Sting reflects on final autograph signing wearing facepaint: ‘I love you all’
Sting is reflecting on his final autograph signing wearing facepaint.
In a brief interview with Denise Salcedo, Sting thanked fans for their support over the years. After letting it be known 2025 will be the final year he does autograph signings with his signature face paint, he wore it one last time at WrestleVerse Fest in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
“I just want to say thank you, I love you, all of you, I do believe we’ve had a love affair going on for many decades now and I will miss all of you for sure,” he said. “But there will be little bits and pieces here with AEW, I’m sure, down the road. Love you all, thank you.”
When asked about his feelings at the moment, Sting said that while he feels it’s a normal day like any other, he does know for many others it’s anything but.
“I feel completely normal, like this is just another gig for me,” he said. “But you have people like my daughter, for example, who is sending me these emojis on the phone, the crying emojis going ‘Dad, this is your last one ever!’ Then you know, all of my buddies and all my friends coming here and being a part of this, it’s those kind of moments, because everyone’s feeding it where it’s like this strong undercurrent of ‘Wow, this is like, the end. This really is it.’ I don’t know how to sum it up into words. The undercurrent is definitely there. Bittersweet, for sure. I’ll be glad to get off the planes and trains and automobiles, But I will miss the people for sure, absolutely.”
Sting had his final match last year at AEW Revolution, teaming with Darby Allin one last time to defeat The Young Bucks. Despite this, Sting has made cameo appearances for the company in the last year, including at WrestleDream when he helped Allin defeat Jon Moxley.
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