Sting Admits He Was Unsure What He Could Offer To AEW When He Signed

While Sting's in-ring career looked to be over following his 2015 match with Seth Rollins, The Icon made his AEW debut in December 2020 and his latest run has involved several big tag team matches alongside Darby Allin.

There was initially uncertainty about what Sting could do inside the squared circle and Sting admitted during the AEW Revolution media scrum that he was unsure what he could offer to the promotion.

"No, I'll just be straight up with everybody, I talked to Tony and I said, 'I'm not sure really what I have to offer, because I'm not going to have these long 20-30 minute matches against these young guys. So, what do you have in mind?' He said, 'How about cinematic matches, would you be interested in those?' And I said, 'Yeah, I think I could do that,'" Sting began.

"We got halfway through the filming of that one and Cody Rhodes, followed by Tony are like, 'Your kinetic energy is still really amazing. You can still go, you could have a real match.' That's where it all started. Matter of fact, Cody, he texted me today. He said, 'It's game day,' and I said, 'It started with kinetic energy comments.' But no, I didn't think I would be in here doing this. But I am having so much fun. I feel like I am in good hands, and it's great being with Darby."

Sting was in action at the Revolution pay-per-view on Sunday, teaming with Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara to defeat the AHFO's Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy.

H/T to Wrestling Inc.