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Sting reject WWE offer after McMahon tried to sign him. 

The Sun out of the United Kingdom has a new interview online with TNA Champion Sting. Below are some of the notable quotes from the piece:

When asked if the Main Event Mafia storyline in TNA is a fresh take on the New Blood v Millionaire's Club angle in WCW: "That's a really good question. I've never heard it asked quite like that, it makes me even think. I don't know. Only time will tell. I do believe it's different. We do have the past, whether or not you are the younger generation or you are my generation - old school, new school, whatever – you're still going to look and remember what happened with WCW. Even me. I'm not pointing the fingers. I was part of it. I was in with the whole bunch of us, and what happened, happened. Nobody wants that to be repeated." 

If he was ever close to going to WWE: "Yes, I was really close at least three, four times over the years. A few times in the early 1990s, when I chose TNA and once at a real key moment when WCW had overtaken WWE as the No1 group in wrestling. And I was pretty much at the peak of WCW, in their peak days. I forget how many weeks in a row WCW beat them in the ratings wars but it got really bad for WWE - WWF at the time. That was a key moment, and I was really close to jumping."

On whether or not choosing not to work for WWE has hurt his legacy: "I'm not going to try and cover it up – there's no question that is the case. WWE are a worldwide, huge, massive machine and always have been. The guys that have had any kind of run up there are now recognised all over the world. If there was something missing in my career, that would be it." 

What TNA can do to get on the level to compete with WWE: "The only thing I can do is look back on track record and what I have seen work in the past. And what I have seen work in the past was names. When Lex Luger jumped ship he was set to be on WWE Raw, but there he was on WCW Nitro. That created such a buzz. Then soon after that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash joined WCW and this momentum just built and built and built. With Kurt Angle, and now Mick Foley, I believe there are going to be more people watching TNA. The other thing I'm hoping for is a bigger commitment from our channel Spike TV and seeing them even further step up to the plate. I hope I don’t get in trouble for saying that – this might be the last you see of me on TV!"

Curtsy :thesun.co.uk