First, on the Oct. 21, 1996, episode of "WCW Monday Nitro," he appeared wearing white face paint in a style that reminded of his "Surfer" character. That night was the last time Sting spoke on ...

Sting rocked the surfer look through WCW seceding from the NWA. Beginning in 1996 in WCW, Sting started to take on a darker look. His bleached hair was no more and he started to grow it long in ...

In the early 90s, Sting, still in his blonde surfer gimmick, had become the ultimate babyface of WCW. Every hero needs a villain, and the Stinger found his in the menacing Vader. The two went at ...

During the early '90s, surfer Sting came up against the terrifying force known as Vader on WCW programming. And it was during the early stages of that rivalry when a then-World Heavyweight ...

and that was the last time anyone would see any part of the "Surfer Sting" character. During his first stint away from WCW, Sting had a brief tour with NJPW, all while the NWO's version of Sting ...

“Just a huge, huge night for young Surfer Sting two years into ... Vigilante Sting, Icon Sting working for Jim Crockett Promotions, WCW, TNA, New Japan, an injury-shorted stint in WWE and ...

While Garrett wore his father’s Great American Bash gear from 1990, otherwise known as the Surfer Sting era ... to use the era-appropriate gear from WCW. Instead, he walked out in his dad ...

Sting first started doing the stunt in the defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1997 ... those four decades -- from brightly colored surfer; to brooding, black-trench-coat-wearing ...

Hundreds of similar stories carried throughout the arena, with attire ranging the many eras of Sting from surfer blonde, NWO stints, Crow, the Joker, and modern-day Sting. Some fans saw him as ...

Teaming with Darby Allin, the former WCW Champion rediscovered himself ... with his character in the first place, whether it was Surfer Sting of the late '80s/early '90s, Crow Sting in the late ...

Vince McMahon seized control of WCW, his longtime rival ... When I was the new guy, the young surfer Sting, I was taking risks. I was one of the only guys my size doing headfirst dives out ...