Anniversary of the New Sting

On this day in 1996 at WCW's Fall Brawl, Sting's character would begin to take an unexpected turn. The main event of the night was the War Games match between the faces (Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, and the "real" Sting against the NWO (Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and NWO Sting). Going into the show, the faces believed Sting had betrayed them by being in a limo with the NWO, the person that was actually in the limo would turn out to be NWO Sting. Then when the match began, Sting came out and destroyed the other team. The advantage turned to the faces until Sting left on his counterparts strictly because their suspicion of betrayal. The NWO regained power and won the macth when NWO Sting submitted Luger. Randy Savage, who had lost to The Giant earlier because of Hogan, ran out and attacked Hulk. Savage was stopped while he and Elizabeth had the NWO spray painted on their backs as the group usually did. As a result of all this, the new version of Sting, "the Crow" character, was born. The following night, Sting would uttered his final words until January 1998 by declaring his "free agency". This turn would lead to the infamous match between rivals Hulk Hogan and Sting at Starrcade '97. The whole feud between good and bad that was going on in WCW would go on to be one of the greatest storylines in wrestling history. -A.Y.