10 Great Sting matches every wrestling fan should see

Three of the many faces of Sting.
Three of the many faces of Sting.

#3 Sting and Lex Luger vs. the Steiner Brothers--Superbrawl I

Superbrawl I featured a rare face vs. face match for the tag team championships.
Superbrawl I featured a rare face vs. face match for the tag team championships.

After Ted Turner purchased JC Productions and turned it into World Championship Wrestling, the first thing he did was expand the company's pay per view schedule.

One of the first 'new' PPVs set to join Starrcade and the Great American Bash was Superbrawl. The WCW pay per view was main evented by a rematch pitting Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Nature Boy Ric Flair for the WCW World Title.

But fans were in for a rare treat when WCW pitted two babyface tag teams against each other; The Steiner Brothers, the World Tag Team Champions, defended their belts against the duo of Sting and Lex Luger.

Though this match is only eleven minutes long, it's one of the most thrilling contests from WCW's early era. You might have a hard time believing that Lex Luger is involved in a five star match, but he works extremely hard and this match is almost without flaw.

Why this is a must-see match: Sting and Ric Steiner were friends for years and came up through the NWA territories together, and they have rare chemistry that makes for an excellent match. Scott Steiner was in the prime of his life and was pulling off acrobatic moves and suplexes left and right. Even Lex Luger manages to put in a stellar performance.

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