On a recent edition of his “Murderhawk Mailbag” podcast, AEW wrestler Lance Archer revealed that he idolized WWE Hall of Famer Sting when he began his wrestling journey.
Archer stated that he had a particular fondness for Sting’s famous Crow-inspired gimmick.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his preference between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart: “Really, neither. I guess to some small degree Shawn [Michaels]. That’s no knock on either one of them. They’re obviously the amazing wrestlers that are way above and beyond anything that I have ever been or ever will be. But I just, I never watched them.”
On being a fan of Sting when he started watching wrestling: “When I started watching wrestling, like watching, watching wrestling was WCW, and it was when Sting took on the whole ‘Crow’ persona. He was the guy that I was watching; his fights with the nWo, and things like that. So, those were the guys that I was watching ’cause I really wasn’t watching, you know, it was WWF back then, so I wasn’t watching that at all.”
On his thoughts on Bret Hart: “I know Bret was in WCW, but he wasn’t somebody that really, at that time, piqued my interest — no disrespect to who he is … he’s one of the best ever to step in the ring. I could never technically come close to being what Bret Hart is. Don’t take that as any negative knock towards him; it just wasn’t my cup of tea.”
