Steve Borden
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.
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.
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AEW Revolution
AEW Worlds End
AEW Full Gear
AEW WrestleDream
AEW All In: London
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Biography: nWo
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
AEW Full Gear
AEW All Out
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door
AEW Revolution
AEW Full Gear
AEW Grand Slam
AEW All Out
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
AEW Fyter Fest
AEW Double or Nothing
Biography: WWE Legends
AEW Dark: Elevation
AEW Revolution
AEW Winter is Coming
Sting: The Lost Tape
The Best of WWE
AEW Unrestricted
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Nature Boy
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
Sting: Into the Light
Legends with JBL
WWE Night of Champions 2015
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
WWE Table For 3
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
WWE WrestleMania 31
WWE Fastlane 2015
WWE Survivor Series 2014
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
WWE: The Best of Sting
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
RevPro: High Stakes 2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
TNA One Night Only: Tournament of Champions 2013
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
WWE: Goldberg - The Ultimate Collection
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
TNA Slammiversary XI
The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.2
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
TNA Lockdown 2013
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
TNA Genesis 2013
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
TNA Slammiversary 2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
TNA Victory Road 2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
TNA Final Resolution 2011
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
TNA No Surrender 2011
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
TNA Slammiversary IX
TNA Sacrifice 2011
TNA Lockdown 2011
TNA Victory Road 2011
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
TNA No Surrender 2010
TNA Slammiversary VIII
TNA Sacrifice 2010
The Encounter
TNA Lockdown 2010
TNA The Best of 2009
The Rise & Fall of WCW
WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
TNA No Surrender 2009
TNA Hard Justice 2009
TNA Victory Road 2009
TNA Slammiversary 2009
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
TNA Sacrifice 2009
TNA Lockdown 2009
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
TNA Destination X 2009
TNA Against All Odds 2009
TNA Genesis 2009
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
TNA Turning Point 2008
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
TNA Bound for Glory IV 2006
TNA Hard Justice 2008
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
TNA Sacrifice 2008
TNA Lockdown 2008
TNA Genesis 2007
TNA Wrestling: Christian Cage - The Instant Classic
TNA Bound for Glory 2007
TNA No Surrender 2007
TNA Hard Justice 2007
TNA Victory Road 2007
TNA Slammiversary 2007
TNA Sacrifice 2007
TNA Lockdown 2007
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
TNA Destination X 2007
TNA Against All Odds 2007
TNA Final Resolution 2007
TNA Turning Point 2006
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
TNA Genesis 2006
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
TNA Wrestling: Sting - Return of An Icon
TNA Hard Justice 2006
TNA Victory Road 2006
TNA Slammiversary 2006
TNA Sacrifice 2006
TNA Lockdown 2006
TNA Final Resolution 2006
Sting: Moment of Truth
TNA iMPACT!
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV
The Nightmare Room
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
WCW New Blood Rising
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
WCW Slamboree 2000
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
Ready to Rumble
WCW Uncensored 2000
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
Shutterspeed
WCW Starrcade 1999
WCW Superstar Series: Sting - Back in Black
WCW Mayhem 1999
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
WCW Road Wild 1999
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
WCW Slamboree 1999
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
The Real Reason (Men Commit Crimes)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting - Unmasked!
WCW Road Wild 1998
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
WCW Slamboree 1998
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
WCW Uncensored 1998
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
WCW Thunder
WCW Starrcade 1997
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
WCW Uncensored 1997
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
WCW Hog Wild 1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
World Wrestling Peace Festival
WCW Slamboree 1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
WCW SuperBrawl VI
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
WCW Starrcade 1995
WCW World War 3 1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
MADtv
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
WCW Monday Nitro
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
WCW Uncensored 1995
WCW Main Event
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
WCW Starrcade 1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
WCW Slamboree 1994
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Thunder in Paradise
WCW SuperBrawl IV
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
WCW Starrcade 1993
WCW Battle Bowl
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
WCW Beach Blast 1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
WCW Slamboree 1993
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
WCW SuperBrawl III
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
WWE Raw
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
WCW Starrcade
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
WCW Halloween Havoc
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
WCW The Great American Bash
WCW Beach Blast
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
WCW Saturday Night
WCW SuperBrawl II
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
WCW Starrcade 1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
WCW WrestleWar 1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
WCW Halloween Havoc '90
Super Force
WCW Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
WCW Clash of the Champions
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!