The Undertaker Applauds AEW’s Strategy with Sting’s Bookings

The world has still not been on terms with the fact that Sting has retired from the wrestling industry. The former WWE superstar teamed up with Darby Allin to defeat the Young Bucks and retain their AEW World Tag Team Championships in his last wrestling match at Revolution 2024. 

Not only did his retirement match, but his three-year run in AEW turned out to be amazing. The star was involved in some of the biggest storylines of the company throughout his stint in the company and clearly enjoyed it. 

Addressing Sting’s career in AEW, The Undertaker stated that Sting was used smartly in the company. The legend’s bookings were judicious and his pairing with Darby Allin was perfect, said the Undertaker during an episode of his Six Feet Under podcast. The Hall of Famer also stated that AEW did good to not get Sting in every other singles match. 

“The smart thing that he did. He was booked judiciously. He wasn’t put in situations where he may have got exposed and not be able to keep up with the younger talent. It was probably him because you have to understand your limitations. A lot of times, people will get caught up in the moment, ‘Let’s put Sting in the ring with such and such.’ I’m just talking about AEW. There would have been tons of singles matches for him, but he took Darby Allin; there was chemistry there, and Sting was in a big brother-type role. Father time has never lost. He’s undefeated.“

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“I’m not saying any disparaging about Sting, it is what it is. In my heart and my mind, if I could, I would still be in the ring, but I had to come to the cold, hard facts that what my mind, eyes, and what my heart feels, my body wants no part of. It wants no part of it and it doesn’t allow me to do what I want to do. Could I go out there on my sweat equity? Hell yeah, I could. I’m not patting myself on the back, but I don’t think there is anybody in the business that can throw a punch like I can throw a punch. I can chokeslam. I’m not messing up my brand new knees with a tombstone, but I can walk out there and smoke and mirror it, and make people feel like they saw something. That’s just not right. People pay too much money to be entertained properly.”

Sting might have retired from the ring, but getting involved backstage in the development of AEW won’t be a surprise. The former WWE star is a massive mastermind and making some creative additions to the company would be a good move for the company. 

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