In an angle that may have been inspired by the talk of the WWF bringing in impostor Diesel and Razor Ramons, WCW beat them to the punch with a Sting vs. impostor Sting (Six) battle at WarGames. They also adequately, but not perfectly, covered themselves for gaps in the Sting storyline that were left open after the last second “impostor Sting” idea which was created just two days before it occurred.
On weekend television and all week on their 900 line, WCW talked as if the real Sting had turned. Otherwise there was very little follow up to the
angle because the weekend shows had been taped before the angle was conceived.
At the pay-per-view, it remained a mystery until the match itself whose side Sting was on and who would represent each team’s fourth position in
WarGames. Before WarGames Sting made his first appearance since the angle occurred and told Luger it wasn’t really him. Luger was skeptical,
which upset Sting.
During WarGames, the impostor Sting came out as the fourth man for the New World Order. Many fans thought it was the real Sting, The
announcers didn’t hint it wasn’t the real thing. Then when Sting came out two minutes later, it became clear the NWO Sting was an impostor.
Sting, though, walked out on his teammates two minutes after entering the cage. He was disgusted that his friends doubted his integrity. Rather than blame the NWO for a dirty, well-played-out trick, he blamed his friends and fans for falling for it. When he left the match, thanks to the NWO’s resulting one man advantage, he beat Luger to win WarGames.
The next day on Nitro, the impostor Sting celebrated with the NWO (including the latest member, Sean Waltman). The real Sting addressed the
situation in a mid-ring monologue. He said he just got back from Japan in time to see the live Nitro. He said he thought he was watching a rerun
(see, even he was fooled by the angle). When he realized what was really happening and his friends bought it (as he did!), he went into seclusion for six days to see what would happen. After not returning his friends’ phone calls for six days, he blamed them for doubting that he hadn’t jumped to the NWO. He declared that as a result of that lack of faith, he was a “free agent.” In a speech probably inspired by Diesel’s ambiguous heel turn late last year, Sting said those who didn’t doubt him (i.e. those who wear black gloves) are his fans, and the rest of the fans and wrestlers can “stick it.”
Correction: The sidebar cover story indicated that the imposter Sting was called “Six.” The former 1-2-3 Kid was called Six (both because he is the
sixth wrestler to join the NWO and perhaps because 1, 2, and 3 add up to 6)… Hall and Nash are said to be flatteredand amused that the WWF is
bringing back the Razor Ramon and Deisel characters. Despite rumors, there is not major brewing heat between Nash and Hulk Hogan over Hogan often monopolizing mic time and taking over the heel role. If the angle wasn’t as successful as it has been, then there would likely be second guessing… The expectations were that part of the consequences of WCW losing WarGames is that the NWO will take over one hour of WCW Saturday Night with Ted DiBiase doing color commentary and NWO buying the services of a play-by-play announcer.
