<<==THE RETURN==>>
Since Halloween Havoc Sting has been out due to personal problems, he hasn't been on TV, but have wrestled at house shows. He wrestled on January 3 with the red and black facepaint, but then disappeared again until January 23, where he appeared with the crow image and defeated Bret Hart.
On March 29, at Nitro from Toronto the black and white crow Sting was spotted in the rafters duirng an interview with Ric Flair. The following Nitro dropped downed from the rafters during a four-way match between Goldberg, Hogan, DDP, and Flair, pointed at the TV screen where Savage announced a new four-way match between Hogan, DDP, Flair and Sting for the World Heavyweight Title at Spring Stampede �99 with himself as guest referee.
In a spectacular match, Hogan was carried out with a knee injury and left the three remaining wrestlers to fight. Sting hit Stinger Splashes on both Flair and DDP, hit a superplex on Flair, fended off DDP�s attempts at the Daimond Cutter and hit him with a Scorpion Deathdrop, and had a couple of chances to win the match with his attempts on the Scorpion Deathlock, only to be stopped by the third opponent. Near the end, Flair had Sting in a Figure Four leglock, but Flair was hit with a Flying Elbow by Savage. Down and hurt, Sting laid on the floor as DDP hit Flair with the Daimond Cutter to win his first World Title.
The following Nitro, DDP refused Sting�s request for a match, so Sting settled for a match between Flair. The commentators would constantly mention Sting�s exceptional in-ring form after only 2 matches back during the match. Sting would not only overcome Flair, but also outside interference from Arn Anderson and the biast officiating of Charles Robinson to take the win with a Scorpion Deathdrop.
Sting would get his wish for a World Title match against DDP two weeks later. In a match that lasted almost 25 minutes, Sting blocked several Daimond Cutter attempts from DDP, including the final attempt where he reversed it to a Scorpion Deathdrop. Sting took the win the WCW World Heavyweight Title for the fifth time. That same night however, he lost the title back to DDP in another four-way match that included Nash and Goldberg. DDP hit Nash with brass knuckles that Savage gave to him during the match and then a Daimond Cutter to steal the title away from Sting. Sting�s one and a half hour World Title reign was the shortest in history.
Sting would fight Goldberg for only the second time at Slamboree, a match that was set up by Ric Flair in an attempt to create a rift between the two franchise wrestlers. Sting and Goldberg fought a slow and methodical match, with each taking turns in control. Sting finally gained some prolonged period of control when he aimed at Goldberg's bad knee, with elbow drops, kicks, and a boston crab on it. Sting connected with two Stinger Splashes but was caught in mid-air by Goldberg on his thrid attempt, and was driven to the ground. At that point, Bret Hart, and then the Steiner brothers came to beat on the two wrestlers, leaving them for dead weight.
On the following Nitro, Sting fought Rick Steiner for the WCW World Television Title. The match ended with a no-contest when Scott Steiner interfered. Lex Luger came to aid of Sting to fend to brothers off. Sting & Luger and the Steiners collided again in the following Nitro, with a monster truck invading the ring area. The driver was supposely Sting, but it was actually Luger in disguise. Sting appeared from the crowd to get a piece of the Steiners.
On the next week, Sting and Rick fought in a no-holds barred contest inside a steel cage. There match was interrupt by Tank Abbott.
Sting was then involved in the main event on the next Monday Nitro, this time against the Macho Man Randy Savage. Sting had to overcome the constant interference from Savage's ladies, Gorgeous George, Ms. Madnass, and Madusa, as well as cheap tactics from Savage himself. Sting was able to gain some period of dominance over the foursome, including giving Madusa a Stinger Splash, which actually gave her a broken nose. Eventually, Lex Luger came to the aid of Sting to help fend away Savage and his ladies.
At the Great American Bash PPV, Sting fought another brutal match with Rick Steiner, again for Steiner's WCW World Television title. The match got so out of hand that they eventually brawled backstage, and actual dogs attacked Sting (it should be noted that the "Sting" being attacked was actually a stunt double).
On the following Nitro, Sting was able to get some degree of revenge when he interrupted Rick Steiner's match with Hak. Sting came out of a limo with belted Steiner with his trademark baseball bat. He then came to the ring, hyped up the crowd, then returned to beat on Steiner. At the end of the show, Sting returned to the ring and cleared the ring of Savage and the returning Sid during the main event between Kevin Nash and themselves.
With the main event of Bash at the Beach PPV set to be Kevin Nash and Sting against Macho Man Randy Savage and Sid Vicious, Team Madness began to implement a plan to create a rift between the two stars before their match. Firstly, Team Madness accused Sting of being the one who drove and rammed Kevin Nash with a hummer. Then on Thunder, NWO Sting reappeared, pretending to be the real Sting and attacked Kevin Nash.
Team Madness' plan seemed to have worked when Bash at the Beach came around. Nash and Sting argued over team strategy during the the beginning of the match and seemed reluctant to wrestle together. This factor, plus Team Madness' advantage in numbers, helped them for the win. Nash got a low blow from Gorgeous George, followed by the flying elbow from Savage allowed Savage to make the pin and become the new World Champion.
Following the loss, Sting set himself the task of getting at Ric Flair and the presidency of World Championship Wrestling. Sting issued a challenge to Flair, saying he wants the presidency. Flair refused. However, Flair told Sting, that if he can beat his son David, he will give him a shot on the next nitro. Sting beat David Flair, despite interference from Ric and others. So Sting and Flair fought for the WCW presidency on the next nitro. Sting again had to overcome distractions from Flair's company, but eventually got the win. Sting became the new president of World Chanpionship Wrestling. On the next week, Hogan asked Sting to become his tag team partner against Kevin Nash and his mystery partner. Hogan explained to Sting that times have changed, and he is no longer the Hogan he fought so many times before in the past couple of years. Sting reluctantly accepted, saying to Hogan that if he tries to stab him in the back, he will get him back. Sting and Hogan fought a competitive match against Nash and his partner, Sid Vicious. At one point, Hogan was ready for his Leg Drop, but was tripped. Nash then hit Hogan with a chair and got the pin. The four wrestlers continued to fight after the match, with Rick Steiner and Goldberg getting involved.
TO BE CONTINUED......
