Jim Ross on Sting’s Debut at WWE “Survivor Series”

The big news coming out of WWE “Survivor Series” on Sunday night is the debut of Sting and him costing Team Authority their match in the main event.

WWE Hall of Famer and former announcer for the company, Jim Ross, wrote the following excerpt on his blog (jrsbarbq.com) about Sting’s memorable appearance on the show:

“Happy to see my old friend The Stinger debut at the Survivor Series Sunday night. Honestly, I wish I hadn’t read so much material notwithstanding writing about the rumor of his return to the ring Sunday night. I’d have liked it better if I had not allowed myself to be preconditioned about Sting’s arrival. I have no one but me to blame. Nonetheless it seemed like he got a good ovation from the St. Louis crowd that had an up and down night and has had many serious distractions the past several months which may have affected the ticket sales in St. Louis. Racially charged tragedies are obviously not the environment to promote a major entertainment event as it can’t generally get media traction in the market.  It was simply unfortunate timing for WWE.

“HHH gave Sting the legend’s welcome back to large scale TV. Well done. I hope we only see Sting wrestle one time….at WM31 and vs. HHH would work for me but we only need to see Sting wrestle once and that’s at WM31 and then after that, if any matches, sparingly at best.”

Ross also offered up his thoughts on the match between Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt:

“I personally needed more wresting from Ambrose and Wyatt before they went all ‘Home Depot’ setting up the TLC match in December…in three weeks.  I like both guys work but perhaps a little more wrestling would have created  a more stark contrast to the gimmicks.“

Editor’s Note

I completely see where Ross is coming from in terms of wishing he had zero clue over the potential for a Sting debut. In this era of professional wrestling, avoiding spoilers is one of the hardest things to do. 

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