Darby Allin: Sting’s son had ‘good’ debut, can go as far in wrestling as he wants

Darby Allin believes Sting’s son has what it takes to succeed in the ring.

The younger Steven Borden made his official wrestling debut earlier this month, teaming with JD Drake against Allin & Killer Kross in a tag team match. The bout was held at an art gallery in New York City as part of an event Allin was putting on.

While appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show today, Allin said he’s been working as Borden’s main coach getting him ready to step into the ring. He’s been training Borden for a little over a year and believes his debut went well.

“He had his first match last week. I wrestled him in a tag team match. It was good,” Allin said. “For his first match, yeah, it was good.”

Though he wasn’t previously interested in pursuing a career in wrestling, Borden decided he wanted to start training after being involved with his father’s last match. Because Sting gave him so much, Allin was more than happy to help out his son.

Helwani asked Allin how far he believes Borden can go in wrestling.

“As far as he wants to take it — as far as he wants to take it,” Allin responded.

Allin said Borden is just going by his real name as of now. He’s not wearing face paint but physically looks like his father.

Borden was a football player at the University of Kentucky when he was in college.

The final match of Sting’s in-ring career took place at AEW Revolution in March 2024, when he and Allin defeated The Young Bucks. Allin told Helwani that his experience working with Sting showed him how to be humble and that you can have peace after wrestling.

“Outside of the ring, I feel like he forgets he’s Sting half the time,” Allin said. “Someone that was in his position, you wouldn’t even think that he’s Sting because he’s so chill and he’s so giving to everybody. So it taught me to really keep a level head on and just be humble and nice to everybody.”