Cast
Steve Borden
Acting
Cast
Steve Borden
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-03-20
From
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also known as Blade Runner Flash, Sting, Flash Borden
Biography
Steven Borden, better known by his ring name Sting, is a retired American professional wrestler and former bodybuilder whose career spanned five decades, during which he won a combined fifteen world championships and became one of the most enduring and influential figures in professional wrestling history. Borden rose to prominence in the late 1980s and became the defining star of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during its peak years, serving as the promotion’s heroic centerpiece and cultural identity. Nicknamed “The Franchise of WCW,” he spent 14 years with WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions, captured multiple world titles, including six WCW World Heavyweight Championships, headlined more pay-per-view events than any wrestler in company history, and wrestled in the main event of the final episode of Nitro in 2001. His rivalry with Hulk Hogan culminated at Starrcade 1997, the highest-grossing event in WCW history. Following WCW’s closure, Borden chose not to immediately join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002, despite the company having purchased WCW in 2001, and instead continued his career internationally before becoming a cornerstone of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Over more than a decade in TNA, he helped establish the promotion’s credibility on a national stage, won multiple world championships, and became the only wrestler to hold the NWA, WCW, and TNA World Heavyweight Championships. In recognition of his impact, he was named the inaugural inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2012. Late in his career, Borden enjoyed a critically acclaimed final run in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he transitioned into a special-attraction and mentor role while teaming with Darby Allin and delivering high-profile performances well into his 60s. He officially retired from in-ring competition in 2024, closing the book on a career defined by longevity, adaptability, star power, and a rare ability to remain relevant across multiple eras of professional wrestling.
Ready to Rumble
as Sting
AEW Full Gear 2021
as Sting
AEW Full Gear 2022
as Sting
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
as Sting
WWE WrestleMania 31
as Sting
AEW Full Gear 2023
as Sting
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Sting
The Encounter
as Nick
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
as Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
as Sting
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
as Sting
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
as Sting
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
as Sting
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as Sting (archive footage)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as Sting
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
as Sting
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Sting
Warrior's Greatest Matches
as Self
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
as Junkyard
Shutterspeed
as Riley Davis
WCW Beach Blast
as Sting
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1994
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2010
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
as Sting (Ringside)
AEW Revolution 2021
as Sting
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
as Junkyard
WWE Fastlane 2015
as Sting (Appearance)
AEW Revolution 2024
as Sting
WCW Road Wild 1998
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1993
as Sting
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
as Sting
AEW All In 2024: London
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1992
as Sting
AEW Worlds End 2023
as Sting
WWE Survivor Series 2014
as Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
as Sting
Sting: Into the Light
as Sting/Flash
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
as Sting
AEW All Out 2021
as Sting
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
as Sting
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
as Sting
WWE: The Best of Sting
as Sting/Blade Runner Sting
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
as Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2009
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
as Sting
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as Sting
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
as Sting
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1999
as Sting
WCW WrestleWar 1989
as Sting
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
as Sting
AEW All Out 2022
as Sting
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
as Sting
WCW BattleBowl
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1999
as Sting
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
as Sting
The Rise & Fall of WCW
as Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
as Sting
WCW WrestleWar 1992
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
as Sting
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
as Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
as Sting (Appearance)
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
as Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
as Sting
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
as Sting
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1991
as Sting
WCW Uncensored 1995
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
as Sting
TNA Turning Point 2008
as Sting
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Sting
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
as Sting
TNA Genesis 2006
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2011
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
as Sting
WWE Night of Champions 2015
as Sting
WCW World War 3 1995
as Sting
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
as Sting
Nature Boy
as Self
AEW Grand Slam
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1997
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1995
as Sting
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
as Sting
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2012
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
as Sting
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
as Sting (Interview)
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
as Sting (Appearance)
TNA Hard Justice 2008
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl V
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 2000
as Sting
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
as Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1995
as Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
as Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
as Sting (Appearance)
AEW Revolution 2022
as Sting
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl II
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1998
as Sting
WCW Hog Wild 1996
as Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
as Sting
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Blade Runner Sting
WCW Starrcade 1989
as Sting
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
as Sting
WCW WrestleWar 1991
as Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2007
as Sting
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
as Sting
WCW Road Wild 1999
as Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2009
as Sting
WCW Uncensored 1998
as Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2008
as Sting
TNA Slammiversary XI
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl 1
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
as Sting
NWA Clash of the Champions
as Sting
TNA Bound for Glory IV
as Sting
TNA Genesis 2014
as Sting
WCW Mayhem 1999
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
as Sting
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
as Sting
TNA Destination X 2009
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
as Sting
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
as Sting
WCW WrestleWar 1990
as Sting (Ringside)
TNA Slammiversary 2009
as Sting
TNA Genesis 2009
as Sting
TNA Victory Road 2007
as Sting
TNA Against All Odds 2009
as Sting
NWA Starrcade 1987
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
as Sting
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
as Sting
Wrestling's Highest Flyers
as Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2006
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Sting
WCW Uncensored 1996
as Sting
TNA No Surrender 2010
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1994
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
as Sting
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
as Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2008
as Sting
TNA Genesis 2007
as Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2010
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1990
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
as Sting
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
as Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2007
as Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
as Sting
TNA Against All Odds 2007
as Sting
WCW Starrcade 1993
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2007
as Sting
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
as Sting
WCW All Nighter 1995
AEW WrestleDream 2025
as Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2011
as Sting (Ringside)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
as Sting
AEW All In 2023: London
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl IV
as Sting
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
as Sting
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
as Sting
WCW New Blood Rising
as Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
as Sting
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
as Sting
TNA Slammiversary VIII
as Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
as Sting
NWA WrestleWar 1989
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
as Sting
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
as Sting
WCW Uncensored 2000
as Sting
TNA No Surrender 2007
as Sting
TNA Wrestling: Sting - Return of An Icon
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
as Sting
World Wrestling Peace Festival
TNA Sacrifice 2007
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness
as Sting
The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.2
WCW: Ric Flair - 2 Decades of Excellence
as Sting
TNA Victory Road 2011
as Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
as Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
as Sting
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
as Sting
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
as Sting
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Sting
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
as Sting
WCW Slamboree 1996
as Sting
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
as Sting
AEW Winter is Coming
as Sting
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role
TNA Slammiversary 2006
as Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
as Sting
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
as Sting
AEW Fyter Fest
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
as Sting
WCW Uncensored 1997
as Sting
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
TNA Turning Point 2006
as Sting
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
as Sting
TNA Final Resolution 2006
as Sting
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
as Sting
TNA The Best of 2009
as Sting
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Sting
WCW SuperBrawl III
as Sting
TNA Genesis 2013
as Sting
NWA Starrcade 1988
as Sting
AEW Revolution 2021: The Buy In
as Sting
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
as Sting
WWE: Goldberg - The Ultimate Collection
TNA Victory Road 2009
as Sting
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
as Sting
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2009
as Sting
WCW Millennium Final
as Sting
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
as Sting (Appearance)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
as Sting
AEW Beach Break
as Sting
TNA Wrestling: Christian Cage - The Instant Classic
as Sting
Sting: The Lost Tape
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2006
as Sting
TNA Victory Road 2012
as Sting
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
as Sting
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
as Sting
TNA Slammiversary 2007
as Sting
TNA Lockdown 2013
as Sting
WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting - Unmasked!
as Sting
TNA Hard Justice 2006
as Sting
TNA No Surrender 2009
as Sting
WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role
TNA Destination X 2007
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
as Sting
TNA Victory Road 2006
as Sting
The Real Reason (Men Commit Crimes)
as Sparkie
TNA Slammiversary IX
as Sting
WCW Beach Blast 1993
as Sting
TNA No Surrender 2011
as Sting
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
as Sting
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
as Sting
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
as Sting
TNA Sacrifice 2011
as Sting
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
as Sting
Sting: Moment of Truth
as Himself - Sting
TNA One Night Only: Tournament of Champions 2013
as Sting
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
as Sting
WWA The Retribution
RevPro High Stakes 2014
as Sting
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
as Steve "Sting" Borden
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
as Sting
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
as Sting
WCW Superstar Series: Sting - Back in Black
as Sting
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
as Sting
WWA The Reckoning
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
as Sting