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Sting: Tony Khan ‘treated me like gold’ throughout AEW run

Posted: Dec 9th 2025 By: Joseph Currier

AEW felt like home to Sting throughout his entire retirement run.

While speaking with Going Ringside at a signing for Palm Beach Autographs over the weekend, Sting was asked to compare the runs he had in TNA, WWE, and AEW. Sting responded by expressing how much of a natural fit AEW was for him.

“They’re all different in some ways, but the thing that I liked about AEW is it always — it just felt like my brand,” he said. “It felt like home to me.”

Going Ringside then asked Sting if AEW boss Tony Khan was a good person to work for.

“He was the best. He was phenomenal,” Sting said. “Treated me like gold the whole way through. If it wasn’t for Tony, I wouldn’t have had the run that I had. And Darby [Allin], my partner.”

Sting made his AEW debut in late 2020 and stayed undefeated for his entire time in the company, capping things off with a victory in his retirement match at Revolution in March 2024. He retired as a champion with Sting & Allin retaining the AEW Tag Team titles over The Young Bucks.

The signing for Palm Beach Autographs was one of the last stops on Sting’s “2025 or Never” tour. At the end of this year, he will no longer be appearing in the full Sting costume and face paint for his convention bookings.