The Rock wanted to face Sting at WrestleMania 21, reveals WWE legend Jim Ross

WWE was seeing huge changes in 2005 as many WCW superstars were joining company. Many A-list superstars like Goldberg joined company that year. However,  face of WCW - Sting - didn’t sign a deal with WWE. According to Rock’s mentor Jim Ross, WWE did everything y could to sign up Sting. y even offered him a WrestleMania 21 heliner against Rock, but Sting didn’t agree.

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Jim Ross said that Rock was rey to work with Sting at WrestleMania 21.  match would have been one of most iconic matches and would have gared a lot of views. Jim Ross said that he talked to a lot of bookers during that time and y claimed that everyone in company was talking about Sting vs Rock.

“Rock knew in his heart that he could get a match out of Sting, who h been dormant for quite a while and I believe that too. So anyhow, yeah it was a topic we talked about," said Jim Ross.

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While talking about Jim Ross’ comment, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Rio stated that Rock told him that he wants to face Sting, Macho Man Randy Sav or Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania. In end, Rock didn’t feature in any match at WrestleMania 21. Apart from Sting, Rey Mysterio was also a big contender to face Rock.

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WWE: Sting wants to face Undertaker

WWE fans always wanted to see a match between Undertaker and WCW superstar Sting. However, that never happened. When Sting returned to WWE in 2014, fans were convinced that he would face Undertaker. However, dream match didn’t happen as Sting faced Triple H at WrestleMania 31. After that, he went on to face Seth Rollins. In 2015, Sting left WWE after he suffered a neck injury. After that, Sting was inducted into WWE Hall of Fame and me many special appearances in WWE. Although chances of Sting’s return to WWE ring are quite slim, fans still believe that a match between Deman and Sting is possible. Earlier, while talking to fans, Stinger laughingly said that he would love to face Undertaker and he is open to everything.

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