Goldberg

[Guest Rog]

He wouldn't have been Lesnar at 'Mania if Lesnar wasn't leaving too. Being Rock was suppose to get him even more over although no cared for Goldberg as Rock was frecking Hilarious building up the match.

I liked the Bounty Hunter angle they did pre-Survivor Series.

 

But thats the point being made, no effort was made to build up Goldberg. Instead he was made look crap in the weeks leading up to the match. The Rock even cut a face promo right before the match.

[Guest cenarules]

His attraction was his squash matches though. They were all the same, but really fun. Brilliant music, straight down to the ring, some big moves, pin. Simple, but incredibly effective. He was the perfect pro-wrestling character in a lot of ways. You could say he was the straight up Ultimate Warrior. Limited, but thoroughly entertaining when he stuck to what he did best.

 

I agree wholeheartedly. Goldberg is one of my favorite wrestlers of all-time, mainly because of what you said. He just played his character so well and he was built up as being an unstoppable force, which was pretty awesome. He was extremely entertaining and he was a solid wrestler, in my opinion.

[Guest Matt]

When i think of Goldberg all i can think of is that he kicked Bret hart so hard in the head he ended the career of IMO the greatest of all time. the guy should never have been in a ring if he was that much of a liability.

[King 277]

I'll never forget the match he had with Raven for the US Title on Nitro.

 

I thought the roof was going to come off when he Jackhammered him.

[DC 536]

When i think of Goldberg all i can think of is that he kicked Bret hart so hard in the head he ended the career of IMO the greatest of all time. the guy should never have been in a ring if he was that much of a liability.

That wasn't Goldberg's fault as Bret continued to wrestle (against medical advice) for weeks afterwards, and that is why he never recovered from the concussion.

[Guest Rog]

That wasn't Goldberg's fault as Bret continued to wrestle (against medical advice) for weeks afterwards, and that is why he never recovered from the concussion.

 

Indeed. He even took a botched powerbomb from Sid and wrestled in a Hardcore match with Terry Funk in the following weeks.

[DC 536]

Add in to the fact he continued the match with Goldberg too, and you have no-one to really blame but Bret. Contrast that with Balls Mahoney, who got popped full-on in the mouth with Kevin Thorn and dislocated/broke his jaw. Balls just lay down and called for the finish. He knew he was hurt and got out of there.

 

Yes, Bill kicked him really hard and strained his neck as well as a concussion, but Bret has been around long enough to know when to take a break and heal up.

[Guest cenarules]

When i think of Goldberg all i can think of is that he kicked Bret hart so hard in the head he ended the career of IMO the greatest of all time. the guy should never have been in a ring if he was that much of a liability.

 

That is the case with anyone. At any time during a wrestling match, anyone can injure anyone else. That is the risk that you take when you step into a wrestling ring. It is a shame that it had to happen, but I guess we all learn a lesson from our mistakes, don't we? Plus, it is not like Goldberg was trying give him a concussion. Accidents happen, even serious ones.

[Murph 93]

Nobody says he did it on purpose, but he still did it.

[etz 78]

I'm not being drawn into this, except to say that mistakes happen, no one intends for them to happen but they do.

 

And if you blame a wrestler for an accident that injures Wrestler X, when even Wrestler X doesn't, well that says alot about you and no one but you.

[Naitch 207]

What he said. No one vilified Owen Hart for breaking Steve Austin's neck. Mistakes happen in wrestling, people get injured but because it's Bill Goldberg and he isn't a Smark favourite people act like he killed their grandmother because he accidentally kicked the almighty Bret Hart in the head. Name me one other person in a, what, 6-7 year career that the so called 'liability' Goldberg injured? Well besides himself. Note to Bill, flesh and glass don't really mix.

[Fidel Cashflow 130]

My favorite Goldberg memories have to be the Nitro when he took out Hall and Hogan (I could NOT believe that wasn't on PPV. I was marking SO hard), and his Halloween Havoc match with DDP in '97. Really interesting build to that match. DDP erupted from the mid card to win War Games, and the Diamond Cutter was so over as a finisher, along with his many ways to hit it, it has to be the first time I felt Goldberg might actually lose. When DDP hits the Cutter it's insane. If you think the RKO on Benoit was huge, this one blows it away.

[Guest dpddave]

What he said. No one vilified Owen Hart for breaking Steve Austin's neck.

 

Austin was pissed about it though....that was a stupid move to do.

 

Austin even says in his book he thought Owen was ribbing when he said he was gonna drop to his ass and not his knees...

[Guest Trimmy]

I was never a fan of goldberg but i do remember his match with glacier just because of the back handspring he did, pretty much perfect.

[Guest carlito is cool]

Goldberg was no technical wizz he was just a big strong mean figure of intensity with a great look and most importantly of all he was booked to perfection. WCW realised his capabilities saw the crowd reaction and ran with it big time. He had the music, entrance look and executed his power based moves quite brilliantly. A superbly booked worker who played his part to perfection.