5 WWE Superstars inspired by movie characters

#1: Sting (The Crow)

A much darker Sting returned to WCW in 1997, inspired by the Crow.

Though he is a WWE Hall of Famer and wrestled a few matches in the company before his retirement, Sting will always be best known as an icon of WCW. As part of WCW, Sting was always one of the company's most popular acts, with his bleach blond hair and surfer dude attitude gimmick gaining him a legion of fans. Though loved by the crowd, Sting's character on-screen faced plenty of hostility, and when several wrestlers believed the Stinger to be part of the New World Order, the former World Champion walked away from it all.

Sting started sporting a new look, portraying a loner character due to the New World Order manipulating WCW wrestlers and fans to doubt his loyalty. It was inspired from the controversial film The Crow, featuring a lead character much like Sting. This helped him become the hottest character in WCW during the 1996-1997 run, and after a year away from the ring, returned to defeat Hulk Hogan for the WCW World title at Starrcade 1997.