The first time I saw Steven Borden, it was at AEW’s Revolution 2024, where he and his brother Garrett appeared as Wolfpac Sting and Surfer Sting to aid their father, Sting Sting, and their adopted brother Skateboard Sting in their match against brothers Max and Jeremy Sting, otherwise known as the Stung Bucks. It was great, one of the absolute highs of my life as a wrestling fan, and in the balance of things Steven got bit by the wrestling bug, which famously does not have a stinger, and began training under Allin. In those two years, he’s worked shows at art galleries, indie promotions, and in dark matches at Ring of Honor and AEW tapings with and against an array of veteran talent with the kind of care that is rarely afforded to young wrestlers these days, regardless of their parentage.
If he has a career 3% as good and interesting as his father’s, we’ll all have fun. Hell, it already is. Since he appeared at All In to take his father’s mantle as “Borden who jumps from unreasonably high places,” dude has been ALL OVER platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with wrestling fans who swoon for hunky wrestlers swooning over him in much the same way their grandma (or, shit, look at the time, their great grandma) would have swooned over his pops. He also has a great dropkick, if that even matters to you.
Steven Borden
Summary
He’s his own man and he’s nobody’s fool.
Pros
- He does this.
- He does that.
- He’s big as a bull.
- And he stars in thirst traps.
- Seriously how do you not get a little misty-eyed watching this dude Predator handshake his old man before jumping off of a stupidly tall ladder. You take that torch, Steven. Take it to the rafters and hang out with the crows. They’re probably hungry. Please feed the crows, Steven.
Cons
- They’re not calling him “The Son Called Sting.”