Undertaker on WWE acknowledging Sting’s retirement: ‘He deserved that’
The Undertaker was happy to see WWE acknowledge Sting’s retirement.
On Raw the night after Sting’s retirement match at AEW Revolution, WWE congratulated him on his legendary career. Michael Cole thanked Sting for all the memories that he provided during his nearly 40 years in the ring. While not mentioning AEW by name, Pat McAfee said Sting had an “absolutely epic match” the previous night.
Undertaker and Sting helped define their respective promotions during the WWF vs. WCW Monday Night War. On his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker praised the run that Sting had in pro wrestling.
“What a run, man,” Undertaker said. “Like, I understand runs. What a run.”
Undertaker said that, though WWE and AEW are in competition with each other, it’s only right that WWE acknowledged Sting’s legacy:
Well, there are certain people in the industry. I mean, yeah, we’re in competition with a different company. I get it. But Sting’s legacy is so much bigger than AEW or any of that. I mean, he deserved that. I’m happy that as a company that they acknowledged it, because it’s only right.
Undertaker vs. Sting was a dream match that fans wanted for decades. It could have happened when they were in WWE together in 2015, but Undertaker said that, for whatever reason, Vince McMahon didn’t want it. Sting instead lost to Triple H at that year’s WrestleMania.
Undertaker said he thinks the match against Sting would have been good in 2015, but he doesn’t believe it would have lived up to the expectations people had because of how late they were into their careers.
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