Finally!
 

Nope I'm not talking about some faux Irish hardcore wrestler.


After all these years it finally happened. Not exactly as planned but the important this is Sting finally made his WWE debut.


Felt the years roll back in that last segment of the show. He may be 55 and way past his best but just to see him there and have him stare down Triple and watch the game crap his pants.....priceless.

once again confirming HHH is the guy who works with the guy that draws the money.

also, HHH's ego won't allow him to step aside and let someone else get the rub.

HHH vs Sting at the Rumble, Sting vs Taker @ Mania?

My guess is Sting gets to be the authority figure and requires HHH to return to active competitor..eventually setting up Sting vs HHH for control at WM (with cenas blessing I guess)

For those who didn't notice, JBL referred to Sting as a 2-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, acknowledging his TNA reign in the process :yes:

HHH vs sting = 4/10

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Wrong. He held it twice before it was the WCW Championship. He was TNA Champ 4 times.

Yeah, nobody cares about what you have to say.

you know you do, you have to... :(


the point is that HHH is yet again positioning himself to be in the main event. What I would prefer is a long build between taker and sting. there are enough going up against the authority.

I care about the Mac

On another note I don't see this as truly the end of the Authority storyline. This is going to simmer slowly for a while and will culminate ultimately with Sting v Triple H at WM 31 where Sting makes his in-ring debut (and possibly finale) and hopefully wins.

He won't and shouldn't wrestle until then. WWE need to milk this for all its worth and will almost certainly mean the WM tickets will sell out soonish and could well be one of the most watched WMs of all time.


I don't see him doing any other types of matches until then i.e. tag teams or even the Royal Rumble.

Fixed.

The Mac we can't see what you said in your fake code.

Yeah but without the streak it isn't worth its salt. Taker v Sting would just be lame and in any case I doubt Sting would sign up to lose his only match and given the rubbish last time, I wouldn't want to see Taker lose or anywhere near a ring again. Taker just can't physically hack it anymore and the signs have been there. We all need to accept Taker v Sting won't and shouldn't happen and let it go.

Triple H v Sting is perfectly poised. Their in-ring abilities and characters fit perfectly the good-guy (anti-hero) v the perfect villain.

Sting 6 time WCW
1 time NWA in Jim Crockett Promotions 1 while in Minus Five Stars league after the NWA was already dead RIP (1993) as Shane Douglas said.

Still can't believe we've finally seen Sting in a WWE ring. Waited for this for so long especially since the demise of WCW back in 2001....gosh that was 13 years ago but feels like yesterday.

In a way kudos to McMahon.....in the days, months and years after buying WCW his aim was to sign Sting, the biggest star to never perform for him. So many of WCWs greats jumped ship WWE before and after the purchase; Jericho, Mysterio, Malenko, Guerero, DDP, Regal, Booker T and then eventually Goldberg who was very much a key player in WCW winning the Monday Night Wars. But still Sting was the only one missing, the only trophy left to win as it were. It took him a while but he got his man....eventually.

At this juncture, I can't see Sting going up against a bigger name heel in the company than Hunter.

Sting vs Lesnar

There is nobody bigger or more appropriate. I'm kind of disappointed the authority lost as I wanted to see Sting put an end to it at WM but in a way he did kind of end it.

Sting needs to be matched with someone closer to his age and era. Sting didn't necessarily fade away as Cena became more prominent but they were never both the big draws at the same time. Sting at least was on Nitro with Triple H and DX (amongst others) over on Raw so that creates history. Hogan was still big-ish at that time so the idea of Rock v Hogan worked.


What I really don't want to happen is to see Sting lose at WM if it is to be his one and only match.


I am quite sure the Authority storyline isn't done and dusted just yet. It can't be. Vince McMahon may well figure some more in this and might begin screwing over Cena as "the chairman" to allow the authority back in which then draws into the Sting storyline and then Triple H deciding to lay it ALL on the line, control, career etc.


What I have really missed this last couple of years with the development of the authority angle is a lack of in-ring action from Triple H.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Borden



Sting is a fifteen-time world champion, having held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times, the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship four times.

<font color=goldenrod>I'm not even going to overanalyze Sting's return. I'm just going to enjoy it. We'll literally never experience this again. There is nobody left who would make for a legitimate "oh shit, XXXXX is finally in WWE!" moment.</font>

He's Sting; The Icon, The Franchise, The Scorpion etc etc etc.

And he's now here in WWE and for those of us following his career for years in WCW and TNA and hoping and wishing he would appear in the WWE/WWF, he's finally here. Better late than never.

Triple H from a career standpoint has stagnated and needs one last hurrah as it were and if he can put on a good show with Sting, you will all be talking about WM 31 for a long time.

The NWA World title existed in TNA before the TNA World title was introduced.

And before the WCW. If you're going to ignore one, you have to ignore the other.

WWE has had this bullet in the chamber for 13 years and they finally fired it and it just kinda went off with a wimper

Really? I think it went over quite well. The crowd loved, many saw it for free on the WWE network and sets in motion the hype for his debut possibly at WM.


I would rather the Authority had won, they celebrated by beating Ziggler then the lights go out, Sting comes in and wiped them out with his baseball bat but oh well.

Droford is really being more of a dick than usual in these threads

I can't even.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Sting has always been referred to as a two-time NWA Champion before TNA even came around. There was no way a reference to TNA in what JBL said. Maybe if they said 6 time TNA Champion there'd be merit in your claim, but they didn't.

Sorry bud.

Lol TNA. That garbage doesn't count.

No. No he didn't.

I meant acknowledging his second reign as NWA World Champion which happened in TNA.

That was his third reign in TNA.

I assume you're agreeing with me. And we never agree on anything, so I must be double right.

July 7, 1990 (NWA) and October 22, 2006 (TNA)

And if you're not, click the wiki link. It clearly states the correct facts.

But to be fair, if that wiki information is wrong, I'll admit so.

Okay, upon further looking, I was wrong.

Hey, it's pretty cool that JBL referenced Stings TNA run as NWA champion. Did anybody else notice this?

I sincerely hope that I will not be punished for this act of defiance, my King.