Sting Announces “2025 Or Never” Tour
The legendary Sting is giving wrestling fans one more year to meet him in person before he takes off the face paint for good.
After a spectacular pro wrestling career that lasted over 30 years with several years of inactivity in between, WWE and TNA Hall of Famer Sting retired at AEW Revolution in March 2024.
Sting’s retirement match saw him team up with Darby Allin one more time to defeat the Young Bucks and retain the AEW Tag Team Titles. It was a match that was praised heavily while Sting’s two sons also got involved to help their dad beat the Bucks. Sting won every match he had in AEW – all of them with Allin as his partner, and if AEW has a Hall of Fame in the future he’ll obviously be in that Hall of Fame too.
It was announced earlier this month that Sting plans to stop making public appearances in the classic face paint in 2025.
“I have enjoyed meeting fans at events around the world. As much as I have loved interacting with you all in the traditional Stinger war paint, I’ve decided that 2025 will be my last year appearing in full gear. I guess it’s 2025 or never. Wow. Tough to speak that out.”
Sting Reveals His “2025 Or Never” Tour Meeting Fans At Conventions
A lot of celebrities make appearances at conventions where they meet the fans. Wrestlers are very popular at those events because wrestling fans love the business and want to pay respect to the people we have watched in the ring.
In a post on Instagram, Sting revealed his schedule at various conventions throughout the year including Wrestlecon during WrestleMania 41 weekend in Las Vegas. The dates for Sting’s appearances are below:
- January 31: WrestleCon in Indianapolis, Indiana
- February 8: MEGACON in Orlando, Florida
- February 15: For the Love of Wrestling in Manchester, England
- March 8: Lexington Comic & Toy Con in Lexington, Kentucky
- March 15: Permian Basin Comic Con in Midland, Texas
- April 5: Astronomicon in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- April 20: WrestleCon in Las Vegas, Nevada
- May 3: Heart of Texas Comic Con in Waco, Texas
- May 24: GalaxyCon OKC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- June 28: WrestleVerse Fest in Kansas City, Missouri
- September 20: Houston Celebrity Comic Con in Houston, Texas
- November 8: Twin Cities Con in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- November 9: Rhode Island Comic Con in Providence, Rhode Island
It was mentioned in the post that “More dates are coming soon” as well.
Sting will also likely make appearances after 2025, but he won’t be in makeup.