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AEW World Champion Darby Allin makes surprise indie appearance

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Coming off his successful title defense against Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin made a surprise visit to indie promotion One Fall Wrestling.

The AEW World Champion showed up at 1FW’s television taping in McDonough, Georgia on Sunday, taking part in an angle where he laid out his protege Kiran Grey. Grey was standing over a group of wrestlers and got on the microphone to warn that the result would be the same for whoever walked through the curtain next. The lights then went out so Allin could make his entrance.

After ducking a chair shot, Allin punched Grey, gave him a Scorpion Death Drop, and followed with a Coffin Drop.

1FW is owned by AEW wrestler/executive QT Marshall, and Allin has appeared for the promotion before. He took the mic after laying out Grey and thanked all of the fans who came to the show.

“I just got off a plane from Collision last night, but I had to make a stop here,” Allin said. “And I’ll tell you why: I want to thank everybody that’s here today because this business starts in places like this. I want you to support all the people that you love in the back, follow their career, because you never know where it’s going to end up.”

Allin, a fighting champion since winning the belt from MJF last month, has a title defense against “Speedball” Mike Bailey coming up this Wednesday. A rematch between Allin and MJF is then scheduled for AEW Double or Nothing on Sunday (May 24). In order to get the match, MJF agreed to put his hair on the line.

Sting’s son Steven Borden Jr. announced for new indie match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Fresh off his AEW debut, Steven Borden Jr. has been announced for a new indie date.

Borden — the son of wrestling icon Sting — will return to Defy Wrestling on Sunday, December 28 for a match against Kiran Grey. It’s part of the card for Defy’s Ender event that is being held in Los Angeles to close out 2025.

Both Borden and Grey are trainees of Darby Allin. They’ve already been frequent opponents as Borden starts off his wrestling career. Ahead of this match, they’ve faced each other twice. Borden defeated Grey at Defy last month and in their dark match this Wednesday prior to AEW Dynamite.

The first match of Borden’s career took place in October when he and JD Drake wrestled Allin & Killer Kross in a tag team bout at an art gallery in New York City. While he never had any interest in following in his father’s footsteps before, Borden caught the wrestling bug when he participated in Sting’s AEW retirement tour. He is a former college football player for the University of Kentucky.

After they faced off the first time in Defy, Borden cut a promo calling out Grey for claiming that Borden has nothing to lose. Borden said that, as the son of a legend, there are tons of people out there waiting for him to fail. He’s trying to earn everything that comes to him in pro wrestling.

Sting’s son Steven Borden to compete in second-ever match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Steven Borden — the son of pro wrestling legend Sting — is set to compete in his second-ever match.

Defy Wrestling has confirmed that Borden will be in action at the promotion’s AEON event in Seattle on Friday, November 21. He’s facing Kiran Grey at the show, with both Borden and Grey having been trained by AEW star Darby Allin.

This will be a different experience for Borden than his debut match, which was held at an art gallery in New York City as part of an exhibition Allin was putting on with artists Raymond Pettibon and Charlie Ramone. That bout saw Borden team with JD Drake against the duo of Allin & Killer Kross.

On the Ariel Helwani Show, Allin said Borden’s debut went well — and he believes Borden has what it takes to succeed in the ring. Training Borden was something Allin was happy to do given the connection he has with Borden’s father.

“As far as he wants to take it — as far as he wants to take it,” Allin responded when asked how far Borden can go in wrestling.

While in college, Borden was a football player at the University of Kentucky. Pursuing wrestling as a career is something that started to interest him when he was involved with Sting’s retirement run in AEW.

The November 21 Defy event is being held at Washington Hall and will include AEW’s Bryan Keith defending the Defy World Championship against Cody Chhun.