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#12 Sting
Steve Borden was a bodybuilder and good friend of Jim "Ultimate Warrior" Hellwig during their days competing on the Muscle Beach circuit. They were scouted by wrestling promoters, who quickly put them into a tag team despite having no training in pro wrestling. After a rocky start, Sting and Hellwig received their proper training and became the Blade Runners.
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Then their careers diverged. Hellwig would go to WWE and portray the Ultimate Warrior, while Sting joined the NWA. He would remain with the promotion through thick and thin until its demise in 2002. Many credit Sting and Ric Flair for putting the NWA on the cultural map due to their match at the first-ever Clash of the Champions.
Many believed that Sting would never wrestle for WWE. This was due in part to Borden's aging and the fact that he didn't like the WWE's raunchy attitude era product. But, when WWE switched to PG programming, they finally brought in Sting for a dream match with Triple H.
Sting still has a legends contract with WWE, though his in-ring career is officially over. Sting held many titles in his heyday, including the WCW World championship.
