WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW President Eric Bischoff recently took part in a virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest, where he talked about a number of topics including who he would like to see “The Icon” Sting face in his retirement match.
Bischoff said, “Ric Flair [smiles] I don’t know if that’s gonna happen, but that’s what I’d like to see. You didn’t ask me if who I think it would be. You asked me who I’d like to see. I’d like to see [Sting face] Ric Flair.”
How Sting could battle Chris Jericho in his retirement match as there is history between The Icon and Jericho:
Bischoff said, “I don’t know. Chris Jericho? I don’t think they’ve ever had a match, and there’s history there. That’d be kind of cool. I’m sure there would be a great story with Darby Allin, right? So it depends on what you’re going for and how you want to present it. Do you want to present it as part of an angle or a storyline, or do you want to present it just as a celebration, acknowledging everything that Sting’s done, which is what I suspect that they’ll do, and it’ll be more of a dream match kind of format or presentation, which, there’s nothing wrong with that, in my opinion in this case.”
The possibility of Sting staying with AEW following his retirement match:
Bischoff said, “Oh yeah….Could he [stay with AEW]? Probably if he wanted to, but I don’t think think he needs the money, and I don’t think he needs the money, and I think he’s physically got to the point, and just at his age, much like I am, I say I don’t want to be away from home.”
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
