Steve Borden, better known as Sting, was born on March 20, 1959. Steve is an American professional wrestler. He concluded his last contract with WWE. Before that he performed with WCW and TNA. He is the greatest star in WCW history and a fifteen-time world champion.
The beginning of performances
Steve Borden was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He began acting as a wrestler in 1985 at the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), later renamed the Wrestling Association Championship (CWA). He formed a team with Jim "Justice" Hellwig. Subsequently, Hellwig was better known as the Last Warrior. They both joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) in 1986.
Steve Borden from this time began to use the name Sting. After some time, he transferred the rights to this name to British musician Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner. After some time, the wrestler Sting joined the WCW, and Hellwig joined the rival WWE. Both came to the first lines and won numerous championships.
Television Champion Title
Already in June 1989, the wrestler Sting was one of the largest wrestling stars. At this time, he had a new serious rival - the Japanese wrestler Great Muta. He had an interesting technique and unusual tricks. At the same time, on the part of manager Muta, there were constantly sounding that the Sting would certainly lose. Steve Borden agreed to a duel for the television title. The battle took place on July 23, 1989. Despite the fact that the fight was difficult, Muta was magnificent and received the title of Television Champion. Sting and Muta had to meet again in the ring much earlier than expected. In September of that year, a new battle for the Television title was scheduled. Muta managed to save him.
New victories
Wrestler Sting became the six-time world champion WCW. His first major confrontation at WCW was against the Four Horsemen. He won his first world championship in 1990. He defeated Rick Flair at the World Heavyweight Championship according to the National Wrestling Union (NWA). At the beginning of his career at WCW, he began using makeup. In 1996, he began to use black paint. Since then, the Sting wrestler photo could only be seen in war paint. Steve Borden has now been compared to Undertaker of WWE. Such a comparison was carried out only thanks to his gloomy image. It was almost impossible to see Sting's wrestler without makeup.
After many disagreements with wrestlers such as the Hulk Hogan, Booker T, Jeff Jarrett and Rick Flair, he ended his career at WCW. The reason is that WCW was bought out by WWE, and he did not trust the new owner Vince. He was offered a contract, which Sting refused to sign. His last WCW match was against Rick Fleur.
Going to another league
Steve Borden joined TNA in 2003. At the beginning of his career here, he was at enmity with Jeff Jarrett. At TNA, he won 4 world championships. During this period, he had many disagreements with former colleagues from WCW. Steve Borden was at enmity with Hogan, Fleur and Booker T. Then he joined WWE in 2014.
Personal life
The family of the wrestler Sting was large: his parents had four children.
Steve Borden is a Christian and belongs to the denomination of the Birth above. He is married twice. They were married to Sue Borden for 14 years and divorced in 2010. They have three children. Sons, Garrett Lee and Stephen Jr., are in college, Garrett plays college football in college. The wrestler also has a daughter, Gracie. With their second wife, Sabina, they got married in 2015 and are still married.
The final tricks of Sting: the mortal fall of a scorpion and the deadly capture of a scorpion.
Facts from life
Sting was a member of teams such as nWo Wolfpack and the Millionaire Club. He is the only outstanding modern wrestling veteran who has never participated in battles in the WWF ring. In professional wrestling, he made his debut as a member of a team called The Blade Runners with his partner, who performed under the name Rock.
His professional debut in wrestling took place in 1985, when he joined the group “Wrestlers”, also known as Power Team USA. Its members included Jim Heldwig (later known as The Last Warrior), Mark Miller and Garland Donoho. In 1986, the team was disbanded.
At WCW, he was a member of The Dudes With Attitude. Former team partner Eddie Gilbert. His coach was former wrestler Ronald Bastian, or Red Bastian.
He appeared as a wrestler in all 10 World Championship Wrestling games for video games. He could also be seen in Showdown: Legends of Wrestling, he himself, or rather his character (The Spike or The Hornet) is found in numerous Fire Pro Wrestling games in America and Japan.
He can speak Spanish. He helped write the storyline to the WCW president.
In 1988, Sting and Lex Luger teamed up to win the Jim Crockett Team Memorial Tournament.
In 1998, Steve Borden joined the Church of the Birth from Above and became the elder of the “Church on the Rock,” Jeff Borden (one of Steve’s brothers) - pastor in the church.
Last stage of a career
In 2014, he performed at the Survivor Series, where with his help, the team of John Cena was able to win. Sting neutralized the wrestler, who performed under the name of Triple H. (Triple H, Hunter Hurst Helmsley), which ultimately allowed the team to win.
At RAW on January 19, 2015, in the final match of the show, he stepped onto the ramp, distracting opponent John Cena. On January 26, 2015, the WWE official website announced that Triple H. challenged Sting to meet face-to-face at Fastlane 2015. In February of the same year, Triple H. challenged again, demanding that Sting accept him. At Fastlane 2015, they fought until Sting was able to completely control the enemy. That same evening, their upcoming fight at WrestleMania 31 was announced.
In March 2015, with the help of Sting, Randy Orton was able to resist the battle with the team of The Authority. At WrestleMania 31, Triple H. defeated Sting after Sean Michael intervened.
In August of that year, he met with Seth Rollins. At the WWE Network, Triple H. announced that Seth and Sting would compete for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions (2015). The victory remained with Seth, who was able to defend his league title.
In this fight, Sting was injured, his neck and spine were injured. He had to have surgery. Currently, Sting’s career is over, although he often says that he wants to have a farewell fight at one of WrestleMania, speaking out against the Undertaker, although this desire will remain unfulfilled.
Since 2016, he became a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Sting Wrestler Movies
During his life, Steve starred in several films: “Thunder in Paradise” (1993), together with Hulk Hogan, “Ready for Battle”, “With the Speed of a Shot” (2000), “Unexpected Encounter”, “The Path of Revelation” - two parts (2013).