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Sting Looks At Retirement, Thinking He Was Done In The Ring

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At 63 years old, Sting has nothing left to prove in the pro wrestling business. Now, with the recent news that his AEW contract is expiring this year, he’s beginning to look at retirement and what it would mean to walk away on his own terms.

In a recent feature with D Magazine, the Icon talked about retiring from in-ring action, and how he thought he was done after a recent match. Highlights of his interview can be read below:

How his workouts are now: “It’s like a potluck, picking and choosing on a daily basis what I’m able to do… I have all the original body parts.”

How he’s outlasted most of his peers: “I swore to myself, ‘I’m never going to be one of those guys.’ And I’m one of those guys 10 times over. So many of the guys retire and then they come back, and I thought, ‘I’m not going to be like all the rest of the guys.’ Just like I said in the beginning, ‘I’m not going to be in this in 45 years.’ And here I am.”

Nearly retiring after FTR match at AEW Grand Slam: “There were probably three different occasions during the match that I thought, ‘OK, this is embarrassing. I am thoroughly embarrassed.’ I will be reading online all these fans saying, ‘Yeah, it’s time for him to hang it up. Time caught up to him. He’s done.'”

Discussing his retirement match: “And I’ve got some insecurities about that, I guess, mainly due to age. The more focus, now you’ve got to follow that big build-up, you know? Part of me, it’s like I want to avoid it. Whatever I do, I want wrestling fans to say, ‘That was incredible.’ I don’t want them to walk away going, ‘That was embarrassing.’ I just want it to be a great memory and then to just finally, once and for all, say, ‘Adios.'”

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