Tony Khan Speaks About Steven Borden (Sting’s Son): “I’m Proud To Say We’re Working On Developing Him As A Pro Wrestler For AEW”

Steven Borden is being developed for AEW.

The son of Hall of Famer Sting, Steven Borden, has had six wrestling matches in his career so far. Several of those have been dark matches before AEW or ROH shows. His father ended his in-ring career in AEW, and Borden was a part of Sting’s final match.

AEW President Tony Khan appeared on the Battleground Podcast and commented on getting ‘Turbo Charged’ for Borden to use as a theme song. That is the song that Sting used during the early portion of his WCW run. Khan said the development of Borden is a huge priority for him and for AEW.

“I wanted to use that song. It was my idea. It’s a song that was in a library and we made a deal to get a certain number of plays. We haven’t used it on air yet but, we have a deal to use ‘Turbo Charged,’ which is a track that was available through a music library and I love licensing great music and that’s one of my favorite songs from my childhood. I think about it all the time and I thought it would be really cool for Steven (Borden) to come out to it, and Steven still has never been on AEW TV, but he’s somebody we’re developing and I have so much respect for Steven. He’s a rising young wrestler. He played college football at Kentucky. I followed his football career and now I’m proud to say we’re working on developing him as a pro wrestler for AEW… Developing him for the future is a huge priority to me and everyone in AEW.”

Sting went undefeated in AEW and finished his in-ring career as AEW World Tag Team Champion.

Back in December 2025, Fightful Select reported that Steven Borden was expected to be signed by AEW if he was not already under contract.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Battleground Podcast with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.