The Undertaker: Sting Was Smart In AEW, He Was Booked Judiciously

The Undertaker comments on the booking of Sting. 

Sting’s retired from the ring after suffering a neck injury at WWE Night of Champions 2015, but returned in 2021 and competed for three years before having his last match at AEW Revolution. 

In Sting’s three year run in AEW, he only wrestled tag team matches and never wrestled without Darby Allin by his side. 

Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker commented on Sting’s retirement. 

“The smart thing that he did. He was booked judiciously. He wasn’t put in situations where he may have got exposed and not be able to keep up with the younger talent. It was probably him because you have to understand your limitations. A lot of times, people will get caught up in the moment, ‘Let’s put Sting in the ring with such and such.’ I’m just talking about AEW. There would have been tons of singles matches for him, but he took Darby Allin; there was chemistry there, and Sting was in a big brother-type role. Father time has never lost. He’s undefeated. I’m not saying any disparaging about Sting, it is what it is. In my heart and my mind, if I could, I would still be in the ring, but I had to come to the cold, hard facts that what my mind, eyes, and what my heart feels, my body wants no part of. It wants no part of it and it doesn’t allow me to do what I want to do. Could I go out there on my sweat equity? Hell yeah, I could. I’m not patting myself on the back, but I don’t think there is anybody in the business that can throw a punch like I can throw a punch. I can chokeslam. I’m not messing up my brand new knees with a tombstone, but I can walk out there and smoke and mirror it, and make people feel like they saw something. That’s just not right. People pay too much money to be entertained properly,” he said. 

Undertaker had his last match at WrestleMania 36, competing in the cinematic Boneyard match against AJ Styles. 

Elsewhere during the podcast, Undertaker commented on still having an itch to return to the ring. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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