Sting Talks Entering the WWE Hall of Fame, Taking Chops from Flair, Finally Having a ‘Mania Moment, Does He Wish It Had Come Sooner?

Soon-to-be WWE Hall of Famer Sting recently spoke with Joshua Caudill of CraveOnline.com to promote WrestleMania and the WWE Hall of Fame, and below are some interview highlights:

CraveOnline: Are those chops from [Ric] Flair pretty stiff?

Sting: They’re real for sure. Absolutely. When you’re wrestling him every night, there were times my chest looked like hamburger. It was all split open and bleeding every night. It was all good though.

CraveOnline: Last year when you made your in-ring debut at WrestleMania against Triple H, take us through what you were experiencing in that moment. What were the emotions you were feeling?

Sting: Lots of emotion. In WWE at WrestleMania for the first time, against Triple H, a top-notch opponent on the biggest wrestling platform in history, in California, man, there were all kinds of thoughts going through my head. You see your whole career leading up to that moment where you’re in a WWE ring on the biggest stage. It was just awesome.

CraveOnline: Experiencing that WrestleMania moment, did it make you wish you had come to WWE sooner?

Sting: I’m content with the way it worked out. I really am. I can’t look back and say I made a mistake. It’s only when I’m asked the question of what could have been and what would have been, does it come up because I don’t find myself doing that. It is what it is and I can’t complain. Having a WrestleMania match last year and WWE title match against Seth [Rollins] and now getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, I’m very content.

CraveOnline: Now that you’re set to enter the WWE Hall of Fame, looking back on your career, how do you want to be remembered?

Sting: Man, I want to be remembered as the guy who tried not to think about himself, tried to make it good for everybody and consider the others around me in all of the storylines. Somebody who had a strong work ethic and tried hard to entertain and have fans say, ‘Oh yeah. He was that guy that turned to God.’ I want to be remembered for that too.