WWE Opinion: Why Sting’s WWE Debut Was Awesome
As many of you are aware of by now, Sting made his long-awaited WWE debut last night at Survivor Series, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Sting’s WWE debut was awesome, and even though Triple H isn’t the first choice I would make when picking an opponent for Sting, the fact is that The Undertaker will likely miss this year’s WrestleMania, and Sting, who will turn 56 just a few days before WrestleMania 31, needs an opponent to carry him to a good match, and Triple H fits that role perfectly.
Like many wrestling fans, I was a huge fan of WCW in the mid and late 90s. During that period of time I was a little kid, and Sting was by far my favorite wrestler. For whatever reason, I remember liking Wolpac Sting the best, as the nWo Wolfpac was my favorite faction at that time.
Seeing Sting debut at Survivor Series last night took me away from being the jaded fan that I’ve become, and let me enjoy a moment in wrestling without being over-critical for once. It was nice to know that WWE could still suck me into a moment.
WWE fans knew that it was now or never for Sting if he was going to have a match in WWE. As I said before, he’ll be 56 come WrestleMania time, so he’s not getting any younger, and he’s clearly not the athlete that he once was.
Sting was the only reason that I watched the Survivor Series pay-per-view, and I have to say, seeing his debut was well worth the time that I spent watching this show, and it would have been worth my money if the WWE Network weren’t free for the month of November.
There is one thing about Sting’s debut that I wish was different, though. He should have come to the ring with a baseball bat, and instead of kicking Triple H in the stomach to set him up for the “Scorpion Death Drop,” he should have hit Triple H in the stomach with his signature bat to set him up for it. But, I’m not going to whine about the small details, as I enjoyed the moment anyway.
Since I have never, ever watched a single second of TNA Wrestling, I have no idea how Sting has held up over the years. According to the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, Sting has gotten to the point where he needs to be carried in the ring, and that he’s notorious for forgetting and missing spots.
Whenever Sting’s debut match is, and I expect that it will be at WrestleMania 31 unless WWE decides to have it sooner, and have Sting face Undertaker at WrestleMania 31, it will be the first time I’ve watched a Sting match since he wrestled Ric Flair on the final episode on WCW Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001. So, I hope Sting still has something left.
I’ll be happy with whatever Sting ends up doing in WWE. Even if he has a bad match when he makes his in-ring debut, I’ll still appreciate that he cared enough about his legacy to come to WWE so late in his career, and I’m anxious to see what he does tonight on RAW.
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