Sting has never fully watched The Crow.
Over the years, many fans have drawn comparisons between Sting and The Crow”, with his white-and-black facepaint leading many fans to call the character “Crow Sting”.
Speaking with “Doc” Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Sting admitted that he has never seen the movie from start to finish in a single sitting.
“I do remember those movies and I was dubbed that name, Crow Sting, and I took from many many different people that influenced me,” Sting said. “From the band Kiss to even Rocky Horror Picture Show. That was like a cult movie in California. You know, Batman. So many people influenced me over the years.
“I suppose possibly The Crow character may have had some influence but it was nothing that I ever really thought about until everybody said ‘He’s Crow Sting.’ and I went ‘Oh, okay. Yeah, I see that.’ I saw the movie I think. I don’t think I’ve seen the whole movie from beginning to end. I’ve just seen bits and pieces of it over the years, but I remember when it first came out.
Sting On His Other Inspirations
Sting continued by noting that he was thinking about KIss, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Batman as he developed the Crow character. He reiterated that he was not thinking about the movie at all.
When I was developing this Crow character, I wasn’t thinking about the movie at all.
I was thinking about Kiss, I was thinking about Rocky Horror, I was thinking about Batman. And there’s others that influenced me over the years.” “But it’s just weird, that Crow thing, of all things Crow, why wouldn’t that be something on the forefront? I don’t know.”
Sting will compete in his retirement match at AEW Revolution. The Young Bucks will challenge “The Icon” and Darby Allin for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
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