Former WWE celebrity Killer Kross has showered reward on an AEW legend’s son for his dedication to the game. The latter, Steven Borden Jr., has adopted within the footsteps of his father, “The Icon” Sting.
Steven Jr. impressed followers together with his pure athleticism throughout his look alongside his brother Garrett at Revolution 2024, the place Sting wrestled his retirement match alongside Darby Allin in opposition to The Younger Bucks. Quickly afterwards, information broke that the previous Kilgore School and College of Kentucky tight finish had begun coaching with Darby for a profession within the squared circle.
Steven Jr. wrestled his first match final 12 months in October on the 52Walker artwork gallery in New York, teaming with JD Drake of The WorkHorsemen in opposition to his coach, Allin, and Karrion Kross in a tag bout. The Herald of Doomsday heaped reward on the WWE Corridor of Famer’s son throughout his latest interview with Fightful, crediting the up-and-comer’s distinctive wrestling IQ, hard-working mindset and need to construct his identify on his personal deserves.
“For any person who’s so early in his growth as a professional wrestler? He is very, very sharp. He has the proper mentality, transferring ahead, he isn’t stepping into this for clout, he isn’t stepping into this for any of the flawed causes,” Kross mentioned.
The previous WWE celebrity emphasised that Steven Jr. was not concerned with chopping corners, or obtain favours as a consequence of his father’s fame.
“He is not on the lookout for any shortcuts… He is not on the lookout for some homicide run the place he is available in and has some kind of, I do not understand how you’d put it, like, he isn’t making an attempt to dwell off his father’s credentials. That is essentially the most plain, fundamental manner I can put it. And, he is good. He is very, excellent. He takes it severely, and he is coaching his a** off.” [H/T – Wrestling Inc]
Since his debut, Steven Borden Jr. has already wrestled a number of bouts on the impartial circuit.
Steven Borden Jr. made an look on AEW’s sister-promotion
Steven Borden Jr. has already wrestled underneath the All Elite Wrestling banner this previous December, when he competed in a darkish match forward of AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming 2025. Forward of final weekend’s episode of AEW Collision, the budding star competed for the Tony Khan-led firm’s sister-promotion Ring of Honor, wrestling Jon Cruz on the long-running model’s tapings.
It stays to be seen if All Elite Wrestling will provide a contract to Steven Jr. in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
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Edited by Anurag Mukherjee
