Fans would witness a drastic change when Sting adopted the black and white face paint as the character inspired by The Crow film. Find out just what led to the greatness of each side. Decide your favorite version with five reasons why Surfer Sting was the best along with five for Crow Sting. The character of the Surfer Sting era featured Sting playing a clear cut babyface. Sting was the hero that often stood up against the biggest heels on the roster.
Wrestling was different in the early '90s as the pure face characters received more love. Sting inspired many fans as the most beloved good guy on the entire roster. The stories of Sting trying to overcome the odds or stand up for his fellow faces created strong results. Surfer Sting is among the most beloved faces in WCW history for good reason. One of the bigger changes for Sting in his Crow character would see him use a baseball bat as a weapon. Sting often had the bat at his side when opposing multiple members of the New World Order.
Any time Sting showed with the bat, he was the most intimidating person in the ring. Sting added another aspect of his character that helped WCW with merchandising as his action figures came with the bat.
The change added to the overall character since the Crow version of Sting was more mysterious and dangerous. Numerous matches against the likes of Flair and the Great Muta served as further proof that Sting had progressed from being a powerhouse into someone with real wrestling chops. From that point on, he was looked at as being on the same level as the biggest names in wrestling.
Throughout the next few years, Sting was the face of the company. He was the perfect answer to the marketing machine known as Hulk Hogan over in WWF because he had many of the same qualities possessed by Hogan but less of an ego. The early to mid '90s saw Sting evolve into a real showman. His skills in the ring continued to improve, his promos were on par with the best, and his popularity kept growing like a weed that just won't die.
Anyone who grew up in that era, wrestling fan or not, knew who Sting was. The iconic face paint helped, but it was his overall presence and charisma that separated him from everyone else. Of course, good things can only last so long.
Once Eric Bischoff began running WCW and changed the direction of the company's programing, Sting knew it was time for a change of his own. On October 21, , Sting returned to WCW after a short absence with a whole new look and a much different persona. Instead of the energetic surfer everyone had all come to know and love, we got a man clad in black with paint that made him look like The Crow, a popular character from comic books that had made the transition to film a couple of years earlier.
Sting proceeded to destroy a man who had been impersonating him for the nWo, attracting the attention of the group in the process. They made him an offer to join, which he declined. The next year saw Sting mostly sit in the rafters, never speaking a word or wrestling a match. It was something we had never seen before. Why WCW would take one of their most popular talents and purposely keep him out of action was a mystery at the time, but the payoff was worth it.
After a controversial decision in a match with Hogan, which saw two referees declare both men the winner of the WCW Championship, the belt was vacated. Sting spoke his first words in over a year, telling J.
Dillon that he "had no guts" and declared that Hogan was "a dead man. In the years leading up to WCW closing its doors, Sting was one of the only people to never waiver from his babyface roots. Sting was coming up with different ideas of how his character could change with the times, including turning into a full fledged heel.
None of his ideas seemed to fit to what he wanted to do. While Sting was getting ready for his match in the dressing room, he was approached by none other than Scott Hall. Hall began his pitch that Sting could wear a black trench coat and paint his face white. He started doing research on the Crow character by watching the film and reading the comics and graphic novels. This was an idea that Scott Hall had since the movie came out in It was ultimately nixed and never used.
In WCW, the storyline was set up perfectly. They began bad mouthing Sting as being a traitor and that Sting could now stick it. This would upset the real Sting, as he felt that he deserved the benefit of the doubt and after carrying WCW on his back for the last nine years, he deserved better. From that point, Sting declared himself a free agent.
During the course of the days, weeks and months, Sting was rarely seen and never heard from. Instead, he would be spotted sitting in the rafters of the arena watching with a very ominous look. Sting is one of the greatest to step foot inside the squared circle. His iconic career has spanned over 30 glorious years and is filled with memorable matches, feuds, and of course his character evolution. Article continues below this ad.
But as the professional wrestling world continued to grow, fans were more intrigued by edgier, darker characters.
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