ONE OF THE MOST widely respected wrestlers of the “PWI Years”—1979 to the present—Sting has earned every bit of coverage in this publication and others like it. Leading up to his announced retirement at All Elite Wrestling’s Revolution 2024, it made perfect sense to revisit some of the highlights of his legendary career by way of coverage in this very magazine. And so, we are pleased to present this conversation with the 2023 Stanley Weston Award winner, the 12-time world heavyweight champion, “The Icon” himself … Sting.
ARRAND: Your first appearance on the cover of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was the “Supercards ’88” issue, after winning the third annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup tournament with Lex Luger. You’re known as a singles wrestler, but especially now that your career is concluding with a stellar run as Darby Allin’s partner, it feels as if tag wrestling serves as a bookend to the story of your life in professional wrestling.
Until this last stint with AEW, tag wrestling was pretty much a part-time thing
