{"id":13898,"date":"2016-03-22T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=13898"},"modified":"2016-04-02T22:54:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T03:54:04","slug":"sting-addresses-health-wwe-ring-future-hof-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/22\/sting-addresses-health-wwe-ring-future-hof-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting addresses health, WWE in-ring future &#038; HOF induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1704758196\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>After TMZ reported last week that Sting was planning to officially retire from wrestling due to the condition of his neck, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/sting-interview-retirement-exclusive?sf22959606=1\" target=\"_blank\">WWE&#8217;s website interviewed Sting this week<\/a>. The result of the interview was Sting not committing to retirement, but not committing to wrestling again, either.<\/p>\n<p>Sting said in his mind he wanted to wrestle The Undertaker at WrestleMania and &#8220;call it quits at this point.&#8221; However, when he injured his neck at Night of Champions in September, anything on the table was wiped away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone knew that I definitely wanted to have that one match,&#8221; Sting said. &#8220;And, of course, WrestleMania would have been the place to do it. But, I got hurt and the rest is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now six months removed from Night of Champions, Sting said that multiple doctors decided that he does not need surgery on his neck. However, there is still a possibility that he will need surgery in the future. That possibility is what will likely keep him out of the ring, though.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There probably is spinal stenosis or cervical spinal stenosis,&#8221; Sting said. &#8220;I have had certain doctors tell me, &#8216;You know, so many athletes of all ages, they\u2019ve got this. They deal with it to some degree or another.&#8217; I had one doctor here tell me, &#8216;You\u2019re fine, you\u2019re okay \u2014 you don\u2019t have anything to worry about.&#8217;\u00a0I\u2019m telling you, it\u2019s just craziness. So I\u2019m thinking, as long as I\u2019m feeling good, why am I going to do anything? And the one thing everyone has said is don\u2019t go under the knife unless you absolutely have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Without a match to look forward to, Sting said his focus during WrestleMania Week is on his Hall of Fame induction speech. 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