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Steven Borden match announced for MLP Multiverse in Las Vegas

Posted on by Ian Carey

Steven Borden, the son of Sting, has been announced for a show in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week.

Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro announced Wednesday that Borden will face Kiran Grey at MLP Multiverse on Friday, April 17.

MLP wrote:

“BREAKING NEWS: The son of the legendary wrestling icon Sting, Steven Borden is set to enter battle with one of the brightest young stars in the industry, Kiran Grey at MLP Multiverse in Las Vegas! Will the second generation star secure the victory over Grey? Find out on Friday, April 17th!”

This will be the fifth singles match between Borden and Grey. They traded wins and losses in DEFY on November 21 and December 28, 2025. Borden has also defeated Grey in two AEW Dark matches.

Borden last wrestled in a dark match taped at the March 28 Collision show in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He teamed with Serpentico in a win over Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese. Grey has been wrestling at recent ROH TV tapings in Jacksonville.

MLP Multiverse lineup for April 17, 2026:

  • MLP Women’s Champion Gisele Shaw defends against Persephone and Shotzi Blackheart in a three-way match
  • Myron Reed, Amazing Red, Paul Walter Hauser, Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona to appear
  • Steven Borden vs. Kiran Grey

Steven Borden set to make NJPW debut

Posted on by Josh Nason

With less than ten career matches, Steven Borden Jr. is set to make his debut in NJPW.

Announced by the company on social media Wednesday, Sting’s son will compete as part of the NJPW Academy’s third anniversary showcase event at the LA Dojo on Saturday, March 21 at 2 pm local time. His opponent was not revealed.

After making his debut last October in a tag match that included Darby Allin, Killer Kross and JD Drake, Borden has appeared for DEFY Wrestling twice and AEW four times, competing in dark matches. He also worked a dark match for Ring of Honor. He was last in the ring in early-February.

In February, NJPW roster member Fred Rosser revealed he has been training Borden while AEW head Tony Khan said in February that “developing (Borden) for the future is a huge priority to me and everyone in AEW.” He has not stated whether he is under an AEW contract.

Former WWE wrestler & NJPW roster member coaching Steven Borden

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Currently signed to NJPW and known as Fred Rosser said in a new interview that he has been coaching Sting’s son, Steven Borden.

Young, primarily known for his time in WWE as a part of Nexus and The Prime Time Players, recently opened up to Darren Paltrowitz on the Paltrocast, where he discussed coaching Borden.

“The coaching is pretty full-time. I’m working with Sting’s son Steven Borden, helping to groom him privately and helping him become all that he’s created to be inside of the ring. He’s working hard, doing some dark matches, getting some reps in front of a crowd. That means a lot to me. That’s a personal project that I’m trying to conquer.”

Still early in his career, Borden has wrestled a total of seven matches, including three dark matches on Dynamite and one on ROH, all of which he won. He was also a part of his father’s retirement match at AEW Revolution, where he portrayed the Wolfpac version of Sting.

Borden has also wrestled on DEFY and is known for training with active AEW star Darby Allin.

Meanwhile, Rosser is scheduled to take on David Finlay, who is rumored to be WWE-bound at NJPW New Beginning USA on February 27.

Tony Khan comments on Powerhouse Hobbs, Britt Baker, Steven Borden

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Tony Khan commented on several current and former members of the AEW roster during recent interviews to promote Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite in Las Vegas.

Khan appeared on The Yo Josh Martinez Show on Wednesday and was asked about Powerhouse Hobbs, who debuted for WWE in the Royal Rumble on Saturday after a five-and-a-half-year run with AEW.

Khan said:

“I think Powerhouse Hobbs had a great run here in AEW. He started wrestling here in Jacksonville, where I am now, and had some great matches and became a champion in AEW.”

“He’s a former TNT Champion, former World Trios Champion.”

“I’ll always wish him all the best.”

Khan also addressed Steven Borden, the son of Sting, who has been wrestling dark matches at AEW events of late. Asked on the Battleground podcast about Borden using his father’s former ring music for his AEW matches, Khan responded:

“It was my idea. It’s a song that was in a library, and we made a deal to get a certain number of plays. We haven’t used it on air yet, but we have a deal to use ‘Turbocharged,’ which is a track that was available through a music library, and I love licensing great music. That’s one of my favorite songs from my childhood. I think about it all the time, and I thought it would be really cool for Steven to come out to it.”

Borden’s most recent match was a dark bout on the January 21 episode of AEW Dynamite in Orlando. He teamed with QT Marshall in a win over Nathan Cruz and Rosario Grillo.

Khan continued to say of AEW developing Borden:

“Steven and developing him for the future is a huge priority to me and everyone in AEW.”

The AEW president also addressed Britt Baker’s status on Wednesday. Baker has not wrestled for AEW since November 2024.

Khan said of the former AEW Women’s World Champion:

“Britt’s somebody I really like and respect a lot. I definitely think as we’ve evolved, with more tag teams and singles wrestling opportunities across multiple shows, now that we have four hours of TV with Dynamite and Collision, I think there’s going to be more and more opportunities.”

“Britt’s still somebody very highly regarded and respected here in AEW. I would expect to see Britt back in AEW. I just don’t want to say when.”

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite is set for the Pearl Theater at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Khan’s podcast appearances are available below:

Report: Steven Borden expected to be under AEW contract ‘before long’

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Sting’s son, Steven Borden, is reportedly expected to be under an AEW contract soon following praise from AEW President Tony Khan.

Borden recently made his AEW in-ring debut in a dark match, where he faced fellow Darby Allin trainee Kiran Gray. After the match, Khan commented positively on Borden’s performance, telling Fightful Select, “I thought he was excellent. He’s doing a great job. Very exciting in my opinion.”

Another AEW source close to Fightful noted that they expect Borden to be under an AEW contract before long if he’s not already. Other sources also spoke positively about the WWE Hall of Famer’s son’s work and physique. The source also claimed that they would trade years of their NFL team’s victories to look like Borden.

He was also involved at AEW Revolution last year during Sting’s retirement bout against The Young Bucks. Borden had appeared as Sting’s Wolfpac persona while his brother, Garrett, appeared as his father’s Surfer Sting persona.

Long before starting his wrestling career, Borden played tight end for the University of Kentucky in 2013 and 2014. He has also been the general manager of SAGA Fitness since July 2021.

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

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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 makes AEW in-ring debut

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Image: AEW

Less than a month after wrestling in his first-ever singles match and two months after his first-ever match, Steven Borden has made his AEW debut.

The son of Sting wrestled a dark match prior to Wednesday’s AEW Winter is Coming edition of Dynamite from Atlanta, Georgia, defeating Kieran Gray — the same opponent as in his singles debut and a fellow Darby Allin trainee.

He’s been training since early 2024. Allin told Ariel Helwani earlier this year that Borden “was good” in his debut match that saw he and Killer Kross take on Borden and JD Drake and that he can go “as far as he wants to take it.”

Borden was part of Sting’s retirement match back at AEW Revolution 2024 dressed as Sting’s Wolfpac persona while his brother, Garrett, appeared as his dad’s Surfer Sting persona. It was that night where he got bit by the wrestling bug after previously having no interest.

He played tight end for the University of Kentucky in 2013 and 2014 and has been the general manager of SAGA Fitness since July 2021.

Sting’s son Steven Borden competes in first-ever singles match

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Steven Borden has won his first-ever singles match.

The son of the legendary WWE Hall of Famer and AEW star made his singles debut for Defy on Friday night at Washington Hall defeating Kieran Gray, a fellow Darby Allin trainee. After the match, fans chanted ‘please come back.’

Borden wrestled his debut match back in October, teaming with JD Drake to take on Darby Allin and Killer Kross. That was part of a New York City art exhibition featuring artists Raymond Pettibon and Charlie Ramone.

In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, Allin seemed high on Borden when asked how far he could go in pro wrestling.

“As far as he wants to take it — as far as he wants to take it,” Allin responded.

Borden was part of Sting’s retirement match back at AEW Revolution 2024 dressed as Sting’s Wolfpac persona while his brother Garrett appeared as his dad’s Surfer Sting persona. In his final match, Sting would go on to team with Allin to defeat The Young Bucks, retaining the AEW Tag Team titles that would ultimately become vacant.

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

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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.

Darby Allin: Sting’s son had ‘good’ debut, can go as far in wrestling as he wants

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Darby Allin believes Sting’s son has what it takes to succeed in the ring.

The younger Steven Borden made his official wrestling debut earlier this month, teaming with JD Drake against Allin & Killer Kross in a tag team match. The bout was held at an art gallery in New York City as part of an event Allin was putting on.

While appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show today, Allin said he’s been working as Borden’s main coach getting him ready to step into the ring. He’s been training Borden for a little over a year and believes his debut went well.

“He had his first match last week. I wrestled him in a tag team match. It was good,” Allin said. “For his first match, yeah, it was good.”

Though he wasn’t previously interested in pursuing a career in wrestling, Borden decided he wanted to start training after being involved with his father’s last match. Because Sting gave him so much, Allin was more than happy to help out his son.

Helwani asked Allin how far he believes Borden can go in wrestling.

“As far as he wants to take it — as far as he wants to take it,” Allin responded.

Allin said Borden is just going by his real name as of now. He’s not wearing face paint but physically looks like his father.

Borden was a football player at the University of Kentucky when he was in college.

The final match of Sting’s in-ring career took place at AEW Revolution in March 2024, when he and Allin defeated The Young Bucks. Allin told Helwani that his experience working with Sting showed him how to be humble and that you can have peace after wrestling.

“Outside of the ring, I feel like he forgets he’s Sting half the time,” Allin said. “Someone that was in his position, you wouldn’t even think that he’s Sting because he’s so chill and he’s so giving to everybody. So it taught me to really keep a level head on and just be humble and nice to everybody.”

Sting’s son makes pro wrestling debut against Darby Allin and Killer Kross

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Sting’s son, Steven Borden, has made his pro wrestling debut.

He wrestled Friday night, teaming with JD Drake of The Workhorsemen against Darby Allin and Killer Kross. The match took place at 52W Hardway, an event combining art, music, and wrestling curated by Darby Allin, Raymond Pettibon, and AEW’s Charlie Ramone. The exhibit runs for two weeks, with live wrestling only on October 3 and 10.

Borden wore plain black pants with no makeup for the match. He previously portrayed Wolfpac Sting during his father’s retirement match against The Young Bucks at AEW Revolution 2024.

ARTnews covered the event and posted footage to Instagram, writing:

“Last night, live wrestling took over 52 Walker. As part of the gallery’s newest exhibition—a showing of Raymond Pettibon’s wrestling drawings—Pettibon’s friend and former two-time AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin staged matches inside a ring installed in the gallery. He was joined by Killer Kross, Steven Borden, Sid Ellington, Kiran Grey, and Timothy Thatcher, with Los Angeles band Purest Form opening the night.⁠ Organized by Ebony L. Haynes, the two-week presentation—part exhibition, part event—centers on Pettibon’s critique American myths of masculinity, power, and spectacle.⁠ Catch the next and final match on October 10 at 52 Walker, and follow ARTnews for more.”

Up next for Darby Allin is AEW WrestleDream on October 11 in St. Louis, where he’s scheduled to face Jon Moxley in an I Quit match.

Sting’s son to make pro wrestling debut next month

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Sting’s son is making his wrestling debut.

It was announced in a press release that Steven Borden, son of the WWE Hall of Famer and AEW star, would be making his debut next month as part of a 52W Hardway art exhibit by artist Raymond Pettibon in association with Darby Allin and AEW backstage personnel Charlie Ramone. The exhibit will feature live wrestling and music inside the art gallery on October 3 and 10.

Ticket information for the shows can be found here.

Shortly after Sting had his retirement match at last year’s AEW Revolution pay-per-view, Darby Allin told Fightful that Borden was training with him to become a professional wrestler. A former NFL prospect, Borden appeared at Revolution dressed as his father during his association with the nWo Wolfpac stable. Later that year, Borden on the Von Erichs podcast said that he had been training with Allin, Adam Copeland, and FTR in preparation for an in-ring debut.

Along with Borden, it was announced that Allin, Killer Kross, AR Fox, Sid Ellington, Kiran Grey, and Timothy Thatcher will also be a part of the live wrestling shows.

Steven Borden gives update on wrestling training, ‘tough conversation’ with father Sting

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It was a “tough conversation” when Steven Borden told his father Sting that he had aspirations of becoming a professional wrestler.

While appearing on The Von Erichs podcast this week, Borden said he had hardly ever stepped into a wrestling ring before being part of Sting’s retirement tour in AEW. Borden has since trained with Darby Allin, Adam Copeland, and FTR in preparation for an in-ring career.

Borden told Marshall & Ross Von Erich that he got a lecture from his legendary father after telling him that he wanted to be a wrestler.

“When I told him I wanted to wrestle? Uh, no, that was a tough conversation [laughs],” Borden said. “I was dreading it. You guys probably got a similar lecture [from Kevin Von Erich].”

Borden said he trains as often as he can and has been flying back and forth from California for his training with Copeland and FTR in North Carolina. Borden hopes that will be a more long-term thing at some point soon. He also credited Allin and Beth Phoenix for helping him.

A former college football player, Borden played tight end for the University of Kentucky and attempted to make it onto an NFL roster post-college.

Sting’s sons Steven and Garrett Borden both appeared for AEW during the final stages of their father’s in-ring career, including being involved in his retirement match. Sting retired at Revolution this March, teaming with Darby Allin to defeat The Young Bucks. Sting has signed a multi-year licensing deal with AEW following his retirement.

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Adam Copeland: Sting’s son Steven ‘looks the part’ of a pro wrestler

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If Sting’s son Steven Borden wants to become a pro wrestler, Adam Copeland thinks he’d be successful at it.

Borden has been training with Darby Allin and recently took part in a training session with Allin, Copeland, and FTR. After that experience, Copeland spoke with The Takedown and gave his thoughts on Borden potentially following in his legendary father’s footsteps.

“I think at Revolution there in Greensboro, he got a bit of the itch,” Copeland said. “He felt what it is. And once you feel that, man, it’s hard to walk away from that. It’s hard to go, ‘Wait, that wasn’t cool.’ You’re going to go, ‘That was really cool and really fun.’

“It’s a great gig. So I think he felt that. Also in terms of his physicality, I mean, he’s 6-3. He’s about 230 pounds. He’s probably sitting about eight percent body fat. He looks the part. He’s got a good head on his shoulders, very similar to his dad in how he conducts himself, which is a great thing.”

Steven and his brother Garrett both appeared for AEW during Sting’s retirement run and were part of his final match at AEW Revolution, where Sting & Allin defeated The Young Bucks. Copeland admits that there will be a lot of pressure on Steven if he decides to enter the business, but Copeland thinks he could handle it.

“I think now it’s really up to him,” Copeland said. “What does he want to put into it? Does he want to put in the work that it will take? Because you got to figure it. You might look at it and say, ‘Ok, an easier pathway into the business.’

“But once he’s in the business, there’s going to be a big spotlight on him, and with that comes extra pressures. You’re Sting’s son and trying to break out of that. But, he’s smart. He’s smart, and I think if he wants to do it, he absolutely could do it.”

Borden is a former college football player for the University of Kentucky. His final season was in 2014-2015.

The 50-year-old Copeland is recovering from a fractured leg that he suffered at AEW Double or Nothing this May. Copeland feels “really good” but doesn’t know what the timeframe for his return to the ring is.

Sting’s son Steven Borden training to be a wrestler

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Steven Borden might be following in his father’s footsteps after all.

Darby Allin told Fightful in a yet-to-be-released interview that Sting’s son has been staying with him and training to be a wrestler. He’s reportedly been sleeping in a tent set up in Allin’s yard and training in a ring Allin has at his house.

Steven Borden was “Wolfpac Sting” during his father’s final match at AEW Revolution earlier this year.

In February, Allin told Digital Spy that he’d asked Sting about his sons possibly training to wrestle and Sting responded that they weren’t interested.

They’re not interested at all. I’ve asked [Sting] I was like, ‘I’m just curious, I really want to know have your sons ever tried this?’ And he said, ‘No, they’re not interested.’

It just wasn’t a thing that they wanted to do, but I was curious because they’re pretty big dudes. They should get together, become a tag team – that would be cool.

That changed for Steven after he performed with his father and brother Garrett at Revolution. He told Comicbook.com in March that his future in wrestling had become “murky.”

“I just always liked leaving it as my dad’s thing. I never really had much interest in stepping into his world. I thought that was his thing. I would say it’s mostly still similar, but that said, maybe in the last six months to a year that answer has gotten a little bit more murky,” he said.

Borden played tight end for the University of Kentucky in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He’s been the general manager of SAGA Fitness since July 2021 and regularly posts fitness tips to his 12k followers on Instagram.