10 Things You May Not Know About Sting
The Icon turns 63 soon!
1. Leader Of The Pack
From the time of the storied time-limit draw with Flair, through the end of his long run with TNA, Sting had been often relied on to be face of the places in which he's wrestled. WCW, TNA, and other promotions understood Steve Borden's value as a living, breathing superhero, and that standing was rewarded with a number of World title reigns that almost equals Ric Flair's oft-bandied about total of 16.
Depending on what you consider a World title, Sting appears to have held a total of 15.
In WCW, he would hold belts considered a World title nine times (six WCW titles, one NWA title, and two times with the sometimes-forgotten WCW International title in 1994).
For TNA, add five more - four times with the Impact Wrestling belt, and once with the NWA title when TNA still used it. There's also the World Championship of the short-lived World Wrestling All-Stars in 2002, but if you exclude it, we wouldn't blame you.
Regardless, that's a lot of World title reigns, but few would ever argue that the man behind the make-up, whichever scheme he was wearing in whatever era, did not deserve them.
Now that's an Icon.
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.