AEW’s Darby Allin has paid an emotional tribute to his mentor Sting ahead of his retirement at Revolution this Sunday.
Wrestling icon Sting is set for his final match in Greensboro, North Carolina at AEW Revolution this Sunday.
Sting and Darby Allin are set to defend their AEW World Tag Team Championship against AEW EVPs Matthew and Nicholas Jackson on the show.
Ahead of the show, Sting is set for his final episode of AEW Dynamite as an active wrestler tomorrow night, and Darby has now shared an emotional tribute to his partner ahead of his retirement.
Darby wrote an article in the Players’ Tribune, where he went into detail on his first meeting with Sting, and the alliance between both.
He said:
“When I got paired with Sting, I didn’t know what to expect. It’s funny — for weeks they had me up in the rafters, and I wasn’t sure why. You’d think I would’ve put two and two together, but I didn’t. I was just like, “Sit in the rafters? OK cool.” But then at some point someone said, “Yo….. you know why we’re doing this, right? Sting’s coming.” And I just remember thinking how crazy that sounded. Like, I couldn’t process it. STING? And in his first show back…. he’s going to have a staredown with ME? Haha what the f**k.
“An hour before the show, Cody pulled me aside. He was like, “Alright. Sting’s here. I want you to meet him before you go out there.” Then he walked me over to Sting’s trailer. It happened so fast, I barely had time to remember how nervous I was. But there was nothing to be nervous about. We started talking through the segment, and it was actually wild: there was no ego from him, no big-timing, no This is how it’s gonna happen, kid. None of that.
“If anything, it was the other way around. He was asking me how it’s gonna happen, and if I was OK with this, this and this, and if everything was cool. We’re talking about a guy who’s headlined some of the biggest shows ever, made s**tloads of money, been on top longer than I’ve been alive. He’s showing up for this massive return. And his main concern is that I’m feeling comfortable. A 27-year-old nobody who he’s probably thinking jacked half his look. I was just like, WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS INSANE. HOW IS STING SO NICE.”
You can read Darby’s entire Players Tribune article here.
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