World Title Promo: Kurt Angle vs "Joker" Sting at Hardcore Justice 8/7/2011

This is a pretty good promo for the upcoming epic main event at Impact Wrestling's Hardcore Justice PPV. The Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle takes on The "Joker" Sting for the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Title.

Sting's "Joker" Transformation Now Complete

by Brian Phelps (http://wrestlersway.blogspot.com)




It appears as though Sting has finally completed his transformation into Heath Ledger's "Joker" character. This past Thursday on Impact, Sting showed up in complete Joker face paint, but this time came sporting a red and black suit to match. The only thing left for Sting to do is revamp his theme song to fit his persona. 

Sting Debuts New "Joker" Face Paint

by Brian Phelps (http://wrestlersway.blogspot.com)




The next evolution of Sting continues as this past Thursday on Impact Wrestling, Stings face paint has now fully transitioned into The Joker. No more 'Crow' design lines on his face, just Heath Ledger's Joker eye paint and red mouth paint. Sting interrupted Hogan and Anderson's argument, and cut a great promo on Hogan forcing him to actually eat vitamins. A great moment on Impact.

Sting Takes On Heath Ledger "Joker" Gimmick

by Brian Phelps
http://www.wrestlersway.blogspot.com

It's now 2011 and the winds of gimmick reinvention are in the air. Two weeks ago on Impact Wrestling, Sting snapped in Hulk Hogan's office, smearing paint on Hogan's face and laughing psychotically. Then on this past edition of Impact, Eric Bischoff called out the Stinger... but when Sting came out something had changed about him. His face paint was distorted, and resembled Heath Ledger's 'Joker' character from The Dark Knight. He got in Bischoff's face and even talked like Ledger's Joker before brutalizing Bischoff and smearing red paint on his face. Later that night, he continued his havoc as he butchered Abyss's face with a glove wrapped in barbed wire. So, it appears that we are watching the transformation of 'The Crow' Sting into 'The Joker' Sting, and I'm loving it. However, this isn't the first time Sting has changed...

In 1996, the man called Sting began what went on to become the greatest gimmick reinvention in pro wrestling history. At that time, the nWo were taking over and many of Sting's closest allies believed he had gone rogue. Feeling betrayed, Sting went into hiding. When he finally did reemerge from the shadows a few weeks later, gone was the colorful face paint and surfer persona that the Stinger was famous the world over for. In its place was a brooding avenger donning a trench coat and wielding an unforgiving black bat. The colorful face paint was replaced by black and white paint resembling author James O'Barr's character Eric Draven. In essence, Sting became the squared circles take on The Crow.

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