Sting's Feud With Triple H Continues to Be Well Executed

Sting, as we’ve discussed before, is in the middle of his debut — and perhaps only — stretch in WWE. The general motif of the angle is that he interferes to turn the tables whenever Triple H and his corporate authority have stacked the deck against a babyface. The latest iteration involved a defense of Randy Orton, who’s set to face Triple H acolyte (and infamous photographer) Seth Rollins at WrestleMania.

They’ve set Sting and Triple H up as the last battle between WCW and WWE. Sting — with the possible exception of Ric Flair, whose prime encompassed more of the NWA days — was the biggest name in WCW. Triple H has made it a habit of burying old WCW wrestlers, including Booker T, Scott Steiner, and Goldberg. (Of course, WWE won this battle a long time ago, and has been running a history-told-by-the-victors documentary series to hammer that point home.)

To Triple H’s credit, though, he’s allowed Sting to have the upper hand in each of their interactions thus far. On-screen, Sting clearly has him on tilt, and the angle has played out in a way that makes the real-life WWE executive look ridiculous. It says something about Triple H that he’s been willing to sacrifice his vanity for what has been a really enjoyable pro wrestling story for the past five months.