Sting's Retirement & A Reflection On His Career #5 

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If we can't have Undertaker vs Sting in a match, can we get Undertaker and Sting in a podcast together?

The fact that this aint called “Dead Man Talking” is a crime.

Hey Taker! Please have Sting on your podcast as a guest

Please have Sting as a special guest on the podcast sometime in the future.

Sting is frigging 65, Born March 20, 1959. Unbelievable

The crazy thing is Sting isn't 61. He's 65. Let that sink in. The dude's longevity was unreal.

So Mark just confirmed the Taker Vs Sting match never happened because Vince didn't want it. He was so tone-deaf to the fans, and I'm glad he's gone.

Sting and The Undertaker on a podcast would break the internet 🔥

Sting was definitely the face of WCW he was the man love sting growing up

I think another reason sting lasted so long is his move set. He stuck to a pretty safe move set that didn’t do tons of damage to his body.

We couldn't see Undertaker vs Sting, but I'd love to listen to Mark and Steve talk

We definitely need Sting on the show! Get in your wrestling gear and do a stare down vignette for it as promotion! Would be legendary!

"Dingo Warrior".....respect. I remember being a teenager and getting my PWI magazines so I knew about Warrior before he hit WWF. What a time to be alive. Koloff, Rhodes, Flair, Sting, Von Erich's, Road Warriors, Midnight Express, Rock n Roll Express, Nick Bockwinkle, Larry Zbysko, AWA, NWA, GLOW!

Please have taker and sting together in a podcast.

Vince is so out of touch no sting vs taker and Kurt’s last match with Corbin

Sting was part of Mid South Wrestling/UWF when it was bought out by the Crocketts. That is how Sting came to WCW. Sting and Warrior actually started in Mid South as the Bladerunners before Warrior left and went to World Class.

Sting & Taker Podcast would break the net

The fact that HHH got the WrestleMania match instead of Undertaker is the biggest missed match in wrestling.

Was “Crow Sting” really viewed as a knockoff to Undertaker? I never saw anything in Crow Sting that reminded me of ‘Taker.

Here's an idea have Sting on the podcast and book how that match would play out

Wwe did sting zero favors when he finally crossed over

6:20 “I could walk out there and shuck&jive and smoke&mirror it and make people feel like they saw something… but that’s just not right.” The man just described the industry at its core after just claiming to throw the best punch in the business. Taker is amazing. He’s right AND he’s also right. It’s been an amazing time to have lived through the Monday Night Wars and then to see these two icons (crowd favorites and 2 of my all time top workers) respectfully retire (I made sure I was at Sting’s retirement match/show) but then to also have the chance to see Mark talk about the business out of character… it’s humbling that such an icon will break down the business and give us insight through his life. He is The American Badass!

Vince screwed Sting. Insane to bury him with Triple H and then put him in a match with unsafe Seth Rollins. Sting was one of the first guys to protect himself. He worked smart, took breaks and got over by building storylines and having great segments. Vince f'd up that formula.

Versions of Sting: Surfer sting is what everyone calls the Malibu sting 😉 Crow sting is the nWo war sting which had a few versions of the facepaint but it’s predominately black and white Wolpac sting is the red n black TNA saw the Joker sting where he played a crazy lost his mind sociopath kinda evolution…

Sting & Warrior were a tag team in Mid South known as the Blade Runners where Warrior was known as Rock. Then Warrior went to World Class & became the Dingo Warrior.

GET STING ON YOUR PODCAST MARK !

sting with the creation of sting at times he was even bigger than the undertaker so well done for him allways the best sting

I would love to see Taker and Sting on a podcast storyboarding or walking through the match they would have liked to have.

Closest to a match with Sting Vs Undertaker is in a WWE game that has Sting

Happy birthday the Undertaker 💜🎩🕯️⚱️⚰️🪦

I'll never get over this match never happening, biggest missed opportunity ever. That said, can you please bring Sting on the show?

Get Sting on !!! That would be such an amazing episode.

Sting wrestled in Mid-South Wrestling with Rock (Ultimate Warrior) as the Blade Runners in 1986-1987. He was also with Eddie Gilbert’s stable as a tag-team with Rick Steiner in Mid-South Wrestling. He then wrestled in NWA in 1987 when NWA merged with Mid-South Wrestling, which later became WCW.

Listening to The Undertaker speak from the tree of knowledge of the wrestling world is so insightful, entertaining and simply a blast. Thank you!!

We’re never getting the match, but it’s never to late for an in-ring stare down at Mania. The pop would be insane.

Two Words: Cinematic Match!

Happy birthday Taker

Hey I think you should have STING on the show. Now that would be so cool.

Vince dropped the WCW ball HARRD. He did them dirty

Sting and Taker had some of the best long careers. They stayed good for so long

I love how fan centric Taker is. Great work comes from individuals putting aside ego and collaborating to create a better product. I'm questioning without Taker would the WWE be what it is today?

Takers set changes every month 😂

It sucks that Sting didn't make the jump to WWE a lot earlier, but that's a wrap. it is what it is, and that's on him. I think they both had insanely long peaks for their careers which is impressive given their ages. I agree if it happened around 2009 or 2010 the match would've been better received by the general public. I'm pretty sure a lot of people wanted to see it happen just for the story they could have put on with both their gimmicks even if the match wasn't a 5 star masterpiece. Undertaker/Sting is still my 1 dream match. I think a feud/match with these two in their primes would have been the most entertaining match ever. But I'm so biased cause I love both guys. Don't mind me

Sting was the face of the WCW more so than anyone else because he never left for WWE. Flair, Luger, Stieners, Austin, Hall, Nash, Pillman, Taker, Arn Anderson, Sid, Benoit, Guerro, etc. All of them left prior to the collapse at one point or another. Sting didn’t. He stayed the entire way through.

Yep, Sting was in Mid-South as one of the Blade Runners with Ultimate Warrior

Stingk - This Dude

I thank Scott Hall everyday for turning him into Crow Sting

With Sting and Undertaker both being retired they HAVE to do a podcast together now

Sting and Dingo Warrior!!! Texas wresting in the late 80's!! I'm glad that you remembered thst.

I've seen sting at 3 different house shows in the late 90s during his crow era

A face to face in the royal rumble is really all we need. It would be easy for both guys. Its not so much the match people want but the story they could create.

Mark, I'm not sure if you remember but you had a match with Sting before you were The Undertaker back as Mean Mark in WCW. Do you have any memories of working with Sting when he was still Surfer/The Franchise of WCW?

He did wrestling Sting. When he was in the WCW.😊

He had such an amazing stellar career at least we got to see the two of you wrestle in WCW i'll take that as a feather in one's cap thank you Mark & Steve you're both icons & legends. 👏

Sting and Warrior - The Blade Runners started with Mid South, then got bought by NWA turned into WCW. TNA then AEW. Sting worked on his craft from beginner to Legend

He gives really good interviews, I'm surprised The Undertaker doesn't do acting in movies or TV shows.

It's so important to understand your limit and work within that. It's how you have a life after choosing to retire instead of being entirely decrepit after being FORCED to retire.

The algorithm brought me here didn’t know taker had a pod🔥🔥🔥🔥

As a kid wasn't a fan of Surfer Sting. Than Crow Sting hit when I was in High School. Blown TF away. Lol. Greatest Gimmick change of all time. #WOOOOOOO

The ultimate dream match: Sting vs the Undertaker in a... thumb wrestling match. Someone PLEASE make this happen.

Sting had to change his facepaint with the Crow character in the beginning. James O'barr,creator of the Crow told him..man, this is my character your doing yourself up like. Steve didn't have to do a lot,but he did have to tweak the paint

If HHH was in charge in 2014, we woulda had Sting V Undertaker at Wrestlemania 31 or Summerslam 2015.

I can't wait to see Sting again and see if he'll sign my upgraded championship belt in October I'll be sure to film it

Happy Birthday My Favourite The Undertaker 🎉🎉🎉 I hope you show up at Mania!

Sting is a senior citizen. Amazing.

That Match would have been epic. Even as a cinematic graveyard match or boiler room brawl on Netflix is still possible 😁😁😁

JOKER sting in tna was one of his best characters

Sting's career I got to see from his intro into the NWA back in the late 80s. It was phenomenal without having to be a major player in the WWE. Who else can make that claim to fame? Undertaker one of the all time greats as well. I got to see his matches when he started in Texas as Mark Callaway on a Georgia wrestling tv program that aired every Saturday night for about 6 hours going through different promotions. The presenters were Uncle Sammy, a blondes gal and Joe something (an overweight fella). Those were the early good ole tv wrestling days.

Sting and Warrior actually got their start tagging in Mid-South Championship Wrestling, as Rock and Flash managed by Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert, not in Dallas' WCCW where Taker got his start. Flash's name actually was changed to Sting shortly thereafter, for whatever reason (D.C. comics copyrights maybe?) Warrior left after about a year stint in the company and bolted for Dallas where he took on the moniker of the Dingo Warrior, around the time that Taker was breaking into the business, in Dallas, as the Punisher.

I'd love to see Taker in an on screen role similar but different to a manager. Toss a couple chokeslams here and there. Pair him w/ a supernatural performer to give them legitimacy. I just love seeing Mark, doesnt matter how physical he gets.

Sting and Undertaker are my all time favorites. As much as I would've loved to see that match the only real satisfactory ending to it would have to be a draw with mutual respect and admiration (and probably some form of "supernatural" air to it using rafters, under ring/facility passages etc for each at a couple points during the match).

Surfer Sting, Crow Sting, Wolfpack Sting, Joker Sting (TNA), Crow Sting (WWE), Legend Sting (AEW)

I would love to see Sting as a guest on this show. I would watch that entire episode

Nice to see the 2001 badass Taker throwback :D

Scott hall is the reason why sting changed to the crow ❤

Sting coming down from the ceiling is one of the best things in all Pro Wrestling. He always thanked Scott Hall for coming up with the Crow gimmick.

I wish WWE would release Mark's and Sting's match against each other on the Network which was never televised in WCW when Mark was Mean Mark which Mark could mention about it.

Sting and Undertaker I wouldn't mind being a pre-recorded cinema match. I need something with those two.

Sting vs Taker would have been great in the late 90s. We'll never get to see it unfortunately but those two on a podcast together would be a great consolation.

The icon

i'm glad aew made sting darby's mentor. from day one i saw darby allen as this generations sting

WCW Nitro Crow Sting vs Ministry of Darkness Taker Hell in a cell would of been awesome

Originally, Sting wasn't Crow Sting. His face paint was that of the classic Arts thing of Happy Face/Sad Face. Sting was the Sad Face. We all thought he was Crow Sting, and that's what it eventually evolved to.

Can you imagine the build up to sting vs taker how many months that could have simmered for. I’m shocked Vince didn’t see the dollar signs and make a win each then a draw or something or even have taker go over

0:07 I understand runs too, Mark. I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Mark is spot on. The Taker/Sting match would have been legendary when Sting was in TNA. By the time he got to WWE, they were both on the downhill. They could have drawn, but neither would have been happy with it.

It would be off the charts awesome if Taker and Sting did a WrestleMania match. Not even announced, no press release, kept under wraps so tight nobody knows. They just show up out of the blue and put on a match

Sting started off in Memphis, TN.

It would of been build up to a match that we would remember forever. The most iconic gimmick match i believe we would have seen in our lifetimes.

Sting vs Taker still needs to happen. Even if they do a cinematic match likeTaker vs Aj Styles.

I grew up on TNA sting I had no clue he was in WWE before

Taker vs. Sting is still my ultimate wrestling dream match, it’s a shame that there were multiple times to do it but Vince wouldn’t pull the trigger

The one visual from the buildup to the match I always wanted to see, even more than the match itself, is all of Undertaker's druids out there, and then they pull their hoods down and they are all Stings.

And chokeslam he did 💪🙌

Even as far back as can remember around the 2001-2002 time period, I was hoping to see Sting Vs Taker when WWF purchased WCW, but at this point in history, we will never know.

¡Gracias!

Lets get a show with the Underfaker and Ted Dibiase ! Would love to hear how all that went down from each others perspectives

Undertaker vs Sting would draw a lot of people it would be a match for the ages they could bring back the Buried alive match.

If only they had met in the ring for a WWE/WCW crossover event.