOT*
 

Problem is I would have expected him to be the 1st inductee announced...then again, he did never work for Vince and Shawn has been a loyalist...

If he is not the 2nd one announced, I doubt he's getting in this year.

Or he could be the last one announced as the big surprise.

Just sign a legends deal with WWE Sting. No wrestling needed, a HoF induction, a WWE backed DVD with involvement from Sting, appearances in video games, action figures, etc.

No reason to stay in TNA.

WWE will start off big with HBK, and SHOULD Sting be inducted, he WILL be the last name announced.....

If the situation does occur, I imagine he'll be inducted, then have a match on the card to say that he wrestled for Vince once.....and ftr, I'd give my left nut for his opponent to be Taker.....

or maybe the 4th to really throw people for a loop

Wasn't Sting getting like half a mil a year in TNA? Pretty damn good reason for me to stay and wrestle 5-6 times a year....

You don't think Vince would offer the same if not more?

I know Sting was never in WWE, but if he was to be inducted in the HOF it would be nice for him to be the main inductee, whom this years honor goes to Shawn Michaels. I'd save Sting for another year.

I don't want to see him wrestle Taker. Because I don't want him to lose his last match. I still think he will wrestle his greatest opponent, Ric Flair in both of their last matches at BFG next year.That's how I want to see him go out. When I was young I hated Hogan. I din't care for Warrior. I was a Sting and Vader fan...wait a minute new idea. VADER for HOF!

Look at those future Hall of Famers...and Scott Steiner.

Honestly? I don't think so. There's nothing at this point that would be a "Dream Match" in WWE with Sting other than Taker. If this were a few years ago, you'd have many more reasons to keep him around. Flair and Michaels coming to mind immediately. But I don't think WWE would keep him around for more than a one-off with Taker.

Okay, maybe he'd get the equivalent, but no way he'd be around for more than one angle. That ship sailed a few years ago.

Scott Steiner is hated more than Bubba Ray Dudley and myself combined!

Can you believe that fella?

I want Steiner in the Hall of Fame just for the acceptance speech. And to be inducted by Sheik.

I would mark the fuck out if Sting appeared in the rafters during the Rumble, no matter how out of shape he is now.

Shiek: Dis jabronie stole mah move! He called it Steiner Recliner! He's worst than michael jackson! I put you in camel clutch! Make you huuumble! Show how do do the move right! Ladies and gentleman, 2011 hall of famer Scott Stinger!!!!

A couple appearances and the merchandising money that could be made? Vince'd wet himself at the opportunity.

Do current WWE fans even know who Sting is? I can't see a whole lot of money to be made off of Sting other than DVD's.

I would just like him put in the hall of fame.

I agree that his stock is WAY down from where it would have been in 2003. All of the WCW dream matches and attitude era stuff has really sailed.
The modern audience doesn't care/know about a lot of this stuff.

But I do think WWE would see having Sting around for a short time as a good move, and they obviously have the money to outbid TNA and not blow money doing it.
Honestly, signing him to a merchandising, HOF and one-match deal would be all that's worth it. But worth it.

I would still mark out to hear "The Crow" theme again.

Sting is the one guy who Vince never had. Without even wrestling a match I'm sure he'd spare no expense at getting him onboard. Like parkmania said, the merchandising returns would be amazing.

Also when I made my first post I was talking about money, not matches.

Yeah, that's true.

Would love a Sting DVD.

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...t0-d31hyjh.png

The only option is The Undertaker, and Sting can bring in interest.

That's pretty good.

Yea but if Sting is brought in to face Undertaker at Wrestlemania (which is almost the only worthy scenario), he's gotta lose.
He shouldn't snap the streak, especially at this stage and in his only match. That would be absurd.

So what you're looking at, is bringing Sting into the company for 1 match, to lose.
I'm fine with that, since it would be awesome just for the hype and build.
But how do you think he would feel about that? Him and a lot of others would probably say it's not worth it.

Maybe it would be better suited for Summerslam. It has to be Taker though, or HHH. Aside from those two, I can't think of anyone else who's even moderately interesting to see in a match with Sting now.
He's a holdover from older eras, and the only real payoffs would have also have history in those eras. I don't think Sting vs Orton, Cena or Sheamus is very exciting.
A match with Shawn would have been great, but it's too late now and I don't want to see him dragged out of retirement for anything.

Well, since Sting hasn't signed with anyone yet, it's anybody's game.

Especially with Sting healing his shoulder right now.

Jeri beat me to it but WCW loyalist Sting v WWE loyalist HBK would make for a decent set-up.

Obviously not if Shawn intends to keep his word on retirement (which, lets face it, wrestlers rarely do).

This has to be one of the sickest WrestleMania poster I have ever seen! But if it were real Sting would fall to the Undertaker and I have my doubts that Sting would want to loose his first and possibly his last match in the WWE.

I kinda feel like if this were the case, Vince would have written the blank check back when Sting was more relevant. I'm not saying Vince doesn't want him per say, but only at the right price. Obviously with the moral issues Sting had with the E inthe past, and wanting to be used correctly (see Invasion and DDP) I think Sting's price would be a little higher than what Vince would wanna pay considering what he'll get from Sting at this point in his career. He can do the DVD w/o Sting if he so chooses. He owns the footage. Yeah it'd be nice for Sting for be a part of it, but that's never stopped Vince before (see Macho and Warrior).

For the record, I too think it would be cool for him to go out w/ a HOF induction, but my original post was simply stating he had a pretty nice reason to hang in TNA as he was getting paid to do very little.

HBK vs Sting

WWEs Icon vs WCW Icon

Hall of Famers.

Can't be this year...it would be a waste, Sting needs to be a HOF main attraction, not share it, same goes for HBK.

Sting said in an interview he’d love to wrestle The Undertaker one day, so there’s a possibility of the match.

I don't personally care if he's not the "main attraction" at the HOF ceremony. Fact of the matter is he's a free agent. We don't know what TNA is planning, but it's unlikely to think they're not interested in retaining him and this may the last legitimate opportunity for WWE to sign him.

He doesn't have to wrestle, or be the "main attraction" at the ceremony. The mere idea of him actually appearing on WWE television would be worth it alone. I'd much rather see him in a segment at Mania beating someone down and locking the Scorpion Deathlock on in a one off ala Hogan in 2005 than actually trying to pull a match out of him in front of an audience that doesn't know, nor probably cares that he's in the ring.

Undertaker looks like he smelled a fart here.

Oh snap. No way WWE could afford to offer that kind of money.

how in the world would you book that Sting/Taker match being as realistic as possible? Well let me rephrase, how would you book the finish to the match being realistic as possible?

I would hate to feed Sting to the streak with his very first match.