Darby and Sting are scheduled to tag with The Great Muta in early 2023.
The duo of Sting and Darby Allin has been a constant on AEW television since Sting’s run in the company got underway.
They most recently tagged together at Full Gear and scored a win over Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. In his 60s, Sting does have an idea in mind for how he wants to end his wrestling career and he shared that information with The Ringer’s Cameron Hawkins. Sting added that Darby is going to be involved in that match whenever it comes.
Well, I know Darby is going to be a part of it for sure. I won’t have a singles match at this point. Darby will be along with me and I’ll be along with him and we can add more to it as far as I’m concerned. But I have a few people [in mind] and I really don’t want to say now.
Continuing on the topic of Darby, Sting believes that if the former TNT Champion stays in the wrestling business and with AEW, he’ll eventually land creative control and/or a leadership role. He believes Darby has the ability to venture into film as well.
He’s a very creative guy and he’s got ties with some pretty influential people all over the country. I believe that if he stays in the wrestling industry, if he stays here with AEW, that eventually he’ll have some sort of creative control and some sort of leadership role where he’s coordinating. I believe that he has the ability to do something in film. Anything that has to do with art, anything that has to do with risking your life, he’s going to do. This guy is jumping off bridges 100 feet high. He’s jumping over houses with cars. He has [an] interest in skateboarding. He loves to just be out and about and rubbing shoulders with people that love to experience life to its fullest.
In January, Sting and Darby are heading to Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan to team with The Great Muta (Keiji Muto). Sting touched on his history with Muto and recalled having a conversation with him years ago when Muto asked if he was considering coming back to wrestling.
I was honored, first of all, that Muta wanted me to do that. I talked to him a couple of years ago … he was asking me if I’d want to come back, and I said I would consider doing it. A couple of years went by, and he’s now coming to the end of his career. He reached out again and said, ‘Man, I’d love to have you involved, whatever you’re willing to do.’ I’m looking forward to that, and [I’m] just blown away that he’s like the last one of our era in Japan standing, and the similarities between the two of us. We were always so much alike as far as our size and abilities, styles were different. But I loved working with him in Japan. I loved working with him here in the United States. I mean, the Fukuoka Dome and the Tokyo Dome, 65,000 people. I’ll never forget those times with the Great Muta. I’m looking forward to coming back, realizing it will undoubtedly be the last match that I’ll ever have in Japan and maybe the last appearance in Japan, as far as wrestling goes.
Earlier this month, Sting revealed that he underwent surgery and had his knees cleaned out.
