Sting in 1996 : "Reliving The War" Collection

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This is a compilation video looking at every match and promo featuing The Icon Sting in WCW during 1996. Clips are grabbed from the Reliving The War series.
Sting had a very important year in 1996 that completely changed his career. After the nWo debuted and after Sting's WCW team mates were tricked into thinking the Stinger had joined up with Hogan, Hall and Nash, he decided to disappear. When Sting returned, he came back with a brand new look very similar to "The Crow". Eventually, this darker version of Sting would become unofficially known to fans as "Crow Sting", and this version of the Stinger would begin a lengthy feud with the nWo that drew incredible ratings for World Championship Wrestling and their Monday Nitro television show.

[@louisvelez40]

Sting's transformation was one of those 1st form to final form type of deals from his face paint, to his ring attire, his hair growing into the crow gimmick. Then from being charismatic and talking to being mysterious and not speaking at all. One of the best change of characters of all time.

[@DeletedMediaYoutube]

Maybe the very best

[@Horvat04]

Not one of, get clear. It's the best

[@louisvelez40]

@@Horvat04 well not everyone will agree with you. If that’s your opinion that’s fine

[@Horvat04]

@@louisvelez40 name one. Who comes close?

[@cobracyxx8808]

I was a hulkamaniac, a little warrior and a little stinger. More so a stinger. Why tf could this dude jump all the way across a ring? There's no "Hogan leg drop", "flair figure 4" or "warrior body splash" but there is the stinger splash... no matter who does it, it's the stinger splash.

[@Dad84]

September 16th 1996 I was in the 6th grade and had grown up a “little stinger.” He was the reason I watched wrestling. I will never forget that promo it’s probably my all time favorite and the following transformation into “Crow Sting” just made me that much more of a fan. He’s the GOAT in my opinion.

[@vincentalmojera5412]

I agree with you 💯%

[@eldiablo3794]

You should check him out now! At 63 hes in the best physical shape and wrestling with AEW and putting on awesome matches. Every time I see him in the ring or doing dives off the ring entrance into the crowd I forget that he's in his 60s. But it's not like you're afraid for his well being and his age is showing.. the guy is in legitimate amazing shape, still running the ropes.

[@bluejay6956]

The "Icon" Sting was the man of WCW years; incredible living legend.

[@cdogg522]

Sting has been my favourite wrestler since I was a kid and I’m so happy to see him being used good and having fun in AEW

[@jakeerbst4073]

Seriously, this brings me back to being 9 years old, being a total mark for Sting.

[@wiredforstereo]

Me too, but I was a couple years older.

[@FreneticZetetic]

I always forget how far into 1996 surfer Sting went!

[@krisisnWo]

This Sting intro theme is everything.I need a downloadable version of this.

[@PrincessWolffie03]

Same. I'm hoping it gets extended or released in another volume of Wresting Bio's remixes.

[@BlackFlash7]

Thanks for putting in this work bro. It's not unnoticed

[@jjbjjb273]

Stings transformation from surfer to crow is still one of the best in wrestling

[@Goomyx1492]

Seriously! Even knowing it's the same guy, you almost don't believe it anyway because the character is just so different!

[@FloridaMan213]

@@Goomyx1492 I'm ODD, I never dug the whole Crow thing. I saw it as theft of intellectual property which it was.

[@mclohan]

@@FloridaMan213 dude WCW does that a lot. Just listen to their entrance songs. Who cares though. Even Glacier was Sub Zero like rip off

[@FloridaMan213]

I found it unwatchable, got old quick imo.

[@jjbjjb273]

@@FloridaMan213 maybe after 1998 but no way was it boring though 1997 the pops he was getting were amazing

[@markbarclay2032]

Sting is one of the best wrestlers ever to grace the ring with his presence

[@eddiemarin2984]

Not really...he's a legend but unless your from the south he's always been corny af before the crow gimmick

[@SteelSpurs]

@@eddiemarin2984 How was he corny? Even so, how does bein corny mean he ain’t one of the greats?

[@ToruKun1]

@@eddiemarin2984 His "corniness" was endearing. Surfer Sting was such a kind, pure and noble white-meat babyface he made John Cena look like New Jack in comparison. We just don't get faces like that anymore...

[@hazardtriplezero]

Love these specific character recaps... great way to get a step-by-step, week-by-week guide.

[@mockery_finn]

A even longer Wrestling Bios video? Hell yeah brother

[@FilthyCasual268]

That works for me, brother :P

[@LegendofTheCosmic7]

Sting didn't have to go full crow so it's good he did it with a vulture and the black and white version of his surfer make up. He could of just kept it then went back to surfer sting. Love to see 1 more neon sting

[@delbertprince5302]

I have been a Sting fan since I was 13 years old in 1988.

[@chrisharper8158]

Hell yeah I like these best of shows. Man you got lighting in a bottle with reliving the war!! So proud I was here since the first

[@DeletedMediaYoutube]

Yessssssssssss this has the potential to be my favorite upload ever on this channel

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

The 1996 Dark Hair Surfer Sting/Quiet Mysterious Crow Sting is the greatest transformation gimmick/character in professional wrestling ever💯%...

[@christophernicholson20]

That was Scott Hall's genius. He was the brains behind that gimmick character

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

@@christophernicholson20 Scott Hall is a genius

[@AFCManUk]

Wow,,,I remember, before WCW got REALLY big, they used to show it on Saturdays in the UK on Channel 4. It was mainly 3 or 4 Jobber vs Jobber matches, a promo shoot or two, and if we were lucky, Sting vs Big Van Vader to finish the program. EDIT: My mistake. It was WCW Worldwide, Circa 1992, on ITV Saturday evenings.

[@manchesterguy7961]

I remember it being on channel 5 on friday at 9-10pm around 1998, it was 1 hour condensed version of nitro. Exactly the same as you describe, 3-4 jobber matches, 2 promos and main event with kevin nash, goldberg, ddp, sting, flair, Hogan etc!

[@Venemofthe888]

I know i said this on reliving the war but as 1996 went on you could slowly see Stings hair transform into the Crow hair almost week by week

[@arcticfox04]

Definitely made a huge transformation on the channel. You can really tell your personality is let out more and more during the video.

[@fromthedragonsmouth8835]

Tt

[@Rabid.Prinxe]

Hope the move goes smoothly for yah! I absolutely love your dedication to your content

[@board2death]

if these videos are a result of the move then all hail the move! these collections are great and my man wrestling bios gets to do what needs to be done!

[@Theyareout2getme]

Eddie Guerrero and Sting are my two favorite wrestlers of all time. Eddie will always be the first I met him around 10 times.

[@nicolevarnam2290]

Thanks So Much My Dude!! Excellent Job as Always 🤘💙

[@lalberts]

I loved Sting and Randy Savage as a team. It was like they bridged the rivalry between Hogan and Luger. Actually it was this trifecta of three dudes who hated each other except Sting. They all just wanted to be his best friend.

[@yojamesawesomeshow4838]

Thank you for reviving wrestling for me since I've watched reliving war I love wrestling even more and I learned a lot from your channel thank you for everything pal

[@brianlarsen9952]

Wooooooooooo This will take a while to get through. Thanks for the content. Cheers!

[@erikbailey2525]

Oh man, this is great!

[@Wolversquall]

I liked sting when he changed the face paint each week

[@mr.rodgers3745]

Thank you for the upload hope you are doing well in your move

[@MyNameIzMittens]

Uploads nearly everyday keep me coming back, keep up the good work!

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Always loving the content

[@blacknapalm2131]

*Greatest of all time just had a sick tag team match with Darby Allin in AEW tonight. He wore new 'day of the dead' style face paint which looked AMAZING*

[@hughfeenan810]

A super video man. Hope all good 👍🏼

[@shamumaga]

These complications are 🔥🔥🔥

[@KoolKumasi]

Wrestling Bios salute to you and great content as always

[@BirchTheGreat]

This was awesome to watch. Loved it. I actually really liked Sting and Lugar during this time frame. I always wondered where the story was going to go if the NWO hasn't if happened. Keep these up. A SID or Ahmed Johnson in 96 to early 97 would be a fantatic to watch as well. Both were crazy over at one point during that time.

[@kingjay239]

Honestly 90s HBK and Sting(before he turned into "crow" sting, and even then he still tried his best to match all of his attire) had some of the best wrestling attire when it comes to the way that they coordinate all of their attire. The way they wear the matching boots with the tights and their entrance attire and etc. I swear no other wrestlers during that era had better and colorful attire like HBK and Sting.

[@PrimevalDemon]

For real

[@stevengrvp]

Great job hope all is well bios man

[@tonyreimer6804]

I hope everything is going well with the move. I’m really liking these compilations. A Stone Cold one would be awesome as we could watch the evolution of his character. Thanks for the premium content as usual. 🍻

[@michaelgriffith5747]

The early 90s wcw was really good at using commercial breaks to help tell the story in the ring. I miss that now adays.

[@standalone8673]

Awesome channel 👍

[@markjones5647]

Iam so buzzing to watch this WHAT a channel thanks always wrestling bios Mark in Lincoln UK

[@timomajere]

56:55 In a way, I still get surprised at how badly Hogan was behind the scenes when he can't even remember the name of the group *HE SAID HE HELPED CREATE!* That's why we really know that he just saw a bandwagon he could hitch his dusty ass to for longevity. Its probably why Nash always stood about 2 paces away from Hogan for just about all his mic sessions with Hall and Hogan.

[@HighKyyyle]

That PS5 line caught me off guard! Had me chuckling for a minute!

[@wiredforstereo]

Really interesting to watch these compilations and see the evolution taking place before our eyes as Sting's hair gets longer and longer. I watched during Sting's no wrestle Crow era as a kid. Never got to see this buildup.

[@AceGoodheart]

Awesome. I got to meet Sting this past Sunday in Houston. So cool to meet my favorite wrestler.

[@TorreLane]

The WCW/NWO Revenge OST slaps so hard

[@Panwere36]

The reality was that this was about Sting knowing the fans better than most of the rest of the talent. Yes, the "Crow" inspired version and the later "Joker" inspired version were others' ideas.. but only Sting had the charisma and bond with the fans to pull it off. While everyone boasted how "WWF/E was always running at number one, Sting almost single handed at times for long stretches made WCW worth watching. "Destroying" Sting was vital either for a heel to get over (many tried and got into the upper tier that way...), or to lure him away. Vince tried many times.. and the fact that Trips was so threatened by him that even after Sting jobbed to him at Mania.. he let Seth Rollins "retire him" so he couldn't claim an WWE Triple Crown or even a Grand slam (as WWE acknowledges WCW championships). The truth be told.. Sting was the man that made the MNW so worth watching.

[@Rob0tacon]

I’m glad you mentioned Scorpion Death Drop on Steiner. A lot of people think Jeff Jarrett was the first, but it was Steiner on a throwaway nitro.

[@wiredforstereo]

Begging for mercy was Flair's signature move.

[@ItsShaz1]

THE ICON, THE MAN CALLED STING!

[@rustykuntz94]

THIS....IS.....STINNNGGGGGG!!!!!

[@tomsimmons7673]

Surfer Sting will always be the best Sting.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Sting was always under appreciated. Him and to a lesser degree DDP were the only real threats the nWo ever had but they never utilized them properly. They should have defeated the nWo.

[@back2comedy]

43:22 Changed my world. That is by god the best back hand these eyes ever seen delivered.

[@A1PrimeTimeMovies]

You easily have the best wrestling channel on here.

[@baronvonsvengoonie1767]

I was always baffled that he was able to get away with ripping off the crow

[@heatherphillips5983]

He was, because he never called himself the crow. He was still technically Sting.

[@laithamekir5778]

I believe thats why the face paint evolved over the years to the more 97 version which was far enough no lawyer could technically win it in litigation.

[@christophernicholson20]

Scott Hall came up with the idea. He was watching the movie The Crow and he thought it was a great idea for the gimmick character for Sting

[@approx4ft]

God I love Sting

[@allenm.355]

1st time i saw Sting and Rick Steiner was a magazine picture and they were Tag Team champs and Eddie Gilbert was their manager

[@rustykuntz94]

I could watch STING/FLAIR matches everyday....has Flair ever successfully done that top rope spot? I know that's a standard spot where Flair is supposed to get caught and slammed down to the mat but in Kayfabe wouldn't Nature Boy realize "maybe this isn't a good idea, I'm 0-5,000 trying this"?

[@heatherphillips5983]

Absofreakingloutley. 💯

[@O-Creep_aka_Stompanato]

Seen flair drop a double axe handle once off the top rope. 1st and last time i seen him be successful off the top rope

[@christophernicholson20]

They had a lot of great matches in WCW during that time period. It's wrestling version of Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier or Michael Jordan vs Larry Bird

[@bigdrew565]

​@OFFICIAL O-CREEP what decade did it happen? 😆

[@kryptoniankaiju]

Kevin Nash said the pot pie and Mountain Dew comment first when he and Hall invaded the production truck. That was Sting taking a jab at Nash.

[@dmitch1983]

I hope the move is going well!

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

The Surfer Sting always been a better performer/wrestler in the ring than any other Sting characters....

[@LOGICAL-JAY]

I totally agree...honestly I hated that crow sting character ..im old school..I love 80s 90s NWA wrestling when sting was the t.v. champion and lex luger was the U.S champion..I hate this soap opera stuff we get nowadays..lol

[@TeamMagicLifeOfficial]

Joker sting yooo

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

@@TeamMagicLifeOfficial The joker Sting don't get that credit but you right about that

[@NoPe-304]

Yes I luv this comment

[@NoPe-304]

@@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool bababooey 🤣🤣Howard stern

[@missmummy25]

Do some vids on the WCW battlebowls. Love the work :)

[@savageandthebeasts8388]

I laughed when you stated that these sting & luger matches being repetitive. The effect is heightened in this format. At least in RtW you have other content in between.

[@FilthyCasual268]

Who else finds themselves rewatching the intro to this just to hear the Foo Fighters' Stacked Actors / The Man Called Sting mashup?

[@FilthyCasual268]

This comment be damned, the bar on the video player makes me feel validated :)

[@anthonyfernando7583]

Sting : Free pot pie & Mountain Dew in my trailer lets go Luger : O Really LMFAO WCW

[@kingisking3445]

My favourite wrestler of all time.

[@corybrantley2345]

AWESOME

[@inandoutoftheabyss9953]

This was awesome. I was sad when it ended. Any word on when the next part will be released?

[@dmrduke22]

Cracks me up every time you sh!t on Nick Patrick!! Great content!!!

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

THE MAN CALLED STING!!!!!!!!!

[@toma.4808]

Surfer sting is my favorite of his personas. So many iconic matches with flair, road warriors, luger, vader. Regardless hes a legend and a true icon

[@kanemura93]

That Sting-Regal match from GAB is, together with Rey Jr-Psychosis my favorite 1996 matches.

[@markmonroe652]

surfer sting with dark hair is his best look in my opinion.

[@DJ.Apocalypto]

1:23:39 Dibiase: Climbs into limo Stinger: So you have chosen death.

[@rmoore2nd619]

Has anyone ever asked Bischoff what the plan was for Sting/Luger? Seems like that story thrown out of the window as soon as Nash and Hall arrived

[@DrakeBlackwolf]

96 was a fun year!

[@garybaltiejus7248]

The crow gimmick, was definately stings best work

[@MrNobody91]

15:52 big bubba/big boss man was one of the best bigger men to ever do it. And was surprisingly agile for his size. I love hearing Cornette tell stories of Bubba.

[@mrbransformer4184]

It’s Sting!!!🎉🎉!!!!!🎉🎉🎉!!!!

[@martinastrooooo]

YES thank you

[@theman5221]

Lol that's funny. You guys got wcw nwo revenge background music. Lol. 🍻🙋

[@lawandabailey7480]

As of that point in the 90's, I didn't blame Sting for not trusting his best friend Lex. He was doing some dirty deeds during the matches and needed to be called out on them. I still believe that Lex was extremely jealous of Sting's skills.

[@nickp7186]

Even before the video started I knew it was money with that Foo Fighters mash up. Haha

[@ThisIsMYStoryAS]

This was also a Lex Luger 1996 video for the most part.

[@BubbAXHydE]

Didn't Nash use the "pot pies and Mt. Dew" line at one point? I seem to remember that. ✌🧡🐓

[@derekvietro784]

You definitely need to make a lex luger 1997 video he was absolutely on fire that year!!!

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

When Luger beat Hollywood clean with the rack me and my pals went apesh*t! We were at my house munching pizza and thought it would go down as usual - with the NWO making the save for Hogan......But when he fought them off and won we went crazy screaming and shouting and racking eachother as my mother came down to see what we were yelling About hahaha. That was a great show.

[@derekvietro784]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 lex luger is my all time favorite and that's one of his best moments for sure. Wish the reign was longer than 5 days

[@maxxdahl6062]

Not a huge luger fan. But the crowd reaction to that title win was insane.

[@derekvietro784]

@@maxxdahl6062 he had so many great moments in his career. He tends to be underrated or underestimated from most wrestling fans

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@derekvietro784 I think early Luger is really underrated myself, seems he got a bit lazy when working for vince, but turned it on again on occasion in WCW.

[@tims4502]

Wow, 1 hour 43 minutes of Sting doing this and that

[@martinrubio748]

Sting and ric flair great chemistry

[@christophernicholson20]

I always thought it was funny that Ric Flair asked Sting and Luger to join forces with him and Arn Anderson at Wargames against the NWO even though Flair turned on Sting the ultimate "swerve" at Halloween Havoc 1995 I thought Sting might have learned his lesson by now not to trust Flair

[@graffProdigy]

Seems like Sting and The Ultimate Warrior would’ve been a great tag team! Perfect match up and combination especially with the face paint.

[@heatherphillips5983]

They were. But Jim wasn't as dedicated to the business, Sting was all in.

[@rodneymathews6775]

When they first got into wrestling, they started off as a tag team known as The Blade Runners before eventually going to their solo careers.

[@mcneilyism]

Kevin Sullivan v. Sting should have been the main event for everything!

[@KylePrime_1986]

Sting had the BEST job in pro wrestling starting the night after fall brawl 96 until starrcade 97 not quite a year and a half of no matches and only doing periodic run ins and rather than the audience get sick of it he just kept getting more and more popular! You will never see another run like that

[@twistedgamerfromhellreborn9959]

Hope the move is going well brother and hope all is well..

[@eldiablo3794]

Surfer so-cal bleached blonde hair Sting will always be my favorite gimmick and era of Stinger. WOOOO!Stinger splash.. 🦂🌊

[@russellhughes57]

The BatMan :I saw that coming.

[@aguynamedguy309]

Watching guys take headshotsfrom those wooden chairs was WILD looking. I'm sure it was way more dangerous, even if they were gimmicked

[@danielmiller1401]

I love these bios but you can tell this dude is a WWF/WWE guy haha.

[@piotrpuawski247]

Lolling hard at "international object" :D I'd forgotten all about it.

[@dmitch1983]

Is it just me or was this missing the segment where Sting slaps Hall the episode prior to Mash showing up?