Sting’s 1996 transformation from colorful wrestler to mysterious hero is one of the most significant stories in wrestling history. Look back at “Crow” Sting, from the creation of The nWo to Sting’s rivalry with Hollywood Hogan over the WCW Title and more from 1996 to 1998.
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Play is a verb
I don't know which is more funny: The fact that Sting was gullible enough that practically everyone eventually turned on him or the fact that the announcers like 14 different times over the span of a year can't tell a bad Sting cosplayer from the guy they've been working with for 9 years at that point.
I've always been a big fan of Sting's transition into the Crow character. He went from being one of the most beloved babyfaces to the mysterious vigilante. Loved how in the early days of the Crow character Sting was not talking and just appearing in the rafters and doing sneak attacks
I met Sting in Monroe LA, he's one of my favorite professional wrestlers
I always laugh so hard at the ref reacting to hogan turning heel lmaoo
I’m happy that they gave SuperBrawl VIII some love, the best Sting vs Hogan match and one of the best WCW PPV’s of all time. It is forgotten in the story and even know I love Sting beating Hogan for the title, the better match was at SuperBrawl
I’m so glad there’s an appreciation for Sting til this day.
At 40:24 that would be the last time you heard from Sting for the next 18 months.
The NWO was probably the most squandered storyline, they should have stuck with the original 4, when half the rawster was in the NWO it was had to get invested.
Sting was the best thing about WCW/NWO. Growing up I was him as Halloween.😂
Nostalgic as hell
Watching this happen every week in real time, was completely unreal! To this day there really hasn't been anything like it in wrestling.
"Look at the adjective. Play." I can't believe they would upload this LMAO
1:45:54 Damn, whoever threw that popcorn got all of Eric. I think I watched that five or six times.
Best wrestling story line was the nwo
Okay,,,, the part with the 3 baseball bats, Nash appears to have taken a real hit to the knee, one week later we see him take another hit to the same knee, and hip, audible scream of pain, after that Nash is only in the ring once several weeks later, comes out last, doesn't interact, and is visibly hurt on that side, several weeks after that he is in the ring briefly and has very little interaction, tin foil hat time, perhaps sting actually took out Kevin because of backstage politics, Kevin Nash and his knee were never the same again
Bobby heenan jumping over the announce table as the NWO approaches….
Imagine… If Scott Hall never went to WCW, STING would've never had that amazing rebirth.
Mean Gene ❤🕊️
Sting actually lives his name. The Icon.🐦⬛✨
Ummmmm….why’d they release this now?
WWE ruined Stings legacy, just like they did DDP and almost every other former WCW guy, it's a good thing AEW gave him a good send off.
Play is a verb Kevin Nash 😏
Imagine trying to coerce DDP to join the elite club by sending out Buff, Boss Man, IRS and Virgil.
Incredible time in pro wrestling!
Best Storyline And Gimmick Ever
Can I Request All Of Best Match Of Sting "Crow" Please
10:16 Hidden gem: Tony Schiavone boots tho..🔥
1:53:20
2:17:25
Damn bout time always wanted to kno
Everything functioned well until Nick Patrick's "fast" count, which was just a normal three count. Then, all the confusing "Dusty" finishes killed the momentum of the Sting vs. Hogan feud and WCW's advantage over the WWF at that time.
Best parts!
47:56
1:32:28
2:00:48
2:10:47
The greatest time in wrestling!
The whole NWO storyline was perfect at first but it just got ran into the ground week after week. Sting was the only thing we really had to look forward to. AEW is making a similar mistake with the Young Bucks and the Elite!
Double axe handle x5, someone give this tape to the outriders to study
He looks like batman
They should have gave sting the clean win at starcade 97 and left it be for a couple of months
Macho Man turning and joining the nWo was the first BIG mistake in the nWo storyline.
About 2 hours and 40 minutes of why WCW dominated the WWF. Followed by 10 minutes of why WWF won in the end. Screw Hogan
2:02:20 whoever was shining that laser is a massive POS.
The dubbing over of Voodoo Child during Hogan's entrance always sucks 🙁
Scott hall took a swipe at wwe for fake razor n diésel when sting first dawned the black n white
sting said it was Scott Hall who told him to do the Crow gimmick with the character.
TY , SCOTT HALL RIP BAD GUY
If this would have ended @ Starrcade 97 it would have been one of the best storylines ever
play is a verb, not an adjective button…
This is an excellent compilation of the Sting story, which is ironic since it shows how nonsensical the entire story was. However, still an amazing time to be a fan of WCW.
Thanks for this.
Can we get Raven and The Flock storyline too?
And definitely the West Texas Rednecks. Those dudes were hilarious.
And gotta do Rey Mysterio. And Eddie and the LWO story
crow sting was the reason i fell in love with wrestling as a kid, 1996-98 was the golden era of wcw