Tony Khan Admits Needing to Remind Sting of His Importance in The Industry

Sting has been a member of the AEW family for over three years and is currently involved in one of the major storylines in AEW. He is loved by all and before his retirement match, Tony Khan had some kind words to share about his selflessness.

In case you didn’t know, Sting will have his final match on March 3rd at AEW Revolution 2024 and the WWE Hall of Famer is scheduled to partner with Darby Allin to defend their AEW Tag Team Championships in a tag team tornado match against the Young Bucks.

While speaking during a recent interview with Fanatics View’s Mike Peticca, AEW President Tony Khan spoke about Sting’s influential role as a locker room leader. Khan highlighted Sting’s selfless nature but mentioned having to occasionally give him a friendly reminder of his legendary status in the industry.

“I love having Sting come in and brainstorm with us. Also, working with Sting, he’s one of the most selfless people, and I find that I have to push him sometimes and have to remind him, ‘You’re Sting, it’s all about you!’ So, I do feel that this run of Sting being undefeated and what he’s done here in AEW is very special,” Tony said. “I’m sad that it’s coming to an end. I’m very sad that Sting will be retiring, but it’s remarkable that Sting is out there over 60 years old.”

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“Sting is doing more crazy things in his 60s than he’s ever done before,” continued Tony. “Sting in AEW is this extreme version of Sting. He has gone from being ‘The Franchise,’ ‘The Icon,’ to a Hardcore icon, and some of my favorite Sting matches of his entire career, and I say this just as a wrestling fan, not only as the owner of AEW, I honestly mean this from the bottom of my heart, I think some of the best Sting matches he’s ever had have been in AEW, and that’s one of the greatest careers of all time. When you see Sting today, he’s so happy, the locker room has so much respect for him, and we’re so happy to be able to give him this great send-off.”

We will have to wait and see how AEW further unfolds the feud between Sting and Darby Allin against The Young Bucks on AEW television leading up to the Revolution pay-per-view, as his retirement match is scheduled to take place this weekend.

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