Sting’s son Steven Borden Jr. announced for new indie match

Steven Borden

Fresh off his AEW debut, Steven Borden Jr. has been announced for a new indie date.

Borden — the son of wrestling icon Sting — will return to Defy Wrestling on Sunday, December 28 for a match against Kiran Grey. It’s part of the card for Defy’s Ender event that is being held in Los Angeles to close out 2025.

Both Borden and Grey are trainees of Darby Allin. They’ve already been frequent opponents as Borden starts off his wrestling career. Ahead of this match, they’ve faced each other twice. Borden defeated Grey at Defy last month and in their dark match this Wednesday prior to AEW Dynamite.

The first match of Borden’s career took place in October when he and JD Drake wrestled Allin & Killer Kross in a tag team bout at an art gallery in New York City. While he never had any interest in following in his father’s footsteps before, Borden caught the wrestling bug when he participated in Sting’s AEW retirement tour. He is a former college football player for the University of Kentucky.

After they faced off the first time in Defy, Borden cut a promo calling out Grey for claiming that Borden has nothing to lose. Borden said that, as the son of a legend, there are tons of people out there waiting for him to fail. He’s trying to earn everything that comes to him in pro wrestling.

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Joseph Currier
Joseph Currier

Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.

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