TSC Evaluation #20: Sting

[mrken12]

In the last evaluation, Raven got a score of 7.64.

TSC Evaluation #19: Raven


Rey Mysterio Jr.: 8.78 TSC Evaluation #15: Rey Mysterio Jr
Scott Steiner: 8.64 TSC Evaluation #2: Scott Steiner
Terry Funk: 8.36 TSC Evaluation #11: Terry Funk
Vader: 8.26 TSC Evaluation #12: Vader
Rob Van Dam: 8.12 TSC Evaluation #9: Rob Van Dam
Andre The Giant: 8.03 TSC Evaluation #18: Andre The Giant
DDP: 8.00 TSC Evaluation #16: Diamond Dallas Page
CM Punk: 7.94 TSC Evaluation #7: CM Punk
Roddy Piper: 7.44 TSC Evaluation #6: Roddy Piper
Goldberg: 7.08 TSC Evaluation #3: Goldberg
Sycho Sid: 6.96 TSC Evaluation #4: Sycho Sid / Sid Vicious
Ultimate Warrior: 6.65 TSC Evaluation #10: The Ultimate Warrior
D'Lo Brown: 6.56 TSC Evaluation #13: D'Lo Brown
Lex Luger: 5.98 TSC Evaluation #8: Lex Luger
Tazz: 5.94 TSC Evaluation #5: Tazz
Chyna: 5.51 TSC Evaluation #17: Chyna
Jeff Jarrett: 4.50 TSC Evaluation: Jeff Jarrett
Tommy Dreamer: 4.00 TSC Evaluation #14: Tommy Dreamer

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Tuesday.

For #21 it will be Rick Rude.

Pending requests: Edge, Ted DiBiase, Jake The Snake Roberts, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kurt Angle, Batista, Booker T, Billy Gunn, X-Pac, Kane, Undertaker, Big Show, Rikishi, Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, Chris Kanyon, Mike Awesome, The Godfather, Val Venis, Big Boss Man, JBL, Junkyard Dog, Harley Race, Stan Hansen, Sgt. Slaughter, Eddie Guerrero, Christian Cage, Brian Pillman, Goldust, William Regal, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Sabu, Ricky Steamboat
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Major accomplishments

Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling
NWA World Television Championship (1x)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1x)
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (2x)
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2x)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6x)
WCW World Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Lex Luger (1), The Giant (1), and Kevin Nash (1)
Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup (1988) – with Lex Luger
Iron Man Tournament (1989)
Battlebowl Battle Royal (1991)
King of Cable Tournament (1992)
European Cup (1994, 2000)
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1991)
WCW United States Championship Tournament (1995)
London Lethal Lottery Tag Team Tournament (2000) – with Scott Steiner
Third WCW Triple Crown Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Comeback of the Year (2006, 2011, 2014)
Match of the Year (1991) with Lex Luger vs. the Steiner Brothers at SuperBrawl
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1988)
Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1990)
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1991, 1992, 1994, 1997)
Wrestler of the Year (1990)
Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992
Ranked No. 15 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
Ranked No. 52 of the top 100 tag teams of the PWI Years with Lex Luger in 2003

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1x)
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (4x)
TNA World Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Kurt Angle
Inspirational Superstar of the Year (2007)
TNA Match of the Year (2007) vs. Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory, October 14, 2007
TNA Match of the Year (2009) vs. A.J. Styles at Bound for Glory, October 18, 2009
TNA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)

Universal Wrestling Federation
UWF World Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Eddie Gilbert (2) and Rick Steiner (1)

World Wrestling All-Stars
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

WWE
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)
Slammy Awards (2x)
-"This is Awesome" Moment of the Year (2014) – Debuting to help Team Cena defeat Team Authority at Survivor Series
-"Surprise Return of the Year" (2015) – as Seth Rollins' statue, and attacks Rollins on Raw

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Match of the Year (1988) vs. Ric Flair at Clash of the Champions I
Most Charismatic (1988, 1992)
Most Improved (1988)
5 Star Match (1991) with Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, and Scott Steiner vs. Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham, and Sid Vicious (February 24, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
5 Star Match (1992) with Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson, Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Bobby Eaton, and Larry Zbyszko (May 17, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
Best Babyface (1992)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)



With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Sting in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

 

[Silkk]

10
Ten
9+1
8+2
7+3
6+4
5+5

 

[R=G]

Sting was the man in WCW and my favorite before I ever backed Stunning Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, or even Rick Rude. He's a 9. Fans always believed his promos, he delivered in big matches, and remains the defining legacy from WCW.

 

[2CT]

i got him on the tier right below all my all time faves who i'd rate a 10 so i'll go with a 9

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

-Mic work/promos

• 4. Sting was average as shyt on the mic. His best and most over year ever he didn't talk for an entire year. Name me a classic sting promo.

-Personality/gimmicks

• 8 - Crow sting was over as a character and surfer sting was too. He was a quentissetial Babyface and did it well.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

• 7. Hogan, Vader, rude, flair, all goat feuds. He was great getting sympathy. He has worked the same comeback for like 20 years but it works.

Overall - 6. I don't like sting at no point did i rate him as high as his peers, he got the push Luger Luger should have gotten as well in that era, and like I said in his best year ever he didnt wrestle and didn't speak. He isn't trash but he wasn't as good as those around him (rude, Vader, flair, muta, Arn, Hollywood, etc). Incredibly overrated all time.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

-Mic work/promos: 8. Never really said anything special, but he said it with a lot of energy.

-Personality/gimmicks: 10. Was great as the charismatic bleach blonde superhero, and equally great as the somber, quiet anti-hero

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds): 6. Sting was a solid above average worker, but could be carried to a great match. Favorite feuds include ones against Flair, Vader, Rude, Luger, and the nWo. Just about any match he had against Flair or Vader is guaranteed to be good or great. Also had a great match against Foley at Bash at the Beach '92.

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores): 10. One of my favorites growing up. The people that don't put respect on his name are kids who are too young to have seen his WCW career in action or neckbeards that hang on to every word of Dave Meltzer.





Oh, and fukk Seth Rollins.

 

[Konnan]

Surfer Sting ftw

I give him a 10 on everything except maybe promos

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

One. Pull up.

 

[puppetmaster]

Mic Work/Promo's: 8
Knows how to get his point across cut several strong promos. He actually became a damn good promo in TNA in his time there, his lead into BFG vs Samoa Joe for example.



start at 4:05. I'll defend "he can't talk" everytime with this promo

Watch his eyes and body language. That's babyface Fire 101 not just everyone has that knack.

Personality/Gimmicks: 10

Ultimate babyface. Was actually a damn good heel in WCW circa late 1999 but no one wanted to boo him, same in TNA.

Surfer was very 80's early 90's. Crow was everything the late 90's was
Say what you will about Joker Sting but he was in his 50's and was still willing to attempt a different wrinkle in his persona.

Ring Work: 9

Ric Flair, The Great Muta, Rick
Rude, Vader, The Steiners, Lex Luger, The Roadwarriors, Nikita Koloff, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle DDP etc all completely different styles and he had good to great matches with all of them. So you can't just blindly claim he can't carry his end of a match

Overall Rating: 9

 

[patscorpio]

-Mic work/promos - mic work was very solid although nothing really memorable...dude knew how to cut a clear cut babyface promo and get his point across without stumbling over his words..he actually evolved into a better talker in his TNA run. give him a 6

-Personality/gimmicks - surfer sting was over as can be as was regular sting...but crow sting is a legendary gimmick it even extended the career of jeff farmer aka cobra aka nwo sting for at least another 5-7 years by gimmick association..gotta give him the full monty here

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds) - this is where i dont understand where people want to front on sting: in his prime dude got better, worked his ass off and was damned good in the ring...flair, vader, cactus jack, rick rude, steve austin, lex luger, great muta, steiner brothers, ddp, macho man, hogan, etc etc..he consistently delivered in big time matches 9

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores) the only real knock against sting is that he went to the WWE too damn late in his career..when wcw folded in 01 he was only slightly passed his prime BUT could still go..he would have fit in the ruthless aggression era..instead he wasted it in TNA..and unfortunately his WWE stint displayed a very past it Sting who had his career ended at the hands of a careless spot monkey..almost similar to the career ending injuries he inflicted on rick rude

Sting gets a solid 9 from me

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

He's a 10. Close 2nd favorite wrestler of all time.

The man built an incredible legacy without much involvement in the wwe.

Top 5 biggest contributors of the biggest boom period in wrestling history.

To go to an relatively new company and elevate them as well as help build up so many people's careers is another testament to his contribution to the game.

Dude has the longevity, impact, wrestling skills, mic abilities, drawing power, etc.

Top 10 to ever do it as well as top 10 in all time popularity.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[Starboy52]

 

[jackswstd]

Can't say it any better than the breh @puppetmaster did. Sting gets a 10 from me.

 

[stro]

I give him a 9. In the history of the superhero babyfaces, no one did it better than Sting. Far more capable in the ring than Hogan and Warrior, and far more giving than any of them, Sting was the ultimate company man who would put over whoever needed to be put over (except for Vampiro) and do whatever was needed for the good of WCW. His matches with Cactus and Vader blow away anything Warrior/Hogan types were doing, and the nWo angle would not have worked with anyone else but him in his spot.