Cole Cash
They took a hammer and sickle to my back
I've seen the crow, Sting didn't die and come back to life somehow. he was a guy in cool make up who used great sneak attacks to get the upper hand of the heels. him and taker are not alike at all. to me anyway
without a doubt though, his gimmick is based on the crow, they even had his promos directed in similar fashion.
and without a doubt, his bash at the beach disappearance and reemergence was VERY similar to being reborn from that incident.
i dont know if you yourself watched all that, but my memory serves me will as i was in high school i remember at school "AYE, STING TURNED INTO THE CROW"