The only TNA Hall of Famer Sting recently did an interview with Wrestle Shark where says loyalty to TNA & Dixie Carter, good pay and wanting to see TNA succeed have kept him with the company for the past several years.
“The group of men and women under the TNA roof, the fans, the brand, I just feel content here,” Sting told the WrestleShark podcast. “The home has been good here; Dixie Carter, the Carter family have been great to work with over the years and Dixie is very persuasive.”
What keeps him resigning with TNA every year is the same as what brought him out of retirement in 2005 after WCW closed in 2001.
“Dixie was very persuasive,” Sting said, “being willing to make it right in terms of scheduling, the time on the road, of course money is an issue, it just all came together. And I love the brand…that’s all there is to it. It was like a now or never moment for me.”
When asked about being the first TNA Hall of Fame inductee, Sting said he had mixed feelings about it, mainly because he’s not retired yet.
“Very humbling…because there are so many other guys, the Samoa Joes, the A.J. Styles, Bobby Roode, James Storm, Jeff Jarrett, who were here before I was. They helped build a foundation for this company,” Sting said. “I was kind of like ‘am I being put out to pasture here or what?’ [laughs] plus I’m an active wrestler. So it seems kind of weird to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while you’re still working.”
