Sting fans felt a wide-range of emotions during his last match at AEW Revolution. They were proud of the wrestling icon and also sad he was finally hanging up his wrestling boots. One emotion fans probably didn’t expect to feel was anger but many did.
After Sting and Darby Allin’s AEW World Tag Team Championship match against The Young Bucks a battle-weary but exhilarated Sting addressed the crowd…but only for a short time. After a brief speech thanking fans for all of their support over the years Sting looked a bit confused.
“I’ve got to wait. I’m getting cues, hold on,” were Sting’s last words before the broadcast was unceremoniously cut off, went dark.
AEW is notorious for not keeping time very well during their broadcasts. Routinely their weekly Dynamite show goes overtime cutting off the conclusion of the broadcast for those still using PVRs to record the show.
Some compared what happened to Sting to the end of The Sopranos series in which the final scene ended abruptly signaling Tony Soprano’s death.
Fans on X expressed their displeasure with the production gaffe especially on a night that was supposed to be all about paying tribute to Sting.
Sting did a Sopranos
— FoxyWoxy (@GradyFox1987) March 4, 2024
8.5 -0.5 for cutting of sting
— Rd 24 (@RD248723) March 4, 2024
https://twitter.com/darling_liz/status/1764518927881662825
@JobberNationTV so AEW Dynamite will always do a 5-8 minute run over every Wednesday, but when Sting is giving his farewell speech, cut him off
— TheoriginalGeorgeKaptur (@GeorgeKaptur) March 4, 2024
@TonyKhan You had one job to do for #AEWRevolution to send @Sting out properly, and you're gonna give some Scrum bull. As many steps as it takes forward, AEW somehow ends up taking more steps back. Time for #TonyKhanBotch. All that "overrun" for TV, too. Tsk tsk.
— Scooterdust (#HolyGrailPonyTail™) (@scooterdust) March 4, 2024
https://twitter.com/ChestHairGang/status/1764518905261797609
Why on earth would you ruin this with him being cut off??? Disrespectful
— Mike Brown (@43Mike1) March 4, 2024
"hold on I'm getting cues"
– Sting's last words on PPV.How is it possible AEW are more WCW than WCW ever were?!
— Kev Barty (@Barty1884) March 4, 2024
Get a streaming service. We should’ve gotten to see Stings speech in his entirety. Should’ve planned out better for that and made sure the PPV gave us time to see it all.
— Tim🇺🇸 (@timpoole78) March 4, 2024
WCW 2.0 strikes again couldn’t buy an extra 5 minutes to give Sting the respect he deserves had to have his last words be hold on I’m getting cues 🤦♂️ so disrespectful
— Ryan (@RyanH_08) March 4, 2024
To placate fans AEW finally posted what happened after the broadcast went off the air on X:
EXCLUSIVE! After #AEWRevolution went off the air, #TheIcon@Sting shared some final words. pic.twitter.com/CnMS8KSksO
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 4, 2024
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