Arn Anderson has looked back on one of the more unusual storylines from WCW’s hottest period, and he believes it achieved exactly what it set out to do.
The WWE Hall of Famer discussed the nWo’s “Fake Sting” angle from 1996, an infamous storyline that blurred the lines between reality and deception at the height of the promotion’s rivalry with the faction.
On an episode of The ARN Show, Arn Anderson reflected on the September 1996 storyline, which saw Jeff Farmer portray an imposter Sting. The angle was designed to create distrust among WCW wrestlers, leaving them unsure of the real Sting’s loyalties. Anderson praised the concept, saying it succeeded because it fooled both the audience and the locker room.
“Anytime you can trip up boys and the audience, I think you’ve accomplished something,” Anderson said. “And Jeff looked enough like Sting that you didn’t know, if you just glanced, that was Sting. So it was well done. It was close enough visually to work.”
He added that the angle represented the kind of believable storytelling that kept WCW’s momentum going during the era.
“To me, in those days good booking is how you kept the ball rolling and kept it plausible and believable,” Anderson said.
How Did Arn Anderson Think The Fake Sting Storyline Affected The nWo?
According to Arnd Anderson, the storyline also helped strengthen the nWo’s image as a cunning and dangerous group.
“It made the nWo slick, clever, and all that. Some people were going, ‘Well, they’re too cool.’ Well, it just made you keep watching and gave you an answer to, ‘How can smaller numbers overwhelm entire company?’” he said.
