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Sting

American professional wrestler

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Also known as Steve Borden

Born: March 20, 1959
Birthplace: Omaha
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: professional wrestler
Education: University of California, Los Angeles
, William S. Hart High School
Employer: World Championship Wrestling
, All Elite Wrestling
Height: 191 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Steve Borden, better known by the ring name Sting, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), with which he continues to make sporadic appearances since his retirement. Borden is best known for his lengthy runs in two major American professional wrestling promotions: World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1988 to 2001 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2003 to 2014, as well as his retirement run in AEW from 2020 to 2024. Although the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW in 2001, Borden did not sign with them at the time; he would later work in WWE from 2014 to 2020. Prior to WCW, he wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)—which became WCW in 1988—the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), and the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). Borden wore face-paint throughout his career, and in 1996, changed from the multi-colored paint of his "Surfer" persona to the monochromatic paint of the "Crow" gimmick.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Steven
James
Mass: 114 kg
Awards: WWE Hall of Fame
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Start of work period: 1985
Sport: professional wrestling
Family name: Borden
Social media followers: 677,142(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 456066070
652,540(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 456066070
633,512(January 10, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 456066070
618,923(April 15, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 456066070
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Different from: Sting
Head coach: Red Bastien
Rick Bassman
End of work period: 2024
Name in native language: Steven James Borden
Short name: Steve Borden
Pseudonym: Sting
Member of: Blade Runners together with: The Ultimate Warrior
Number of children: 3
Child: Garrett Borden
Steven Borden Jr.

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