PWInsider and TMZ are reporting that Sting has made the decision to retire.
According to their report, Sting made the decision after getting a diagnosis of spinal stenosis. The report claims that Sting will officially make the announcement when he is inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month.
Sting, last wrestled at Night of Champions against WWE Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins. He was injured when he was powerbombed into the turnbuckles. Sting went down but continued the match.
Sting has not wrestled since.
Last December, in a WWE.com interview, Sting commented on his injuries with the following:
“Yeah, MRI’s and neurologists have been looking at it, Dr. Maroon out of Pittsburgh, he’s looked at it. He’s telling me that I’ll have to have a surgery. The dust only in the last couple weeks has kind of started to settle a little bit for me, just trying to get so much done in life but now it’s time to go get this thing taken care of. No, I’m hoping (they don’t have to do a fusion surgery). I know that’s one of the techniques that they use and I’m not sure if Dr. Maroon will have to do that or not. I’ve got two spots in my neck that are troublesome. I guess it’s called cervical spinal stenosis. That’s what it is. I have two areas in my neck where the spinal canal, which holds the spinal cord, it’s kind of choked off in two different locations. Lucky that a catastrophe didn’t happen that night, long story short. I’ve gotta go get it fixed. I guess John Cena had something very similar, he had his fixed, and Dr. Maroon has done several of the WWE guys up there and all with great success.”
There has been no official announcement made from Sting or WWE yet.