Recently on The Apter Chat, pro wrestling personality Bill Apter and host Josh Shernoff spoke with The Icon, Sting.
Before his debut in the WWE at Survivor Series 2015, the Hall of famer had a lengthy run in Impact Wrestling. During his time in the company, Sting managed to capture the Impact World heavyweight title and Tag Team titles, and had several fun and sometimes bizzare moments.
Sting recalls what WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told him about signing with Impact - Then TNA - and as you can imagine, McMahon didn’t necessarily have flattering things to say:
"I ended up going to TNA and I'll never forget having that conversation with Vince." Sting remembered,
"he's on the phone with me and he says, 'you know, Sting,' he said, 'I find this hard to believe. The legacy that you leave behind and the thought of you going to TNA is just, blah.' That's exactly what he said, 'blah!' And so then you fast forward to me coming back to do WrestleMania, I sent out a text to Vince and Triple H, and I simply said, 'have you guys turned the page on Sting yet?' because I honestly didn't know. Did they turn the page? Are they done or would they consider a run up there?"
Sting made note that he didn’t plan on staying as long as he did in Impact and that he was there to help attract other stars:
"Yeah, I thought, 'let's try TNA.' And, again, they kind of gave me what I wanted. Obviously, it wasn't all about money with TNA, but the schedule though that I ended up having, that I could attain and they were very agreeable. And so, we did that and the rest is history. I planned on doing it for a year maybe or a couple of years. But they brought me in in hopes that other bigger name guys might want to come in and I thought that worked because, quite frankly, quite a few of them ended up coming in. Kurt Angle was the first. Mick Foley was there. [Scott] Hall and [Kevin] Nash, they were there. Scotty Steiner was there. Hulk Hogan was there." Sting professed,
"a lot of guys ended up coming in and it was a lot of fun. It really was."
Sting also discusses his conversations with McMahon over the years about going to WWE and how he came close to leaving WCW a couple of times. Listen to the audio below.