Like many WCW stars before him, Sting’s return to WWE hasn’t quite gone the way fans were expecting or perhaps hoping. He lost his big WrestleMania debut, and his feud with Seth Rollins has seen him praising Triple H, despite hating him less than six months ago, and performing wacky backstage bits with a stolen statue. It’s left many wondering what Sting himself thinks about his treatment since returning to WWE. Well, Sting recently sat down with Rolling Stone to address his recent run, including the fact that WWE seemingly sees him as very highly-paid enhancement talent…
“I had my time. There’s no question about that. For a guy my age to be where I am right now is, to me, next to impossible. And yet, I’m here. It’s not about Sting, not anymore. You’re asking a straight-up question, I’ll give ya a straight-up answer. That’s it, and I am just fine with that.”
So, Sting is okay with putting WWE talent over, but was it always his plan to work with younger guys like Seth Rollins? Not necessarily.
“To be straight with you, no. Although, man, if presented to me, I would wanna walk through that door, because there’s so many new, young, incredibly talented people – Seth being the best, I believe, as far as creativity and innovation in the ring. So you just can’t get much better than this. It’s just the nature of our business. Everything is always subject to change, and you never know what’s gonna happen next.”
Okay, what about that Triple H promo? Sting isn’t listening to the haters on that one.
“I don’t pay attention a lot of times to what’s out there, so this is the first time I’m hearing any news of that. I don’t think there’s anyone who’s going to carry all that to Night of Champions and think about that, because the bottom line is, my focus is Seth Rollins. Triple H is Triple H, and he’s worth the put-over.”
So, given how things are going, does Sting regret returning to WWE at all?
“It has been gratifying. After 30 years, I’ve learned to really appreciate the fans and the wrestlers and everybody in the whole industry a lot more. I held off on doing public appearances until WWE, and now I’m picking and choosing some things that I’m doing here and there, Comic-Cons and whatever. And the fans are so respectful, so there’s a much higher level of appreciation now than there ever was.”
Sting: a nice, sensible man in a business of lunatics. There’s a lot more covered in the Rolling Stone interview, including the return of Joker Sting, and some choice grumpy old-man comments about social media, so I heartily suggest you click below and check the full thing out.
(Via Rolling Stone)
