Wrestling Legend Was ‘Not Excited’ About Son Revealing He Wanted To Wrestle

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Steven Borden Jr has confirmed that he’s training to become a wrestler, revealing the surprising reaction of his father Sting to him revealing he wanted to wrestle.

Following Borden appearing as Wolfpac Sting during Sting’s last match at AEW Revolution, reports indicated that he had started wrestling training.

Darby Allin later confirmed that he has been helping with Borden’s training.

Borden has now discussed his pro-wrestling journey while speaking on the Von Erich podcast.

Noting that he had a tough conversation with his father after telling him that he wanted to wrestle, Borden said:

“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.”

Naming the people who have been helping him during his training journey, Borden said:

“There’s a huge list (of people I can learn from in wrestling). 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.

Yeah (I’m training), 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.”

Sting recently signed a new contract with AEW, which you can read more about right here.

Transcription via POST Wrestling.

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