Jim Ross Reveals The Rock Wanted A Wrestlemania Match With Sting In 2005

There's lots of dream matches that wrestling fans would love to see, but due to unfortunate circumstances the fight never took place.

One match that could've happened back in 2005 was The Rock vs. Sting. According to Jim Ross, The Rock wanted to have a Wrestlemania match against Sting. During JR's recent podcast he explained The Rock's desire to have the match and why it never took place.

Here's what he had to say:

“Yeah, man. Look, we were trying to recruit Sting, Conrad, ever since WCW closed their doors. And then subsequently when he finally got all his money from Time-Warner that he was owed. We knew he’d be healthy, he’d be refreshed, and he’d have a full bank account. He should be a happy guy. And we only wanted him for a part-time role at best to maximize the investment, and to not overuse a asset that had more matches in him than he had left. So yeah, we were always talking about bringing him in. Why not? But Rock and Sting would have been cool as hell.

“And Rock — look, the thing about this, and I may have mentioned this before. It’s worth reiterating as far as bookers are concerned. Bookers find out that the top talents who are gonna draw the money and put an ass every 18 inches know exactly who they can and cannot work well with. Meaning that a great attraction like The Rock fighting another great attraction like Sting at the biggest event of the year like WrestleMania for the first time ever is money. Here’s the key though. Rock knew in his heart that he could get a match out of Sting, who had been dormant for quite a while, without any problem. Full confidence. And I believe that too. So anyhow, yeah it was a topic we talked about.”