March 11, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Sting’s retirement, AEW Revolution review

Very few wrestlers in history get the kind of sendoff that Sting has gotten over the past three-plus years, and particularly for his farewell match as the main event of the AEW Revolution show on 3/3 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Sometimes, like with Ric Flair and Terry Funk, they do get a grand sendoff, but then they come back. And their actual last matches in the case of Flair weren’t pretty, although it was among the biggest independent shows of the past 40 years and a legitimate farewell. In the case of Funk, nobody even remembers because it was just a show he did when nobody knew it was his last match. Guys like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Roddy Piper did their share of retirements but never one like this, and always came back until they simply couldn’t do a match again. Dory Funk Jr. retired and still came back. Mil Mascaras hasn’t wrestled in years and is past 80 but still hasn’t retired. Dusty Rhodes never had a retirement match. Jack Brisco just flew home one day and never came back.

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