At its core, skilled wrestling is a family business in that a number of the biggest stars the industry has ever seen have been born into it. Now, one other second generation star is making their way into the business in the shape of Steven Borden Jr., the son of “The Icon” Sting. Steven Jr. made his in-ring debut on October 3 at an Awesome Championship Wrestling event on the 52Walker art gallery in Manhattan, Latest York, teaming with JD Drake of The Workhorsemen to tackle former WWE Superstar Killer Kross and his trainer, current AEW star and shut friend Darby Allin.
In the newest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer touched on Steven Jr’s debut, and while he didn’t get to see the total match, Meltzer stated that Steven Jr. not only looked like a superb athlete for somebody working their very first match, but even went so far as saying that he looked higher than his father did at the identical age. Nonetheless, Meltzer did note that Steven Jr. has been training under the guidance of Darby for well over a yr, while Sting made his in-ring debut just a number of months after he began training as we desired to earn money as quickly as possible.
AEW fans have already develop into accustomed to each of Sting’s sons due to “The Icon’s” retirement match at AEW Revolution 2024 where Steven Jr. and his older brother Garrett each got involved of their dad’s final match. Each men dressed as previous versions of their dad, with Garrett dressing as “Surfer Sting” while Steven Jr. donned the red and black attire of “Wolfpac Sting.” The Borden boys impressed various individuals with their performances on the event, a lot in order that AEW broadcaster Renee Paquette joked about giving Steven Jr. an AEW contract based solely on how much hang time he got performing his dad’s trademark Stinger Splash.