Sting didn't have the longest run in WWE but he was a staple of WCW and will definitely go down as one of the most recognisable and iconic wrestlers of all-time. There are, of course, a lot of things fans associate with him and while he initially sported blonde hair, his reimagined "Crow" character is most often linked with a baseball bat, hanging out in the rafters, and that downright iconic face paint.
During a recent interview, Sting explained that it never made sense for him to return to his original appearance after becoming the "Crow" and he's not convinced fans would want to see it anyway.
Asked where the idea to don makeup actually came for, he named someone who helped create most of the Superstars we see in WWE today while they were in NXT: Dusty Rhodes. "They put Ric (Flair) with Ricky Morton, and Ricky gets hurt So Dusty says, ‘Stinger baby, I want to put some color on your face, color on your tights and color on your boots. And I want to put you with Ric.’"
"So we did a little story line with JJ Dillion and the Four Horseman and Ric Flair in Raleigh, North Carolina for a TV taping. It was no real heat angle, we just kind of did our thing and it took off. So Dusty is the real reason why the color started to begin with." Honestly, that's not a huge surprise and it's just one more thing we can all be grateful to The Dream for bringing into this world!