Sting didn’t want to retire in 2016.
He only did so because Vince McMahon wanted him to while working for WWE.
“The Icon” spoke about this subject during an interview with The David Difference of Kayfabe Friends.
Featured below is an excerpt from the interview where he touches on this topic.
“I’m never gonna come back to wrestle again. I know that. I did retire with WWE, but I also said the only thing that’s for sure about Sting is nothing’s for sure. This is just ‘see you later,’ basically. I did leave it open-ended pretty much, I didn’t really want to retire at that time. It was kind of like a mutual deal that I did with WWE at the time. Vince [McMahon] wanted me to retire under his umbrella, and at the time, I was okay with that. It was five-plus years that I was retired, but I came back because like I said in my little speech there, I got that phone call from Tony Khan and Cody Rhodes, ‘Want to come back and play one more time?’ So I did, and the rest is history.”
Check out the complete interview below. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
