WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker has shared his honest thoughts on Sting’s AEW run, following the wrestling legend’s retirement.
Even with Sting joining AEW in December 2020, many believed that his wrestling career was done, with the Icon forced to retire due to medical issues after losing to Seth Rollins at WWE Night of Champions 2015.
Sting went on to wrestle regularly with AEW alongside Darby Allin, with the duo even becoming AEW Tag Team Champions.
The former WCW star wrestled his final match at the AEW Revolution pay-per-view, teaming with Darby Allin to defeat the Young Bucks in a match which many fans consider to be one of the greatest retirement matches in wrestling history.
Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker commented on Sting’s role with AEW, noting:
“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. 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.”
Despite Undertaker vs Sting being a dream match to many WWE fans, the two iconic characters didn’t ever face off in WWE.
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