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Post by dlg3000 on Jan 13, 2010 18:41:10 GMT -5
In your opinion, do you find Sting to still be an underrated wrestler, overrated, or rated just right? Personally, I think he is rated just right. I never found him to be underrated or overrated. I always thought he was a good wrestler though. What would his legacy be?
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Post by Ryushinku on Jan 13, 2010 18:53:21 GMT -5
Rated about right these days, you'll always get some critics natch but most seem to have him pegged pretty good - if not quite breathing the rarified air of an Austin or Hogan, then at least on the next tier after that with other big names.
His legacy should be as someone at the forefront of bringing in a very athletic, exciting style into North American wrestling and a true 'superhero' aura and connection with the fans that has stood the test of time. Even close to the big 5-0 now he can still produce a decent match with a good worker.
That he's done so for about a quarter of a century with almost no-one having a bad word to say about him is an extra tribute to his his lasting mark on the biz.
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Post by kropotkin on Jan 13, 2010 19:15:18 GMT -5
If nothing else, he'll remain the biggest name to have never wrestled for Vince. Something to be proud of.
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Post by Error on Jan 13, 2010 19:55:25 GMT -5
For his whole career, he is rated about right. His TNA run, highly overrated.
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Jan 13, 2010 20:18:12 GMT -5
I don't know. I think he may be a tad overrated. I've rarely seen him make a match better. He can work with good people and carry his part, but he isn't particularly great at anything. He is adequate in the air and on the mat, but is primarily a brawler. He was only decent on the mic. He couldn't carry anyone to a four or five star match. His work with Hogan was always atrocious.
He reminds me of Cena a bit. Can take direction from a great worker and give adequate performances, but Sting, in hindsight is praised a bit more than I think he merits.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2010 9:15:22 GMT -5
I think that he's rated just about right. My only problem with him nowadays is if he's going to stick around he needs to update his gimmick somehow. The Crow thing and sitting in the rafters was cool 12 years ago, but now it's a little stale. I think he should add some color to his attire and facepaint again. He could cut a promo about how he used to see the world monochromatically, black and white, good evil, but now as he's gotten older he sees that what he once thought was evil and by default black, was really just a strange brew of red rage, green jealousy, purple paranoia, etc., but he was blinded to it by the aura of white that he immersed himself in and other such nonsense, preferably making even less sense than that.
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Post by rockenrolla on Jan 15, 2010 9:40:11 GMT -5
As a uk fan I started to watch wrestling avidly around wrestlemania 3. I never had much chance to see any NWA or WCW as a kid but I did buy Pro Wrestling magazines and those organisations were heavily featured.
I have since looked back via the internet over as much as possible, considering sting broke through tagging up with the Ultimate warrior.. I think he has gone on to great things and his legacy as an all time great is without doubt set in stone. There are not many that you can say that about these days who have never set foot in a WWF/WWE ring.
I like the stinger.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 17, 2010 1:13:27 GMT -5
Rated about right these days, you'll always get some critics natch but most seem to have him pegged pretty good - if not quite breathing the rarified air of an Austin or Hogan, then at least on the next tier after that with other big names. His legacy should be as someone at the forefront of bringing in a very athletic, exciting style into North American wrestling and a true 'superhero' aura and connection with the fans that has stood the test of time. Even close to the big 5-0 now he can still produce a decent match with a good worker. That he's done so for about a quarter of a century with almost no-one having a bad word to say about him is an extra tribute to his his lasting mark on the biz. This sums it up nicely. He still has what it takes to be a consistantly good main event wrestler. |
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Post by primetime110 on Jan 17, 2010 1:40:29 GMT -5
I think Sting probably has the most loyal fans. Vince McMahon had a hand in making the likes of Hogan, Rock, Austin. The wrestlers had more, But with Vince backing them and having a bigger stage helped. Sting can be mentioned with those 3 and never worked for Vince.
He listened to Flair, Arn, Tully, Rhodes, LOD and Magum TA and learnt. He has said t it and Flair has as well. The respect he was trying to get from youngers wasn't 100 percent just a storyline. He showed respect to the guys mentioned above and now look where he is. Plus, Noone bad mouthes the guy.
IMO Expect a Sting/Flair/Styles storyline soon.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 17, 2010 7:20:28 GMT -5
Growing up on WCW and Sting being my favorite wrestler for most of my childhood, I always loved the guy. Crow or Surfer. He had "it".
He was this big guy who could put on good matches. He made people look good, and the Crow gimmick is one of the greatest gimmicks pro-wrestling has seen in the last 30 years. Who would have thought making one of your top guys silent for nearly a year would produce the company's best buy rate?
Now? I still get excited for Sting matches. It's nowhere near the same, but it's still Sting.
This new angle with him in the rafters makes the 10 year old in me ump up and down happy.
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Post by hbk4ever09 on Jan 17, 2010 9:09:36 GMT -5
Never got the hype for his in-ring work. Like others have said he's adequate. Can someone post a match he really excels at? I never watched WCW much so i can't comment on the mic skills/character part, though i admit he has played the "veteran whose over just because he's him" part very well in TNA. I agree he needs some new facepaint.
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Post by quantum on Jan 17, 2010 9:53:45 GMT -5
I don't know. I think he may be a tad overrated. I've rarely seen him make a match better. He can work with good people and carry his part, but he isn't particularly great at anything. He is adequate in the air and on the mat, but is primarily a brawler. He was only decent on the mic. He couldn't carry anyone to a four or five star match. His work with Hogan was always atrocious. This is exactly how I feel about Sting also. Never saw what was so special about him. |
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Post by quantum on Jan 17, 2010 10:01:04 GMT -5
He was this big guy who could put on good matches. He made people look good, and the Crow gimmick is one of the greatest gimmicks pro-wrestling has seen in the last 30 years. Who would have thought making one of your top guys silent for nearly a year would produce the company's best buy rate? WCW rating was a lot more to do with Hogan turning heel the 'hostile take over angle' and the NWO than Sting 'turning quite'. WCW would have exploded with the NWO Sting or no Sting 'turn' just not quite to the level that it did. It be hard to name a 5 (or even 4) star Sting match through out his career which didn't invlove a top rate or legendary worker (eg Ric Flair). His biggest accomplishment was/is being the biggest name in wrestling to never have worked for WWF. However if he did work for Vince he would have been stuck in mid card and not had his chance to shine like he did in WCW and now in TNA. |
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Post by BigAl on Jan 17, 2010 10:15:54 GMT -5
I just wish he gets rid of the crow gimmick. And being a long time WCW fan, even beofre Hogan/NWO, he was theHogan of WCW, always the face, fan favorite, and a good worker who never complained about jobbing to anyon (he jobbed to Bossman on a wCW ppv for god sakes!)
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Post by KingPopper on Jan 17, 2010 18:50:00 GMT -5
My 2nd favorite wrestler of all time only behind HBK, so my oppinions are a little sided. WCW never interested me as a kid, but I would always tune in for Sting.
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Post by Black Swagger on Jan 17, 2010 18:56:08 GMT -5
If nothing else, he'll remain the biggest name to have never wrestled for Vince. Something to be proud of. Took the words right outta my mouth. For me Sting will always get props for being the only wrestler in current era to say that he has never EVER worked for Vince McMahon and was still successful. |
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Post by primetime110 on Jan 17, 2010 23:17:39 GMT -5
I think Sting probably has the most loyal fans. Vince McMahon had a hand in making the likes of Hogan, Rock, Austin. The wrestlers had more, But with Vince backing them and having a bigger stage helped. Sting can be mentioned with those 3 and never worked for Vince. He listened to Flair, Arn, Tully, Rhodes, LOD and Magum TA and learnt. He has said t it and Flair has as well. The respect he was trying to get from youngers wasn't 100 percent just a storyline. He showed respect to the guys mentioned above and now look where he is. Plus, Noone bad mouthes the guy. IMO Expect a Sting/Flair/Styles storyline soon. Looks like I might get one right this time. AJ and Flair, You kow Sting will get invovled. |
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