John Cena mimicked Sting's hairstyle in his younger years and recalled, "he was my guy";John Cena: "To see Sting win that match Ric Flair at The Great American Bash (1990), obviously, as a kid I was going nuts: he was my guy."Jeff Hardy: We went to see WCW in Fayetteville. There was this one moment, man, a changing moment in my life, when I reached out and I touched Sting... I was like, 'Wow, I wanna be that guy'."</ref> Seth Rollins would dress up as Sting in his youth. Tommy Dreamer told how he "wanted to be Sting"—a sentiment shared by Jeff Hardy. Cody Rhodes and Shelton Benjamin named him their favorite childhood wrestler, while Tyson Kidd professed to being "a huge Sting fan as a kid".Bill Goldberg: "I looked up to Kidd: "I was a huge Sting fan as a kid."</ref> He was also a prominent influence on industry veterans Kurt Angle, Bill Goldberg, Kane, A.J. Styles and Dustin Rhodes/Goldust. Bray Wyatt has stressed that he ""really" would like to take on" Sting, adding: "I have to have [that before I die; I don't care if it happens outside a Waffle House, somewhere."