>>12579556He's always been just below the very top guy really.
best in ring was Surfer Sting, specifically around 90-96.
Muta matches are a little overrated mostly due to the "facepaint vs facepaint" spectacle & mystique but still good, he had good matches with Flair & the Steiners, also some dimes TV matches. Had a great match with Scott Steiner on a Nitro around the time the Outsiders debuted. Did athletic/agile stuff for his size but could also do power spots, and always had a good physique. Probably a 7/10 in ring at his peak, maybe 8/10.
Promo wise pre-Crow he was your classic late 80s shouty high energy clean cut babyface. Serviceable, solid, unremarkable content but solid delivery and charisma. 6/10 promos with 8/10 charisma.
Crow Sting didn't do promos, the gimmick was a ripoff but a smart one cashing in on a hot property at the time. All presence, gimmick and charisma. 9/10 gimmick with 10/10 presentation, but it lasted way too long, he should have reinvented himself much sooner in TNA and not as the shitkino Joker Sting.
Crow Sting's matches weren't good because he was out of shape and off his nut. By the time he got himself going in-ring again the mystique of the gimmick had run out, and his promos weren't as good as his solid stock promos as Surfer Sting.
In TNA he was mostly reliant on aura & legacy. If you combine the best of each era you get a guy who's a 9/10 all round package, but he never really did that, he was more a 7.5-8/10 at any point, the guy who you can put against the champion or have a short transitional run with but never the guy. Much like Undertaker, they're perfect counterparts.
