STEVE BORDEN

Birth  name Steve  Borden
Born March  20,  1959  (age  55)
Omaha,  Nebraska,  US
Resides Dallas,  Texas,  US
Children Garrett  Lee  Borden
Steve  Borden  Jr.
Gracie  Borden
(born  2000)

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) Blade  Runner  Flash
Blade  Runner  Sting
Flash  Borden
Steve  Borden
Sting
Billed  height 6  ft  2  in  (1.88  m)
Billed  weight 250  lb  (110  kg)
Billed  from "From  every  man's  nightmare"
Venice  Beach,  California
Trained  by Red  Bastien
Rick  Bassman
Debut November  28,  1985


Steve  Borden  Sr.  (born  March  20,  1959)  is  an  American  professional  wrestler,  better  known  by  his  ring  name,  Sting.  He  is  currently  employed  by  the  professional  wrestling  promotion  WWE.

Sting  is  best  known  for  his  14  year  career  with  Jim  Crockett  Promotions  (JCP)  and  its  successor,  World  Championship  Wrestling  (WCW),  which  commenced  in  1987.  Dubbed  "The  Franchise  of  WCW",  Sting  held  a  total  of  15  championships  in  the  company  –  including  the  WCW  World  Heavyweight  Championship  on  six  occasions,  the  WCW  International  World  Heavyweight  Championship  on  two  occasions,  and  the  NWA  World  Heavyweight  Championship  on  one  occasion  –  and  performed  in  the  main  event  of  WCW's  flagship  pay-per-view  event,  Starrcade,  in  1989,  1990,  and  1997.  Upon  the  acquisition  of  WCW  by  the  World  Wrestling  Federation  (WWF,  now  WWE)  in  March  2001,  Sting  and  his  long-term  rival  Ric  Flair  were  chosen  to  perform  in  the  main  event  of  the  final  episode  of  WCW  Monday  Nitro.

Following  the  expiration  of  his  AOL  Time  Warner  contract  in  March  2002,  Sting  held  talks  with  the  WWF  but  ultimately  did  not  join  the  promotion,  instead  touring  internationally  with  World  Wrestling  All-Stars  (WWA)  –  winning  the  WWA  World  Heavyweight  Championship  –  before  joining  the  upstart  Total  Nonstop  Action  Wrestling  (TNA)  promotion  in  2003.  Over  the  following  11  years,  he  won  the  NWA  World  Heavyweight  Championship  on  one  further  occasion  and  the  TNA  World  Heavyweight  Championship  four  times,  wrestled  in  the  main  event  of  TNA's  flagship  Bound  for  Glory  pay-per-view  in  2006,  2007,  2008,  and  2009,  and  was  inducted  into  the  TNA  Hall  of  Fame  in  2012.  Between  WCW  and  TNA,  Sting  has  held  21  total  championships.  Previously  described  by  WWE  as  the  greatest  wrestler  never  to  have  performed  for  that  promotion,  Sting  began  a  working  relationship  with  WWE  in  early  2014,  making  his  first  live  appearance  at  Survivor  Series  on  November  23,  2014.

Readers  of  Pro  Wrestling  Illustrated  have  named  Sting  "Most  Popular  Wrestler  of  the  Year"  on  four  occasions,  a  record  he  shares  with  John  Cena.  He  has  cultivated  a  legacy  as  one  of  the  greatest  pro  wrestlers  of  all  time.