Darby Allin reveals that Sting attempted to talk him out of climbing Mount Everest in 2025

During AEW’s All In Texas: Countdown to On Sale media event, Denise Salcedo spoke to Darby Allin. Darby revealed that Sting attempted to talk him out of climbing Mount Everest in 2025…

“He’s tried but he knows that I really want to do it. He’s like, ‘Alright man, if you’re on a vision quest and you want to do something, go do it.’”

“To me, climbing Mount Everest, there’s so many things that go into it. It’s a journey because when you’re climbing a mountain like that, you don’t have the energy to talk like we have right now, like we’re talking back and forth. You can’t waste that energy, so you’re just alone with your thoughts on this mountain for essentially two months. I feel like that’s a very humbling experience and I want to always dig down deep inside and remind myself of what I’m capable of and who I am. I’m very excited for that opportunity and very grateful that AEW is letting me do this in the middle of my career.” (quote courtesy of Skylar Russell)