Pro-wrestling has never been an easy business. If we learned one thing
from the WWE last year and into this year, it is key to remember not to
try what they do at home. On top of this, you can show your friends all
the injuries if they think wrestling is “fake.” By all understanding,
wrestling has never been something one could just jump into with no
issue at all. Many wash out and many never do well after decades of
doing it.
Then there are some, a special few, who come along and pick it up fast and do incredible things. Those people then wrestle so well and stay healthy so long that they continue to work to this day after decades of working and being known as one of the best. People like Chris Jericho and Ric Flair are part of this list, but one very special icon was as well until recently. According to TMZ, soon to be WWE Hall of Famer Sting will reportedly retire after nearly three decades of time spent entertaining us in the squared circle.
The report claims that the neck injury Sting suffered at WWE Night of Champions against Seth Rollins is what ended up causing the retirement. There is a good shot for guys in their 20’s to recover from this neck injury Sting suffered. Whether they need surgery or not, there might be a chance they could come back. However, those older like Sting, who is 56, do not have much of a shot to recover from this enough to get back in the ring again.
It would be unsafe. The officially diagnosis for Sting is cervical spinal stenosis, the same injury that forced WWE Hall of Famer Edge to retire as well. CSS is mainly a problem with the nerves and it causes some severe pain and discomfort, the reason for this is that is forces a narrowing of the spinal canal. In turn, that can cause nerve problems and of course pain. However, it can be managed.
Edge was one of the lucky few to have suffered a neck injury and still was able to perform after a long recovery. However, he was on borrowed time and had to retire when complications like CSS arose.
Sting will be officially announcing his retirement at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony next month, where he is the star inductee. Surely he will get “one more match” chants and maybe even “Undertaker” chants during his speech. I think we can all expect it.
Sting loves the wrestling business and it is said he would love to stick around WWE in a non-physical role. This would only be good for WWE to utilize the great mind of the Stinger who could easily work in creative or help to train people down in the WWE Performance Center alone. Of course he could also be used in an authoritarian role such as being a General Manager or something of the sort.
We will have to see if WWE takes him up on his interest in another role, but surely it is the best option for someone of his stature in the business. Sting is a legend, there is no doubt. Whether he worked for WWE or not, he was always going to be seen as that. However, he did and even had a chance to perform at WrestleMania. Both were goals, regardless of the fact he never won a singles match. He made his name in WCW and continued his legacy in TNA. Yet it feels right that his career has come to an end in WWE where many believe he should have been long ago.
He will go down as one of the top ten best of all time on most every list, and he deserves it. He will be missed as a wrestler for sure.
Then there are some, a special few, who come along and pick it up fast and do incredible things. Those people then wrestle so well and stay healthy so long that they continue to work to this day after decades of working and being known as one of the best. People like Chris Jericho and Ric Flair are part of this list, but one very special icon was as well until recently. According to TMZ, soon to be WWE Hall of Famer Sting will reportedly retire after nearly three decades of time spent entertaining us in the squared circle.
The report claims that the neck injury Sting suffered at WWE Night of Champions against Seth Rollins is what ended up causing the retirement. There is a good shot for guys in their 20’s to recover from this neck injury Sting suffered. Whether they need surgery or not, there might be a chance they could come back. However, those older like Sting, who is 56, do not have much of a shot to recover from this enough to get back in the ring again.
It would be unsafe. The officially diagnosis for Sting is cervical spinal stenosis, the same injury that forced WWE Hall of Famer Edge to retire as well. CSS is mainly a problem with the nerves and it causes some severe pain and discomfort, the reason for this is that is forces a narrowing of the spinal canal. In turn, that can cause nerve problems and of course pain. However, it can be managed.
Edge was one of the lucky few to have suffered a neck injury and still was able to perform after a long recovery. However, he was on borrowed time and had to retire when complications like CSS arose.
Sting will be officially announcing his retirement at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony next month, where he is the star inductee. Surely he will get “one more match” chants and maybe even “Undertaker” chants during his speech. I think we can all expect it.
Sting loves the wrestling business and it is said he would love to stick around WWE in a non-physical role. This would only be good for WWE to utilize the great mind of the Stinger who could easily work in creative or help to train people down in the WWE Performance Center alone. Of course he could also be used in an authoritarian role such as being a General Manager or something of the sort.
We will have to see if WWE takes him up on his interest in another role, but surely it is the best option for someone of his stature in the business. Sting is a legend, there is no doubt. Whether he worked for WWE or not, he was always going to be seen as that. However, he did and even had a chance to perform at WrestleMania. Both were goals, regardless of the fact he never won a singles match. He made his name in WCW and continued his legacy in TNA. Yet it feels right that his career has come to an end in WWE where many believe he should have been long ago.
He will go down as one of the top ten best of all time on most every list, and he deserves it. He will be missed as a wrestler for sure.
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