"Tony Khan was going to give Sting the option to pick whoever he wanted to face, and that would include pretty much anyone on the AEW roster or most other rosters besides WWE since Khan would have given him any match he wanted that involved talent he could have access to. When he was asked who he wanted to face, they were his choice, as he loved doing the Forbidden Door 2022 match in Chicago (Sting & Allin & Shingo Takagi vs. Bucks & El Phantasmo).
The Young Bucks were originally going to take more time off before returning but Sting asked them and they weren’t about to turn that down."
Based on how his run has gone, I think I just assumed Sting would get to pick as soon as he announced his retirement. After the first few months of Sting and Darby teaming up, I wanted that singles match to pass the torch, but that went away over the years. Sting has been so open about not doing singles matches and not wanting to face Darby. It feels nice, thinking that Sting can finish up with a tag partner that doesn’t turn on him lol.
Never been the biggest Bucks fan, but smarmy heels who can bump like hell feels perfect for Sting’s last match. They totally have to reference the Shawn Michaels v Flair spot, right?
It’s kinda funny, the only other tag team I’ve seen mentioned are people wishing it was FTR instead of the Bucks. Nice to see everyone agrees it should be a top tag team, at least.
Still salty over FTR for numerous reasons so I’m glad the Bucks get the rub.
I’m honestly just glad it wasn’t somehow Ric Flair.
That’s all that mattered to me
