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Excellent Sting write up. I started watching in late 1998, so I didn't get the full experience that others got with him.

Like many others, the last 2 years of WCW were rough for Sting. He returns in April 99 to win a World title for about 90 minutes before dropping it back to DDP. That summer, we watch Sting on the losing end of ppv bouts with Sid Vicious and Rick Steiner, before somehow finding himself headlining Fall Brawl with Hulk Hogan. WCW's attempt to turn Sting heel was a massive failure from the start, as fans cheered when he used the bat on Hogan; his month long (and final) run as WCW Champion was just as sad.

2000 wasn't any better, as Sting spends a good chunk of the year feuding with Vampiro, the Kiss Demon, and Jeff Jarrett.

However, the one positive to Sting in WCW's final years was him and Ric Flair wrestling each other on Nitro's final main event, and you'd be hard pressed to find two men who deserved that honor more. He'd later go on to be part of both Flair and Hogan's final matches ever while in TNA (neither of them were good, but it's still noteworthy).

Still hate that we never got Sting vs Taker, but seeing how Vince booked WCW guys in the early 2000s, can you really blame him for not going right away?

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