Sting to the WW...F

[THTRobtaylor]

Originally Posted by HBKperfect23

Its hard to believe Bret was getting bag loads of fan mail in 86, considering he remained in the tag team division until the 90s. The tag division was so strong then, he would have been given the push earlier if Vince thought he was going to be marketable. I think Sting may have got Brets push, but it would have just delayed Bret a little while longer. He would eventually have got a push either way.



This is a really good point. My question is, how big was Sting pre late 80s WCW? Was he big enough for Vince to not consider him his guy and create him? To me it seems Vince would still push outside talent as long as they werent main eventers elsewhere.

Sting was pretty big going back as far as the UWF - Vince cherry picked some of their roster before they merged with WCW, he took DiBiase, Duggan, Bam Bam and Hercules, so he did have his chance to take Sting if he wanted him. Duggan was their top heel at the time believe it or not, and before the Sheik bust he was in line for a massive push... but of those guys he took 1 was a former WWWF man who had title pedigree with them and the other 3 were "big men". Vince went back and raided WCW for some of the others a bit later like Bossman and The Bushwhackers, but he still never went for Sting. Perhaps Warrior by then was cockblocking his former partner from Vince?

[HBKperfect23]

I can see Dugan as a monster heel. Dibiase said he got his spot because he put Hogan over big in his early days and Hogan told him he would repay him (and did). I could see Warrior dicking over Sting like that. You would think McMahon would have took Sting just so WCW couldnt have him....even to put him in a tag team, the late 80s saw some pretty legit guys in tag teams.

[MINISTRYrising]

Sting has always been better then Warrior and if Vince had signed him to a contract then i'm sure he would have taken Warriors place at Wrestlemania 6 and would have gone on to be a multiple time WWE champion. The reason for this is because Warrior was too one dimensional, where as Sting was able to change his character and roll with times. If you add this to his superior mic skills and in ring abilitie then it would have made the choice of which one faced hogan at Wrestlemania a no brainer.

[BC1978]

Sting's biggest mistake was not going to the WWF when his contract with Turner Expired. He could have signed a two year deal. Had matches with the Undertaker, Austin, Rock, Etc.