Darby Allin wasn’t himself before Sting‘s last match.
The WWE Hall of Famer had his final ever bout at AEW Revolution 2024. Sting teamed with Darby Allin to take on the Young Bucks, with the AEW World Tag Team titles on the line.
Despite being in his mid-60s, Sting pulled out all the stops for his final outing. Ladders, tables, chairs, glass and other forms of weaponry accompanied a look back at Sting’s career.
Allin spoke with Kenny McIntosh from Inside The Ropes about being part of Sting’s last match. Darby Allin revealed that he wasn’t himself that day, not wanting to let Sting down on his final day as a wrestler.
Luckily, Sting told him that night that it was one of his top three favorite matches ever.
“So earlier in the day, Sting is like ‘Man, you’re not your normal self, you seem a little off’. Because normally I’m like just chilling.” Darby Allin said. “Then I look at him and I’m like, dude, how can I be chill? This is your last match! We have to hit it out of the park, you only get one shot at this. So we laid it all on the line that night, that was a pretty wild match.”
“At the end of the night, Sting came up to me, I’m all covered in blood and glass, he comes up to me and he’s just like that was easily one of my top three favourite matches of all time. That’s why we did what we did out there. So, that moment, it was all worth it so he doesn’t go at the end of night being like, ‘Yeah, I had a good career, but that last match was bad.’ So, there were no regrets that night.”
