Sting making retirement plans, explains why he's never gone to work for WWE

Sting (a/k/a Steve Borden) told the UK Sun that he intends to retire sometime in 2009. "Yes, because I cannot go on much longer," Sting said. "I don’t want to embarrass myself, or embarrass Spike or embarrass TNA. We all know it’s a wave that is coming in to shore. I don’t know when exactly it will hit, but it’s gonna hit.

"I thought probably this year. Actually it’s over the last couple of years it seems the thought has been in-and-out, in-and-out, in-and-out these thoughts of retirement and everything else but under the circumstances I think that I want to stick it out for one last – and this is the last – hurrah. I don’t know when it will end for sure, but as long as I stay healthy into 2009. But how far into 2009 I don’t know."

Sting also explained why he has never worked for WWE. "There was always something in me that thought that Vince McMahon wanted me more to undermine WCW than he wanted me as a talent. I just always believed that. I saw a lot of guys from WCW that went to WWE and that happened. Anyone who made it to a higher level within WCW and then tried to jump over – it just didn’t work. The other thing was that WCW ended up giving me what I wanted in my contract." To read the full interview, visit the UK Sun website.

Powell's POV: TNA officials were inspired by the way WWE handled Ric Flair's retirement and have already discussed ways to send Sting off properly. There's plenty of ground covered in this article and it's an interesting read given that Sting doesn't grant many interviews.