Sting's Son Steven Borden Discusses his Training to Become a Wrestler

Posted By James Walsh on 11/03/24


Steven Borden, a former football player, made an appearance during his father Sting’s retirement match at the 2024 Revolution PPV and has started training to become a professional wrestler.

Borden provided an update on his progress while speaking to The Von Erichs’ YouTube channel and here are the highlights…

How wrestling crowds are different from football crowds: “Much different. I’ve hardly ever stepped into a wrestling ring in my life up until Revolution. Again, we just weren’t involved (growing up), and now that I’ve started wrestling training and all that stuff, I’ve had a thought about… there’s a lot of me that thinks a lot of wrestling is harder than football.”

Sting’s reaction to him wanting to wrestle: “When I told him (Sting) I wanted to wrestle? Uh, no (he was not excited). That was a tough conversation… You guys (Von Erichs) probably got a similar lecture.”

Who he can learn from: “There’s a huge list. I think, for me, the people that have made the biggest impact on me, starting with Darby (Allin). I mean, he’s the first person that I spoke to outside of my dad when I decided to wrestle and I’ve spent a lot of time in the ring with Darby, and then after that, it’s been Dax (Harwood), FTR, Dax and Cash (Wheeler), and Adam Copeland and his wife Beth (Phoenix). Those people, I can’t say enough positive about and between them, they’ve sent me more references to watch than I can keep up with.”

How training is going: “As often as I can. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Asheville training with Dax and Cash and Adam and that will probably end up being a more long-term thing at some point pretty soon. It’s just a timing thing. But right now, I’m just literally flying back-and-forth. I’ve got a family here in California; a 15-month-old daughter and my wife.” (quotes courtesy of PostWrestling.com)