One of the most legendary wrestlers in wrestling history and someone who still can stir up feelings of nostalgia amongst wrestling fans is Sting. With Sting coming from a time when wrestling wasn’t as flashy as it is today, his list of signature moves of doom is equally as legendary as his on-air persona.
Scorpion Deathlock
What was used as his primary finisher, many looked at it like an imitation sharpshooter. Sting put many top stars of his time away with this submission move, which adds to the lethality of the move. There were times when the move looked sloppy when he started to get older in age, but it was still effective enough to win him matches.
Fans always went crazy when he was able to lock it in and his opponents rarely got out of it. This move was popular during a time when promoters weren’t scared to allow their people to submit to moves.
DOOM Score: 4 out of 5
Scorpion Deathdrop
This was a move that when it was being done, was a special move that was new and was not done very often. It was basically a reverse DDT. While this move was cool and stunned his opponents. It almost never ended a match unless it was to enhancement talent.
This move was usually more of a setup to the Scorpion Deathlock, but nothing more. For its novelty during its time period, I’ll give it a small bump but the move wasn’t the most impressive move by today’s standards.
DOOM Score: 2 out of 5
Stinger Splash
Simple and to the point. This is just a splash in the corner. There are two different versions of this move. The first is when he was more athletic when he was younger and could get more height on the splash, while the second was when he got older and had more weight on him.
I prefer when he was bigger because it looked more impactful versus when he was more athletic, the move just looked more impressive. This move was usually the beginning of the end to Sting matches.
DOOM Score: 4 out of 5
Gorilla Press Slam
This power move was more in his move set when he was surfer Sting than when he got older even though he still did it later on in his WCW career, even though it wasn’t as frequent.
Every wrestling fan knew of this move back in the day but today, I wouldn’t be surprised if fans didn’t know what this move is because wrestlers are much smaller than they used to be 5 or 10 years ago.
DOOM Score: 2 out of 5
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