Cast & creator
Steve Borden
Best known for Raw, All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
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.
Also known as: Blade Runner Flash, Sting, Flash Borden, The Vigilante, The Icon
280
film credits
37
television credits
315
1981–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (317)
Showing 317 of 317 credits
Raw
Sting
1993
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Sting
2019
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
Walker, Texas Ranger
Grangus
1993
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Sting
2023
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Sting
2021
TNA iMPACT!
2004TNA iMPACT!
Sting
2004
NWA World Championship Wrestling
Sting
1985
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV
2002
The Best of WWE
Sting
2020
WCW Saturday Night
1992
AEW Dark: Elevation
Sting
2021
AEW Unrestricted
Sting
2020Vicki!
Sting
1992
Mid-South Wrestling
Blade Runner Sting
1981
Clash of the Champions
Sting
1988Clash of the Champions
Sting (Appearance)
1988Clash of the Champions
Sting (Interview)
1988
WWE Rivals
2022
WCW Monday Nitro
Sting
1995
Biography: WWE Legends
Sting
2021
Super Force
Hallor / Halor
1990
WWE's Greatest Moments
Sting
2025
WWE Table For 3
Sting
2015
The Nightmare Room
Steve 'Sting' Borden
2001
Thunder in Paradise
Adam 'Hammerhead' McCall
1994
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2015
Sting
2016
AEW All In 2026: London
Sting
2026
WCW Thunder
1998WCW Thunder
Sting
1998
MADtv
Self
1995
AEW Revolution 2021
Sting
2021
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
Sting
2020
Legends with JBL
Himself
2015
WCW Main Event
1995
Ready to Rumble
Sting
2000
Foul Play with Anthony Davis
Sting
2026
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Sting
2021
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
Sting
1992
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
Sting
2014
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Sting (archive footage)
2016
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
Sting
2009
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Sting
2009
AEW All In 2024: London
Sting
2024
WWE WrestleMania 31
Sting
2015WWE WrestleMania 31
Stunts
2015
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
Sting
2004
Power Pro Wrestling
Blade Runner Sting/Freedom Fighter Flash
1986
AEW All Out 2022
Sting
2022
WWE: The Best of Sting
Sting/Blade Runner Sting
2014
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Sting
1990
WCW SuperBrawl 1
Sting
1991
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Sting (Appearance)
1994
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
Sting
2022
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
Sting
2012
WCW Pro
Wrestler (Sting)
1994WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
Sting
2015
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
Junkyard
2013
The Encounter
Nick
2010
AEW Full Gear 2021
Sting
2021
WWE Night of Champions 2015
Sting
2015
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Sting
2011
WCW Road Wild 1999
Sting
1999
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
Junkyard
2013
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Sting
2014
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
Sting
2015
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
Sting
1990
WWE: Goldberg - The Ultimate Collection
2013
The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.2
2013NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Sting
1989WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role
2015
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Sting
1989
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Sting
1991
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Sting
2009
AEW All In 2023: London
Sting
2023
TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Sting
2007
WCW Hog Wild 1996
Sting
1996
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Sting (Ringside)
1990
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Sting
2016
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
Sting
1999
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Sting
1989
WCW World War 3 1995
Sting
1995
WCW Road Wild 1998
Sting
1998
AEW Worlds End 2023
Sting
2023
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
Sting
1992
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Sting
2014
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Sting
1996
AEW All Out 2021
Sting
2021
AEW Full Gear 2022
Sting
2022WCW: Ric Flair - 2 Decades of Excellence
Sting
1995
WWE Fastlane 2015
Sting (Appearance)
2015
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
Sting
1991
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Sting
1989
AEW Revolution 2022
Sting
2022
Sting: Into the Light
Sting/Flash
2015
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Sting
1994
WCW Starrcade 1994
Sting
1994
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Sting
2004
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Sting
2011
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
Sting
2017
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Sting
2013
WCW WrestleWar 1992
Sting
1992
TNA Bound for Glory IV
Sting
2008
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
Sting
1991
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Sting
2012
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Sting
1996
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Sting
1990
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
Sting
2011
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Sting
1995
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Sting
1995
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
Sting
2004
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
Sting
2000
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Sting
2016
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Sting
2006
TNA Victory Road 2007
Sting
2007
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
Sting
1992
WCW Starrcade 1989
Sting
1989
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
Sting
2000
NWA Starrcade 1987
Sting
1987
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Sting (Ringside)
1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Sting
1995
WCW WrestleWar 1989
Sting
1989
WCW All Nighter 1995
1995
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
Sting
1998
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
Sting
1993
WCW New Blood Rising
Sting
2000
Warrior's Greatest Matches
Self
2014
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
Sting
2023
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Sting
2013
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
Sting
1999
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"
Sting
2023
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Sting (Interview)
1990
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Sting
2000
TNA Victory Road 2012
Sting
2012
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
Sting
1998
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Sting
2014
Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection
Sting
2013
Sting: The Lost Tape
Sting
2020
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
Sting
1999
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Sting
1995
WCW Starrcade 1991
Sting
1991
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
Sting
1998
WCW Starrcade 1990
Sting
1990
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
Sting
1989
WCW WrestleWar 1991
Sting
1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
Sting
1992
WCW SuperBrawl IV
Sting
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Sting
1993The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Sting
1988
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
Sting
1999
TNA Wrestling: Christian Cage - The Instant Classic
Sting
2007
WCW Beach Blast 1993
Sting
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
Sting
1997
TNA Bound For Glory 2009
Sting
2009
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
Sting
1994Wrestling's Highest Flyers
Sting
2010
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
Sting
1998
NWA Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness
Sting
1990
TNA Final Resolution 2006
Sting
2006
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
Sting
2011
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
Sting
2010
WCW BattleBowl
Sting
1993
TNA Hard Justice 2008
Sting
2008
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
Sting
1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Sting
1996
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role
2015
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Sting
1995
WCW Uncensored 1997
Sting
1997
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Sting
1990WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
Presenter
2011
TNA Wrestling Greatest Moments
Sting
2010
TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches
Sting
2008
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
Sting
1994
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
Sting
1998
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Blade Runner Sting
2013
TNA Against All Odds 2007
Sting
2007
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
Sting
1988
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
Sting
2000
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
Sting
1999
TNA Hard Justice 2007
Sting
2007
WCW Starrcade 1992
Sting
1992
Universal Wrestling Federation
Sting
AEW Full Gear 2023
Sting
2023
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Sting
2006
AEW Revolution 2021: The Buy In
Sting
2021
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Sting (Appearance)
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
Sting
1991
NWA Clash of the Champions
Sting
1988
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Sting
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
Sting
1992
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
Steve "Sting" Borden
2001
TNA No Surrender 2010
Sting
2010
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Sting
1989
WWE Hall of Fame 2016
Sting
2016
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
Sting
1999
AEW Revolution 2024
Sting
2024
WCW Slamboree 1996
Sting
1996
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Sting
1993
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
Sting
2008
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
Sting
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Sting
1994
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Sting
2016
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Sting (Appearance)
1988
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
Sting
2023
WCW Starrcade 1995
Sting
1995
TNA Final Resolution 2011
Sting (Ringside)
2011
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
Sting
2022
TNA Destination X 2007
Sting
2007
TNA Final Resolution 2007
Sting
2007
TNA No Surrender 2007
Sting
2007
AEW Grand Slam
Sting
2021
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
Sting
1991
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Sting
1995
TNA Against All Odds 2009
Sting
2009
WCW Starrcade 1993
Sting
1993
Nature Boy
Self
2017
WCW Beach Blast
Sting
1992
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
Sting
1991
TNA Turning Point 2008
Sting
2008
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Sting
1992
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
Sting
2010
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Sting
2009
WCW Starrcade 1999
Sting
1999
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Sting
1993
TNA No Surrender 2011
Sting
2011
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Sting
1993
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Sting
1996
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Sting
2012
TNA No Surrender 2009
Sting
2009
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Sting
1989
TNA Wrestling: Sting - Return of An Icon
Sting
2006
TNA Victory Road 2009
Sting
2009
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Sting
1993Sting: Moment of Truth
Himself - Sting
2004
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
Sting
2013
WCW Uncensored 2000
Sting
2000
WCW Uncensored 1998
Sting
1998
TNA Turning Point 2006
Sting
2006
TNA The Best of 2009
Sting
2010
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
Sting
1994
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
TNA Hard Justice 2006
Sting
2006
NWA Starrcade 1988
Sting
1988
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
Sting
1988
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Sting
2009
TNA Hard Justice 2009
Sting
2009
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
Sting
2013
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
Sting
2012
RevPro High Stakes 2014
Sting
2014
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
Sting
1991
WCW SuperBrawl II
Sting
1992
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
Sting
2007
WCW Slamboree 1999
Sting
1999
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
TNA Destination X 2009
Sting
2009
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
Sting (Appearance)
2000
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Sting
2006
TNA Victory Road 2011
Sting
2011
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
Sting
1993
WCW Uncensored 1995
Sting
1995
WCW Slamboree 1994
Sting
1994
WCW SuperBrawl V
Sting
1995
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
Sting
2011
WCW Uncensored 1996
Sting
1996
TNA One Night Only: Tournament of Champions 2013
Sting
2013
TNA Victory Road 2006
Sting
2006
TNA Lockdown 2008
Sting
2008
WCW Mayhem 1999
Sting
1999
WCW Slamboree 1995
Sting
1995
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
Sting
1988
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Sting
2008
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Sting
1988
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Sting
1995
TNA Sacrifice 2010
Sting
2010
The Real Reason (Men Commit Crimes)
Sparkie
1998
TNA Lockdown 2010
Sting
2010
WCW Slamboree 2000
Sting
2000
AEW WrestleDream 2025
Sting
2025
WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting - Unmasked!
Sting
1998
TNA Slammiversary 2009
Sting
2009
AEW Fyter Fest
Sting
2021
AEW Beach Break
Sting
2021
WCW Slamboree 1993
Sting
1993
WCW Millennium Final
Sting
2000
TNA Sacrifice 2008
Sting
2008
Shutterspeed
Riley Davis
2000
TNA Genesis 2009
Sting
2009
TNA Sacrifice 2009
Sting
2009
TNA Genesis 2013
Sting
2013
TNA Genesis 2007
Sting
2007
WCW Slamboree 1998
Sting
1998
TNA Lockdown 2006
Sting
2006TNA Genesis 2014
Sting
2014
WCW Starrcade 1997
Sting
1997
TNA Genesis 2006
Sting
2006
TNA Lockdown 2009
Sting
2009
TNA Sacrifice 2006
Sting
2006
TNA Slammiversary 2006
Sting
2006
WWA The Retribution
2002
TNA Slammiversary XI
Sting
2013WWA The Reckoning
2003
TNA Lockdown 2011
Sting
2011
WCW SuperBrawl III
Sting
1993
TNA Slammiversary VIII
Sting
2010
TNA Slammiversary 2007
Sting
2007
Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting
Sting
1993
TNA Slammiversary IX
Sting
2011
TNA Sacrifice 2011
Sting
2011
TNA Slammiversary 2012
Sting
2012
TNA Lockdown 2007
Sting
2007
WCW Superstar Series: Sting - Back in Black
Sting
1999
TNA Lockdown 2013
Sting
2013
TNA Sacrifice 2007
Sting
2007
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
Sting
2013