In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, All Elite Wrestling star and WWE Hall of Famer Sting discussed that he initially planned to retire next month, but that having Ric Flair at his side for the final few months of his in-ring career had him push that decision to the AEW Revolution 2024 pay-per-view.

“I wanted to finish earlier, maybe in December, but now that Ric is here with me, I want to go longer, all the way to Revolution. I’ve been emotional, full of tears twice in my career, the first was Panama City when Ric and I had the last WCW match on Nitro, the second was last week on Dynamite.

When Ric came out and I heard his music play, it hit me, I had this flashback and it made me emotional. Ric is the guy who put me on the map, we’ve travelled around the world together, and Ric helped make me, now he’s going to finish with me. After all the travel, all the matches, all the press slams, all the chops and all the woos/woooo!, I experienced the same feeling on Dynamite this past week with Ric that I did on that final Nitro, except this time, it was so much more positive.

I want people to walk away and say, wow what an ending. I’ll be three weeks away from turning 65 at that point, I want to leave people with a memory that will mean something.”

The full interview is available at this link.