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AEW CEO Tony Khan Explains Why Sting’s Retirement Is His Firm’s Best Achievement



Khan went additional to explain Sting’s last run as an “immortal sequence” of matches, together with wins over the likes of Chris Jericho, FTR, and Home of Black. Sting debuted at “AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming” in 2020, making his much-awaited return to wrestling at Revolution 2021. “Sting was undefeated [since] his arrival, teaming with Darby Allin in each match,” he stated. “The 2 of them got here collectively to be essentially the most profitable crew within the historical past of AEW. That they had a few of our greatest matches ever, a few of our greatest moments, and it constructed to them changing into the AEW World Tag Group Champions.” 

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Within the penultimate match of his profession, Sting captured the titles with Allin from Ricky Starks and Massive Invoice. It was his first title reign since his 2011 run with the TNA World Championship, and securing the pinfall over the Bucks ensured that he retired as a champion in what Khan says is the best last bow in wrestling. “Sting and Darby vs. The Younger Bucks at AEW Revolution was, for my part, the best send-off ever in professional wrestling,” he stated. “And Sting deserves that as a result of he is one of many best wrestlers ever, and we had been very fortunate to have him in AEW.”

A part of the festivities throughout Sting’s farewell match noticed his sons, Steven and Garrett, get bodily concerned on behalf of their father. In Could, it emerged that Steven was persevering with to coach as a wrestler with Allin, providing some hope that Sting’s legacy is perhaps carried ahead. 

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