When you hear the name "Sting" in conjunction with the sport of professional wrestling, your brain automatically focuses on an illustrious and eventful career that has spanned for two decades. From his unmatchable in-ring prowess to his ever-passionate talent on the microphone, or even simply by seeing his many colorful face paints and wrestling attires over the years. Contrary to his popular quote that nothing is for sure, there is in fact one thing that IS for sure about Sting; he is one of the most gifted, successful and most popular wrestlers to grace our squared circle in the late 80's, all through the 90's and still to this day.

Sting may be most recognized for his success within the company of World Championship Wrestling where he was a loyal member of their roster for over a decade. Sting was one of the first people to be bought over from the merge of Jim Crockett's National Wrestling Alliance promotions when they were bought out by billionaire and media-mogel Ted Turner of the Turner Media Network. The company was re-named World Championship Wrestling and thus started the beginning of an entire new legacy in professional wrestling; and standing at their side was the man known as Sting, donning colorful face-paint and putting on eventful and memorable matches night after night with the likes of the legendary Ric Flair, The Great Muta, The Steiner Brothers and "The Total Package" Lex Luger.

As time went on in WCW, so did Sting. He re-emerged from the shadows donning black and white face-paint, never speaking a word and never making his intentions clear. He would appear solely to single-handedly contribute to taking down the New World Order brick by brick. He was seemingly a cure for the evil poison that had taken a hold of the heat and soul of WCW and was tearing it apart brick by brick. As time went on in WCW, Sting joined up with the nWo Wolfpac organization ran by Kevin Nash. Sting changed his paint and his attire from the black and white that people had came accustomed to and also began to talk again giving the fans a new lease of life that Sting was still the same man he was all those years ago. The scorpion, the icon, the legend had returned.

WCW came to an end in March 2001; and what better way to close the legacy of one of the most well known professional organizations than with the match that made it mainstream in the first place. The match of course was Sting versus Ric Flair; the on-going professional wrestling rivalry that has its legacy sealed as one of the greatest of all time. With an emotional handshake, hug and kiss goodbye, the two embraced in the ring as Vince McMahon broadcast live his announcement that he had purchased the rival World Championship Wrestling. The wait was over, the ride was over and seemingly, the career of Sting was winding down to nothing more than a mere memory.