{"id":212577,"date":"2026-02-25T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=212577"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:34:33","slug":"exclusive-fred-rosser-says-steven-borden-jr-has-something-special-reveals-stings-involvement-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/02\/25\/exclusive-fred-rosser-says-steven-borden-jr-has-something-special-reveals-stings-involvement-in-training\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Fred Rosser says Steven Borden Jr. has &#8220;something special,&#8221; reveals Sting&#8217;s involvement in training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-72534401\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fred Rosser has been training Sting\u2019s son Steven Borden Jr at the NJPW Academy in Los Angeles. Rosser says that he believes Borden has &#8220;something special&#8221; about him and revealed that his dad, Sting, has been actively involved in advising his son during his training.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was just working with Steven yesterday with another Olympic wrestler of mine.\u201d said Rosser in a new interview on Radican Worldwide available now for PWTorch VIP members. \u201cYou know, I\u2019ve been pouring my heart and soul into hundreds of students at NJPW Academy and all over the world and Steven\u2019s no different. He\u2019s got something special about him and he\u2019s going to do great things in this business. And I\u2019ve been pouring my heart and my soul not only into him, but so many across the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut, Steven\u2019s going to do great things. We try to work on things, how to attack. His father gives him advice and the advice his dad gives him, Sting, I try to work on it at NJPW Academy. And that\u2019s my little project that I\u2019ve been working on. I want to help him become all that he\u2019s created to be inside of the ring, but most importantly outside of the ring as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosser is a former WWE Tag Team Champion and also a former NJPW Strong Openweight Champion. He currently is a trainer at the NJPW Academy in Los Angeles, Calif. He will be wrestling David Finlay at the The New Beginning USA PPV on Feb. 27 in Trenton, NJ. 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