His in-ring career might be over, but Sting is still with All Elite Wrestling.
The legendary performer revealed in a recent interview that he’s signed a multi-year licensing agreement with AEW that potentially includes making occasional appearances for the company.
“I signed a multi-year deal with AEW, obviously not to wrestle anymore, but it’s a licensing deal, a legends deal if you want to call it that. I’ll do appearances with them on and off, depending on what they want,” Sting said to Kayfabe Friends while attending the August 58th Annual Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion.
When asked if he will miss the roar of the crowd in his retirement, Sting responded:
“Anyone who would say that they would not miss that is a liar. Of course, I’ll miss that, but I’m never going to come back to wrestle again. I know that.”
Sting also spoke about his stint with WWE in 2015 and his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
“I didn’t really want to retire at that time. It was kind of like a mutual deal that I did with WWE at the time. Vince wanted me to retire under his umbrella, and at the time, I was okay with that. And it was five plus years that I was retired.”
“I got that phone call from Tony Khan and Cody Rhodes, ‘Want to come back and play one more time?’ And so I did, and the rest is history.”
Sting first debuted with AEWE at Winter is Coming in December 2020. He would wrestle his first match for the promotion at Revolution 2021, teaming with Darby Allin to defeat Team Taz’s Ricky Starks & Brian Cage.
Sting’s full conversation with Kayfabe Friends is available below: