Sting, one of the best-known WWE professional wrestlers, will have to finally retire after nearly three decades in the business. His doctors told him that it would not be a good idea to continue wrestling after his latest injury.
Back in September, the 56-year-old wrestler hurt his neck during WWE Night of Champions when he fought Seth Rollins. He never fully recovered and, according to TMZ Sports, he was diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis. It’s a condition that causes pain and discomfort and also forced Edge to quit in 2011.
“I had tingling, numbness down both arms, all the way to my fingertips. And then, later in the match, I just fell wrong, whatever it was, and this time [the tingling and numbness] went down both arms and into my legs, and I couldn’t feel my legs too well,” Sting told WWE.com in September, reports The Denver Post. “They just felt like rubber. I don’t know how to describe it. I had to go down on all fours there for a minute, get my composure. I was a little … I was worried.”
According to TMZ, Sting will probably announce his retirement at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony next year. He could still have a role with WWE, but he hasn’t been offered a position yet.
Sting has been a wrestling superstar since he debuted with the NWA in 1987.