Sting modeled this look after the main character, Eric Draven, from the movie "The Crow," on the advice of Hall. When Hogan's NWO began to break apart in 1998, the look of Borden's character ...

The current Sting, known for his black crow persona, emerged from his feuds with NWO. If he had been cast as the original third man, the entire trajectory of his character would have been altered.