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 now-defunct 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.
Sting's 14-year 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 WWF's 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 pay-per-view (PPV) appearances for the company than any other wrestler. Against Hogan, Sting headlined the highest-grossing PPV event in WCW history, Starrcade, in December 1997. Upon the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001, Sting and his long-term 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 WCW's 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 All-Stars (WWA) – winning the WWA World Heavyweight Championship – before joining the then-upstart TNA in 2003.[1] 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.
Known For
WWE WrestleMania 31
(2015)
Sting
AEW Revolution
(2022)
Sting
Ready to Rumble
(2000)
Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
(2011)
Sting
The Encounter
(2010)
Nick
AEW Revolution
(2024)
Sting
Full Filmography
Acting
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
(1987)
Sting
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
(1988)
Sting
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
(1988)
Sting
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
(1988)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions
(1988)
Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions II: Miami Mayhem
(1988)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
(1988)
Sting
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
(1988)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
(1988)
Sting (Appearance)
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
(1989)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
(1989)
Sting
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
(1989)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
(1989)
Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
(1989)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
(1989)
Sting
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
(1989)
Sting
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
(1989)
Sting
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
(1989)
Sting
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
(1990)
Sting
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
(1990)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc '90
(1990)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
(1990)
Sting
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
(1990)
Sting (Ringside)
WCW Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness
(1990)
Sting
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
(1990)
Sting
WCW WrestleWar 1991
(1991)
Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
(1991)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
(1991)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
(1991)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
(1991)
Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
(1991)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
(1991)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
(1991)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
(1991)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1991
(1991)
Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
(1992)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl II
(1992)
Sting
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
(1992)
Sting
WCW Beach Blast
(1992)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash
(1992)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
(1992)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
(1992)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc
(1992)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
(1992)
Sting
WCW Starrcade
(1992)
Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
(1993)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl III
(1993)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1993
(1993)
Sting
WCW Beach Blast 1993
(1993)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
(1993)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1993
(1993)
Sting
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
(1993)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
(1993)
Sting
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
(1993)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
(1993)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
(1993)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
(1993)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
(1993)
Sting
WCW Battle Bowl
(1993)
Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
(1994)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
(1994)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1994
(1994)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
(1994)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl IV
(1994)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1994
(1994)
Sting
WCW Bash at The Beach 1994
(1994)
Sting (Appearance)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
(1994)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
(1994)
Sting (Ringside)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
(1994)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl V
(1995)
Sting
WCW Uncensored 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
(1995)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
(1995)
Sting
WCW World War 3 1995
(1995)
Sting
WCW All Nighter 1995
(1995)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
(1995)
Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl VI
(1996)
Sting
WCW Uncensored 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW Hog Wild 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
(1996)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
(1996)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
(1996)
Sting
World Wrestling Peace Festival
(1996)
WCW Uncensored 1997
(1997)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1997
(1997)
Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
(1997)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
(1998)
Sting
WCW Uncensored 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW Road Wild 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
(1998)
Sting
WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting - Unmasked!
(1998)
Sting
The Real Reason (Men Commit Crimes)
(1998)
Sparkie
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Bash at The Beach 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Road Wild 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Mayhem 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Starrcade 1999
(1999)
Sting
WCW Superstar Series: Sting - Back in Black
(1999)
Sting
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
(1999)
Sting
Ready to Rumble
(2000)
Sting
WCW Uncensored 2000
(2000)
Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
(2000)
Sting
WCW Slamboree 2000
(2000)
Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
(2000)
Sting
WCW New Blood Rising
(2000)
Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
(2000)
Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
(2000)
Sting
Shutterspeed
(2000)
Riley Davis
WCW Millennium Final
(2000)
Sting
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
(2000)
Sting (Appearance)
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
(2001)
Steve "Sting" Borden
WWA The Retribution
(2002)
WWA The Reckoning
(2003)
Sting: Moment of Truth
(2004)
Himself - Sting
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
(2004)
Sting
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
(2004)
Sting
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
(2006)
Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Victory Road 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Turning Point 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
(2006)
Sting
TNA Wrestling: Sting - Return of An Icon
(2006)
Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Genesis 2006
(2006)
Sting
TNA Wrestling: Christian Cage - The Instant Classic
(2007)
Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2007
(2007)
Sting
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
(2007)
Sting
TNA Destination X 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Against All Odds 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Genesis 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Victory Road 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA No Surrender 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2007
(2007)
Sting
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
(2008)
Sting
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
(2008)
Sting
TNA Turning Point 2008
(2008)
Sting
TNA Bound for Glory IV
(2008)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2008
(2008)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2008
(2008)
Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2008
(2008)
Sting
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
(2008)
Sting
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
(2009)
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
(2009)
Sting
TNA Victory Road 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2009
(2009)
Sting
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
(2009)
Sting
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
(2009)
Sting
WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
(2009)
Sting
The Rise & Fall of WCW
(2009)
Sting
TNA Against All Odds 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Genesis 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA No Surrender 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Destination X 2009
(2009)
Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2009
(2009)
Sting
The Encounter
(2010)
Nick
Wrestling's Highest Flyers
(2010)
Sting
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
(2010)
Sting
TNA Slammiversary VIII
(2010)
Sting
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
(2010)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2010
(2010)
Sting
TNA No Surrender 2010
(2010)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2010
(2010)
Sting
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
(2010)
Sting
TNA The Best of 2009
(2010)
Sting
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
(2011)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2011
(2011)
Sting
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
(2011)
Sting
TNA Bound For Glory 2011
(2011)
Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
(2011)
Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2011
(2011)
Sting
TNA Victory Road 2011
(2011)
Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2011
(2011)
Sting (Ringside)
TNA Slammiversary IX
(2011)
Sting
TNA No Surrender 2011
(2011)
Sting
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
(2011)
Sting
WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
(2012)
Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
(2012)
Sting
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
(2012)
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
(2012)
Sting
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
(2012)
Sting
TNA Victory Road 2012
(2012)
Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2012
(2012)
Sting
TNA Genesis 2013
(2013)
Sting
TNA Lockdown 2013
(2013)
Sting
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
(2013)
Sting
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
(2013)
Junkyard
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
(2013)
Blade Runner Sting
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
(2013)
Sting
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
(2013)
Sting
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
(2013)
Sting
The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.2
(2013)
WWE: Goldberg - The Ultimate Collection
(2013)
TNA Slammiversary XI
(2013)
Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
(2013)
Sting
TNA One Night Only: Tournament of Champions 2013
(2013)
Sting
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
(2013)
Sting
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
(2013)
Junkyard
WWE Survivor Series 2014
(2014)
Sting
WWE: The Best of Sting
(2014)
Sting/Blade Runner Sting
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
(2014)
Sting
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
(2014)
Sting
RPW: High Stakes 2014
(2014)
Sting
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
(2014)
Sting
TNA Genesis 2014
(2014)
Sting
WWE WrestleMania 31
(2015)
Sting
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
(2015)
Sting
WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role
(2015)
WWE Night of Champions 2015
(2015)
Sting
Sting: Into the Light
(2015)
Sting/Flash
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
(2015)
Sting
WWE Fastlane 2015
(2015)
Sting (Appearance)
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role
(2015)
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
(2016)
Sting (archive footage)
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
(2016)
Sting
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
(2016)
Sting
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
(2016)
Sting
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
(2016)
Sting
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
(2016)
Sting
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
(2017)
Sting
Nature Boy
(2017)
Himself
Sting: The Lost Tape
(2020)
Sting
AEW Winter is Coming
(2020)
Sting
AEW Double or Nothing
(2021)
Sting
AEW Fyter Fest
(2021)
Sting
AEW All Out
(2021)
Sting
AEW Full Gear
(2021)
Sting
AEW Revolution: The Buy In
(2021)
Sting
AEW Revolution
(2021)
Sting
AEW Grand Slam
(2021)
Sting
AEW Revolution
(2022)
Sting
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door
(2022)
Sting
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
(2022)
Sting
AEW All Out
(2022)
Sting
AEW Full Gear
(2022)
Sting
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
(2023)
Sting
Biography: nWo
(2023)
Self
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
(2023)
Sting
AEW All In: London
(2023)
Sting
AEW WrestleDream
(2023)
Sting
AEW Full Gear
(2023)
Sting
AEW Worlds End
(2023)
Sting
AEW Revolution
(2024)
Sting
Crew