STING'S Biography |
The man called Sting |
Height: 6'2" Weight: 252 lbs Hometown: Venice Beach, California Birthplace: Omaha, Neb. Birthday: March 20, 1959 Pro Debut: 1985 Signature Maneuver: Scorpion Death Lock A.K.A.: Steve Borden, Blade Runner Flash, Blade Runner Sting |
Before Steve Borden became "Sting" a Professional wrestler he had a natural ability for athletic competition. Presented with several scholastic options he turned them down for his chosen career of bodybuilding. Steve fell one point shy of qualifying for the Mr. USA competition bodybuilding event. |
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In 1985 trained by Red Bastien and Rick Bassman he became part of Powerteam USA. Later after two members left the four member team, Sting and Rock (The Ultimate Warrior aka Jim Hellwig) formed the Blade Runners. After Powerteam USA dissolved, Steve and Jim competed in Mid-SouthWrestling,later known as UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation). Following a feud with the Fantastics, Jim leaves and Sting joins Eddie Gilbert's "Hot Stuff" stable as Mid-South became the UWF. Realizing that controversial rulebreaking and career shortcuts were only leading to short-term success Sting defects from the Hot Stuff stable. |
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This page is still underconstruction...lots more info to add ofcourse :-) |
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Blade Runners |
On January 2, 1990 Sting became a member of the Four Horsemen after he defeated Rick Flair in a Iron Man match at the December 13, 1989 Starrcade. Sting was at the peak of his career and it came down to top contender (Sting) vs Flair. Three of the horsemen felt Sting had gone against their code of honor. When the four horsemen came out for an interview on Clash of the Champions, it was Ole Anderson that told Sting "Sting your not going to be a Horseman anymore, that's it." A Stunned Sting pleaded for an explanation and instead got beat up by Flair and the rest of the Horsemen. Later during a cage match that the horsemen were having, Sting ran out and climbed the cage as security ran out to hold Sting back and avoid a confrontation they pulled him off the cage. When Sting landed on the floor he felt a sharp pain and was ignoring it to get to Flair and the rest of the Horsemen. Backstage however Sting realized that something was very wrong when he couldn't support his weight on his left knee. Sting had torn a tendon in his knee and would require major surgery and be out for a minimum of six months. |
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On June 13, 1990 Sting took action and requested a long-awaited title shot from Flair. The response was a title match against Flair at WCW's "The Great American Bash" scheduled for July 7,1990. Sting pinned Flair with a simple rollup and became World Heavyweight Champion. It was the First of many times he would hold the title. February 29, 1992 Sting would gain his second World Title. His reign would last less than five months before it ended with Vader taking the belt. Sting won the belt back for six days in March 1993 but it would take more than four years before he would win the World title again. In 1996 when the NWO formed, Sting declared himself a free agent and walked out of War Games. In the months that followed Sting promised his fans that they would see him when they least expected it and "there's only one thing for sure with the "Stinger," and that's that nothing is for sure." For the next 16 months gone was the bright face paint which now was replaced with a white and black mask, trenchcoat and a baseball bat by his side. Sting would often be seen lurking in the rafters of arenas at WCW shows. Sting felt betrayed by WCW. In August of 1997 JJ Dillon contronted Sting, demanding he reveal what he wanted after Sting had turned down match after match to wrestle that had been offered him. Sting pointed to a fan holding a Sting Vs Hogan sign and yet Dillon still didn't get the message. To make his message clear Sting again appeared on televison. As he stood on the catwalk a recorded voice of a child reading a poem was played summing up Sting's silence. "When a man's heart is full of deceit it burns up, dies, and a dark shadow falls over his soul. From the ashes of a once-great man has risen a curse, a wrong that must be righted. We look to the skies for a vindicator, someone to strike fear into the black heart of the same man who created him. The battle between good and evil has begun. Against an army of shadows comes the Dark Warrior, the purveyor of good, with a voice of silence and a mission of justice." Sting wanted Hollywood Hogan and would get to wrestle him for the World title at Starrcade that December 28,1997. Sting would win the title only to have JJ Dillon ordering Sting to give up the World title on the night of January 8,1998.Saying that there would be a rematch for the title. An outraged Sting glared at dillon and told him "You have no guts" then turned to Hogan saying "Your a dead man." Sting won back the title on February 22,1998 but lost the title to Randy Savage on April 19,1998 to Randy Savage (Macho Man). After months of fighting the NWO both in and out of the ring, Sting finally joined the Wolfpac. Once again he changed his face paint to a red and black mask this time. After months of silence fans got to see another side of Sting as the red-faced sting became more vocal and interacted with the fans and showing more of his personality. |
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