What is Sting's real name?

Sting's real name is Steven James Borden. He was born on March 20, 1959, in Orlando, Florida, United States.

Where did Sting attend college?

Sting attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he pursued his education.

What are Sting's most notable wrestling achievements?

Sting is a two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a member of the WWE Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Which wrestling promotions has Sting been affiliated with?

Sting has been affiliated with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and WWE.

What is Sting known for in professional wrestling?

Sting is known for his charismatic persona, technical skill, and significant contributions to the wrestling industry, particularly in WCW and AEW.

Sting

American professional wrestler

Person human Q44640

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: March 20, 1959
Place of birth: Omaha
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: professional wrestler
Employer: World Championship Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling^[8]^[9]
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles, William S. Hart High School^[10]^[11]
Award received: WWE Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame^[12]^[13]
Child: Garrett Borden, Steven Borden Jr.^[4]^[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Short name: Steve Borden^[25]
Different from: Sting^[26]
End of work period: 2024^[29]
Family name: Borden^[19]
Given name: Steven, James^[20]^[21]
Head coach: Red Bastien, Rick Bassman^[16]^[17]
Height: +191^[30]
Mass: +114^[31]
Member of: Blade Runners^[14]
Name in native language: Steven James Borden^[24]
Native language: English^[7]
Number of children: +3^[27]
P14750: 752C-079E-A49B-766C-6B4B^[37]

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Pseudonym: Sting^[22]
Social media followers: 677k (619k–677k, n=4)^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]
Sport: professional wrestling^[18]
Start of work period: 1985^[28]
Writing language: English^[32]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 36

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VIAF cluster ID: 4264490
Library of Congress authority ID: n99039570
Image (Wikimedia Commons): 20230122sting1 (cropped).jpg ↗
AlloCiné person ID: 625947
CageMatch worker ID: 263
Comic Vine ID: 4005-63696
Douban movie celebrity ID: 1065627
Douban personage ID: 27271368
Elonet person ID: 1004348
FAST ID: 434069
Facebook username: realsting

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Famous Birthdays ID: people/steve-borden
Film.ru person ID: steve-borden
Freebase ID: /m/030274
IMDb ID: nm0096165
Internet Wrestling Database ID: sting-494
Kinobox person ID: 840356
Kinopoisk person ID: 9029
Listal ID: steve-borden
NLP ID: a0000001854126
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810618861405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1535323
Online World of Wrestling ID: sting, s/sting
PORT person ID: 170707
Plex person key: 5d7768415af944001f1fc636
Sinemalar person ID: 462769
TMDB person ID: 1108859
TV.com ID: people/steve-borden
Trading Card Database name ID: 42135
WWE superstar ID: sting
WikiTree person ID: Borden-1987
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqqrFXryVFt8vKjw3dWjC
Wrestlingdata person ID: 26
X (Twitter) username: Sting
ČSFD person ID: 6064

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

WWE Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Employer 2

All Elite Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling

Given name 2

James, Steven

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

Sting

Educated at 1

University of California, Los Angeles

Head coach 1

Red Bastien

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Native language 1

English

Occupation 1

professional wrestler

Place of birth 1

Omaha

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

professional wrestling

Writing language 1

English

← Cast member 1

Ready to Rumble

← Different from 1

Sting

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Summary

Sting was born on March 20, 1959^[1], in Omaha^[2]. He has worked as a professional wrestler^[3].

FAQs

Where was Sting born?

Sting's place of birth was Omaha^[2].

What did Sting do for work?

Sting worked as a professional wrestler^[3].

Where did Sting go to school?

Sting was educated at University of California, Los Angeles^[10] and William S. Hart High School^[11].

What awards did Sting receive?

Honors received include WWE Hall of Fame^[12] and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame^[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Sting — place of birth (P19): Omaha. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sting — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sting — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sting — child (P40): Garrett Borden. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sting — child (P40): Steven Borden Jr.. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sting — educated at (P69): University of California, Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sting — educated at (P69): William S. Hart High School. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sting — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sting — occupation (P106): professional wrestler. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sting — employer (P108): World Championship Wrestling. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sting — employer (P108): All Elite Wrestling. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sting — award received (P166): WWE Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sting — award received (P166): Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sting — head coach (P286): Red Bastien. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sting — head coach (P286): Rick Bassman. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sting — member of (P463): Blade Runners. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Sting — date of birth (P569): March 20, 1959. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sting — sport (P641): professional wrestling. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sting — family name (P734): Borden. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sting — given name (P735): Steven. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sting — given name (P735): James. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Sting — pseudonym (P742): Sting. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Sting — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Sting — name in native language (P1559): Steven James Borden. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Sting — short name (P1813): Steve Borden. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Sting — different from (P1889): Sting. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Sting — number of children (P1971): 3. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Sting — start of work period (P2031): 1985. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Sting — end of work period (P2032): 2024. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Sting — height (P2048): 191 cm. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Sting — mass (P2067): 114 kg. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Sting — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Sting — social media followers (P8687): 633,512. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Sting — social media followers (P8687): 618,923. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Sting — social media followers (P8687): 652,540. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Sting — social media followers (P8687): 677,142. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Sting — P14750 (P14750): 752C-079E-A49B-766C-6B4B. wikidata.org.

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Award received → WWE Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Educated at → University of California, Los Angeles, William S. Hart High School

Social media followers → {'amount': '+633512'}, {'amount': '+618923'}, {'amount': '+652540'} +1

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Sting

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