In the late 90s, Monday Night Wars between WWE y WCW They were in its peak with both companies leading to entertainment to the limit. In that context, Sting He went from being his popular surfisca character to his iconic character of Cuervo and on January 20, 1997, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois (United States), he starred in a memorable moment that turned the world of wrestling making your entrance descending from the roof of the sand.
► Sting almost loses life on WCW
In one Interview with Wrestling Epicenter in 2004“The Icon” remembered that occasion rEveling how dangerous it was really.
“My training was the same day I did it for the first time, at United Center. There were a couple of specialists working with me and I descended four times earlier that day to practice.”
The fighter should fall about 43 meters: “If you go down at a constant speed, but a little faster, you will not turn so much”. He did not feel safe after several problems and he communicated it to Eric Bischoff:
“I can't do it … I tried four times, and it is not working well. ”
But, as always, the show had to continue: “The public was deafening, the sound rose to the roof, the lights, the fireworks … you couldn't even think”. However, then, the team discovered that The harness was mounted backwards. Sting was already On the edge of the jump. They had to retire and reensate the string system at the last moment, just before their entrance.
“I tell you that if I had taken that step, The same would have happened to Owen.”
The dangerous and scary of that maneuver would not be well understood until two years later when Owen Hart died making a similar entrance in WWE Limit. For his part, Sting would make that entrance many more times in his career, he would become one of his signatures, although he never got used to it:
“We did it in several ways, and it didn't matter how we did it: It always scared.”
18 years ago today, Sting descended from the rafters at Slammiversary for his match against Christopher Daniels.
This is the only time he did this in an arena while he was with TNA. He would not do this again until 2024 in AEW.
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