Tony Khan Addresses Sting’s AEW Future After Shock WrestleDream Return
When Darby Allin calls, Sting answers.
At the conclusion of a wild and stunningly violent main event, it was Jon Moxley who uttered the famous words “I Quit.”
For more than 25 minutes, Moxley and Darby Allin brutalised each other with skewers, a steel chain, tables, and at one stage, the former AEW Champion even tried to drown Allin in a fish tank. Unsurprisingly, the Death Riders looked to help Moxley to victory, but they were thwarted by Sting, who appeared from nowhere to take everyone out with his trademark baseball bat.
With Allin back in charge, he forced Moxley to quit in the Scorpion Deathlock.
Sting Will Always Be Part Of The Family
During the WrestleDream media scrum, Tony Khan was asked about The Icon’s surprise return and what he means for AEW. He explained that, given the genuine friendship between Allin and Sting, the veteran will never be too far away from the action.
“Sting is still part of AEW and a big part of the family. He’s been away from AEW on-screen, but we’ve seen Sting, and he visited us in Philadelphia. We did something off-screen with Sting. It was very awesome for us to see Sting backstage and have him back appearing in the ring.
I had talked to Sting about coming back for something special like this, and he was always open to returning to AEW, especially if Darby ever needed anything. The connection between those two is really special. It’s a real thing. They built a bond that is really special inside the ring, but also outside the ring; they have a really close bond. Those two are really close.
There is no show business at all to it. It’s a really authentic thing. If Darby ever needs anything, we know we can depend on Sting. For him, if there was ever a question, Darby would be in trouble; he was not going to hesitate to step in.”
Elsewhere at WrestleDream, Mercedes Mone won her 11th championship, but not before upsetting Kris Statlander in the process. Statlander beat “Timeless” Toni Storm to retain the Women’s World Champion before crossing paths with Mone, who was coming to the ring to celebrate her continued success.
After Mone grabbed yet another title, she was confronted by Statlander, who threw her title to the floor before flattening Mone with a huge Samoan Drop. In a backstage segment later in the show, Mone challenged Statlander to a match at Full Gear.
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