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 nowdefunct 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 Stings 14year 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 WWFs 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 payperview PPV appearances for the company than any other wrestler Against Hogan Sting headlined the highestgrossing PPV event in WCW history Starrcade in December 1997 Upon the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001 Sting and his longterm 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 WCWs 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 AllStars WWA winning the WWA World Heavyweight Championship before joining the thenupstart TNA in 20031 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