AEW superstar and former TNT champion Darby Allin recently appeared on Insight With Chris Van Vilet to discuss his relationship with the icon Sting, which included Allin revealing that he was the one who convinced Sting to wrestle a live match at Double Or Nothing 2021. Highlights from the interview are below.
Says Sting is super chill and is the most humble:
“He’s so chill in the sense that, there is no ego with him. The more I’m around the best of the best, whether that’s skateboarding when I’m around Tony Hawk or Travis Pastrana, it’s Sting. The guys that have done the most shit are the most humble. They have nothing to prove. It’s all the fake ass wannabe people that never made it that have this ego. ‘You know who I am, right?’ No, I don’t fucking know who you are. That’s what I learned from Sting. Just be a fucking good human being. Be humble and cool.”
How he convinced Sting to wrestle a live match at Double Or Nothing 2021:
“Me and Sting have grown so much together outside of what people have seen on TV. Our personalities outside of the ring, we’ve come so close and the fans don’t see that part. Originally, he was supposed to come in for some cinematic matches and I went to his house in Texas where he had a ring set up and we started rolling around and training and I convinced him to actually wrestle in front of a live crowd. Nobody gets to see those moments behind the scenes. It’s just us talking. ‘You got this. I’m training with you and seeing what you’re doing, let’s fucking do it.’ Double or Nothing against Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page meant a lot because we never thought it would happen. He gives other people confidence and it’s cool that I can help go, ‘You got this.’ It’s cool to do that in all aspects of life.”
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
