Steve Borden
Biography
Steve Borden, better known by the ring name Sting, is an American professional wrestler and former bodybuilder, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as the mentor of Darby Allin. He is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, having cultivated a legacy over a career spanning five decades. Throughout his career, he won a total of fifteen world championships.
Sting is widely known for his time spent as the public face of two major American professional wrestling promotions: the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which was bought by the WWE in 2001, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling). Although the WWF had purchased WCW, Sting did not sign with them at that time. Prior to WCW, he also wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), and Mid South.
Sting's 14-year association with WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), began in 1987. He quickly rose to main event status and has been described as the WCW counterpart to the WWF's Hulk Hogan. Dubbed "The Franchise of WCW", he held a total of 14 championships in the promotion – including the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on six occasions, the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on one occasion – and made more pay-per-view (PPV) appearances for the company than any other wrestler. Against Hogan, Sting headlined the highest-grossing PPV event in WCW history, Starrcade, in December 1997. Upon the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001, Sting and his long-term rival Ric Flair were chosen to perform in the main event of the final episode of Nitro. Sting would later face Hogan and Flair in their last televised matches, defeating both.
Following the expiration of his contract with WCW's parent company, AOL Time Warner, in March 2002, Borden held talks with the WWF, but ultimately did not join the promotion and instead toured internationally with World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) – winning the WWA World Heavyweight Championship – before joining the then-upstart TNA in 2003.[1] Over the following 11 years, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on one further occasion and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship four times. As a result, he became the only wrestler to have won the NWA, WCW, and TNA World Titles in a career. He was also the inaugural inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-03-20
Place of birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Cast
AEW Full Gear
2021
7.50
AEW Revolution: The Buy In
2021
6.80
AEW Revolution
2021
7.00
Biography: nWo
2023
6.00
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
1995
0.00
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
0.00
AEW Revolution
2022
8.10
AEW Grand Slam
2021
9.50
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
2012
7.50
TNA Genesis 2013
2013
5.00
AEW All In: London
2023
7.80
WCW Millennium Final
2000
0.00
TNA Slammiversary 2012
2012
5.20
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
2013
0.00
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
1996
8.50
TNA Lockdown 2013
2013
7.00
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
1999
10.00
WCW Slamboree 1999
1999
8.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
1999
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
1999
1.00
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999
10.00
WCW Starrcade 1999
1999
0.00
WCW Road Wild 1999
1999
6.00
WCW Mayhem 1999
1999
0.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
1999
10.00
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
1988
7.00
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
1989
7.40
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
1989
6.70
WCW Halloween Havoc '90
1990
8.00
WCW Uncensored 2000
2000
0.00
WCW New Blood Rising
2000
10.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
2000
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
0.00
WCW WrestleWar 1991
1991
10.00
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
2000
9.50
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
2000
0.00
WCW Slamboree 2000
2000
10.00
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
1991
6.00
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
1992
0.00
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
1992
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl II
1992
0.00
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
1993
10.00
WCW Beach Blast
1992
0.00
WCW Great American Bash '92
1992
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
0.00
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
10.00
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
0.00
WWA The Reckoning
2003
0.00
WWA The Retribution
2002
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993
0.00
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
1994
9.00
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
0.00
WCW Starrcade 1994
1994
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl V
1995
0.00
WCW Uncensored 1995
1995
2.00
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995
0.00
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995
3.50
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
1995
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
1995
7.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995
7.00
WCW Starrcade 1995
1995
0.00
WWE Fastlane 2015
2015
6.40
WCW SuperBrawl VI
1996
8.00
WCW Uncensored 1996
1996
0.00
WCW Slamboree 1996
1996
0.00
Wrestling's Highest Flyers
2010
0.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
1996
9.00
WCW Hog Wild 1996
1996
0.00
WCW Uncensored 1997
1997
6.00
WCW Starrcade 1997
1997
6.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998
5.00
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998
10.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998
8.00
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
1998
10.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
1998
10.00
WCW Slamboree 1998
1998
8.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
1998
0.00
WCW Road Wild 1998
1998
8.00
AEW WrestleDream
2023
8.33
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
2000
10.00
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
1989
0.00
AEW Full Gear
2023
8.25
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
2022
0.00
AEW All Out
2022
7.60
WWE Survivor Series 2014
2014
6.70
WWE: The Best of Sting
2014
7.70
AEW Worlds End
2023
7.40
AEW Revolution
2024
8.40
The Encounter
2010
6.40
Ready to Rumble
2000
5.22
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
2010
0.00
Shutterspeed
2000
4.00
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015
8.00
AEW Full Gear
2022
7.40
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
9.30
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
1993
10.00
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
2023
0.00
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
2013
10.00
TNA The Best of 2009
2010
0.00
WWE Night of Champions 2015
2015
7.18
Sting: Into the Light
2015
7.30
RevPro: High Stakes 2014
2014
0.00
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
2016
7.00
TNA Lockdown 2011
2011
5.00
AEW All In: London 2024
2024
7.80
Sting: Moment of Truth
2004
5.10
Nature Boy
2017
7.20
TNA Victory Road 2009
2009
3.00
TNA Final Resolution 2006
2006
0.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
2011
6.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2007
2007
9.00
TNA Turning Point 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Victory Road 2006
2006
0.00
TNA Lockdown 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Sacrifice 2006
2006
0.00
TNA Slammiversary 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
7.00
TNA Lockdown 2007
2007
5.00
TNA Slammiversary 2009
2009
7.00
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009
10.00
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
2008
10.00
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
2006
10.00
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
10.00
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
7.18
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007
5.90
TNA Destination X 2007
2007
5.00
Sting: The Lost Tape
2020
6.00
TNA Against All Odds 2009
2009
4.00
TNA Sacrifice 2011
2011
7.00
TNA Against All Odds 2007
2007
8.80
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
10.00
TNA Slammiversary XI
2013
7.00
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
1993
0.00
TNA Genesis 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Slammiversary VIII
2010
5.00
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988
6.50
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988
8.00
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
1989
8.50
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
1990
7.80
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
1992
0.00
TNA Slammiversary 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Sacrifice 2007
2007
7.00
TNA Victory Road 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Hard Justice 2006
2006
6.00
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
2013
6.00
TNA Genesis 2006
2006
8.00
TNA Final Resolution 2007
2007
7.00
TNA Victory Road 2011
2011
2.00
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
2011
5.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
1991
10.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995
5.00
TNA Genesis 2014
2014
0.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
1992
0.00
WCW World War 3 1995
1995
0.00
WCW Halloween Havoc '92
1992
10.00
WCW Starrcade 1992
1992
5.00
TNA Hard Justice 2008
2008
8.50
TNA Hard Justice 2009
2009
5.50
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
1996
9.00
TNA Turning Point 2008
2008
7.00
TNA Genesis 2009
2009
0.00
TNA Bound for Glory IV
2008
6.00
TNA Hard Justice 2007
2007
5.00
TNA Slammiversary IX
2011
5.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
1991
0.00
WCW Starrcade 1991
1991
0.00
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
0.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
0.00
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
0.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993
6.00
WCW Battle Bowl
1993
0.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
5.00
WCW Slamboree 1994
1994
0.00
TNA Lockdown 2008
2008
7.30
TNA Sacrifice 2008
2008
4.00
TNA Victory Road 2012
2012
6.00
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994
6.30
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
1994
0.00
TNA No Surrender 2011
2011
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2010
2010
5.00
TNA No Surrender 2009
2009
6.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
0.00
AEW Winter is Coming
2020
8.70
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
0.00
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
1997
5.50
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
1995
0.00
TNA Final Resolution 2011
2011
6.00
TNA No Surrender 2007
2007
6.00
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
2009
6.00
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
2010
6.00
TNA Sacrifice 2009
2009
6.00
TNA Lockdown 2009
2009
7.00
TNA Sacrifice 2010
2010
6.00
TNA Destination X 2009
2009
4.00
TNA Lockdown 2010
2010
6.50
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995
0.00
AEW Double or Nothing
2021
6.90
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
2016
10.00
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
2016
10.00
AEW Fyter Fest
2021
8.00
AEW All Out
2021
8.00
Biography: Ultimate Warrior
2021
7.00
