I met Goldberg back in 2000 during a UK tour. He was doing signings with Norman Smiley. He was very chilled and cool answering questions to fans and taking photos.
Dude, the growth you've made since this was uploaded is unreal! During this time, I was just becoming a fan of the channel. Now, you're so much more confident, you have a genuine connection with your audience, and you are, by far, my favorite channel!
Your upload schedule is off the mark. Take a bow. Love that I've found your Channel and your video are different to every other wrestling UA-cam channel
It's funny cause I ALWAYS hear about how the DDP match at Halloween Havoc was cut off on PPV, but as a Cablevision subscriber in the New Jersey/New York USA area, they must have been one of the few providers that let the event air to it's conclusion, as I not only distinctly remember watching the whole match, but even recorded it for one of my friends whose parents wouldn't allow him to order a ton of PPVs and the ones he would order we're wwf ones. Funny, guess it was lucky, or Cablevision is just awesome that way, I DO remember it being long as hell...
I will always remember the Nitro when Goldberg defeated Scott Hall and then later that night defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW championship. It was massive back then! Wrestling could not be bigger between WWF vs WCW.
My dad was always a big Hogan hater, grew up with Lucha so was never into his style, and bought into the Goldberg act hook line and sinker. I'll never forget how excited he got when his favorite took the belt off his most hated
That was a good match , but that Goldberg vs DDP match was OUTSTANDING! At that time you just knew no matter who Goldberg was wrestling, Bill was gonna win. But at that time DDP was WAY OVER and it was the first time I remember thinking , WOW Goldberg might lose this one! The told a great story with the match , it was SO close too. I'd suggest watching it now but I'm sure that it wont have the same feel as it did during the Unbeatable Goldberg run. At one point near the end DDP hits a diamond cutter outta left field and I swore he had him beat! Jumped outta my chair! Great match!
@@robertt9342 exactly. DDP beating Goldberg clean could have set up a tandem that could've taken on the NWO without completely destroying the perceived invincibility of his character. The end of his streak in the way that it was done was such a horrible decision, regardless of the storyline lined up from the decision
You deserve more subscribers.....as for Goldberg he definitely reinvigorated the Monday night wars. Right time, right place, right gimmick. I definitely changed the channel to WCW when Goldberg comes out 😁
Request: Brutus the barber, especially when he and HH were boys, then his accident... I actually know nothing other than what’s on the internet/wiki, and he was my fav for a few years. Would love your take on him (unless you happen to know it’s a boring topic, then forget it). Thanks, man. Great bios
Goldberg was great to watch, but at times, it got really old. As much as I enjoyed seeing his pure power(like Brock Lesner), the sheer power was amazing, it kind of got stale after awhile. Especially seeing how limited his wrestling style was. Now I will be honest, I've never been a fan of any wrestler being pushed with Godlike Powers, its something I just don't think is entertaining
Uploaded two days after his match with The Undertaker. Awesome! Goldberg is my third favorite WCW wrestler and Undertaker is my third favorite wrestler of all time but that match they would've been better back in the early 2000s. Instead their match was meh. I want to believe Goldberg was their answer to WWF's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin but lost a lot of hype after his 1998 Starrcade lost to Kevin Nash. In retrospect,his streak,badass entrance,being booked to squash his opponents and made to look nearly invulnerable are what got him over.
When he burst onto the scene, he very much reminded me of Nikita Koloff who was already retired at the time. I don't doubt that WCW brass also saw that.
I think Goldberg winning on Nitro was the right call, they were at war and if you watch it compared to raw that night, nitro erupted and watching it back gives you goosebumps
@@ravinraven6913 umm... So you think it should have been on PPV? I never said the match was good, because it wasn't but I feel like at the time it was important.
15:02 No joke, the reason why Goldberg did that was because he was pissed off at Jericho, who was at the time doing his best to get a Goldberg match 😂 I remember hearing Goldberg say so on the Monday Night wars series.
Goldberg is one of my favorite modern wrestlers and his streak was fun to watch! Once WCW was disbanded, I lost interest in Wrestling, competition is good for WWE, hate that they didn't use him effectively. Good video, appreciate what you do!
Same. Haven’t watched wrestling since wcw got bought. I was also around age 11 at the time, so timing just worked out. However.. I’ve been getting some WCW vibes from AEW lately.
@Vladimir Rusev Soo true. Goldberg might've gotten the green light from WCW, But he evolved and got over because of the fans. Completely organic babyface. Infact all the way up until after his win against Hogan 90% the fans loved him. After that win nothing new was coming from wcw for a goldberg storyline. Thats when the fans started to turn against him and want to see something new from him. I remember it vividly (as a kid). Thats when i fell in love with pro-wrestling for the first time.
I thought Goldberg first appeared as an unnamed guy when Piper was trying to form some group to fight some other group. I remember Earthquake was in this also.
Funny enough, when I started watching wrestling again 97 or 98, I watched Nitro, and then started switching between that and Raw. When I saw Austin, was the first time, I was like "How the hell is the guy on both shows?" lol
Oh Goldberg, not a great wrestler, matches were so short but it helped his character. Plus he had some decent matches in WWE....well not the last one, God that was sad. Sometimes you don't have to be a great wrestler like Bret Hart for example, you can find other ways to get yourself over. WCW did a good job of making us believe he was an unstoppable monster who kicked ass.
@@DavidCurry1981 I'd rather watch a 3 minute "squash match " then a 30 minute 5 star flip match. Name your favorite wrestlers, then name their "5 star match"....I'd bet you could count them on your hand. I'd rather watch a year of squashes from a monster for entertainment then one "5 star" match once every 3 years.
I like the Goldberg/Regal match it was fun to watch. I just saw that as Regal's style the only way it looked like he did anything wrong was he didn't try to leave his feet during the spear but itstill looked brutal.
Some people don't understand the impact of watching those matches on television, being a kid with no way of paying for pay per views, it was great to be able to watch PPV event for free.
And? Would you rather keep reminding people that WCW was rekt by WWE and likely get hate or just push your stars to the top, knowing your WCW stars are safe from any other company for a timebeing? It's logical pretty much, but upsetting for people who think personally, instead of businessally.
19buseye71 Goldberg was being booed badly in his debut match against the Rock,sadly I think that’s why Triple H and Vince figured it was best to throw some losses Goldbergs way
Great video, Goldberg was the biggest star in the buisness period. His push has yet to be matched by any other wrestler in the buisness. What sucks is we never got the dream match we all wished for which is Goldberg vs Austin
@@JayBuccola dude learn the facts,goldberg was the biggest star in WCW from 98 and on, and he was a bigger star and draw than taker and HBK, only rock and austin were bigger than goldberg in the late 90s.
@@julioernestomoretacastillo2366 well that's just not even close to reality. Golberg wasn't even in the middle of his streak the last time WCW had beaten WWF in Monday night ratings. WCW pay per views didn't come close to WWF pay per view buys either, so I don't know how you call him the biggest draw. Hogan was still the #1 guy in WCW the entire time they pushed Goldberg's ridiculous 'streak.' NWO was the draw in WCW, and as it dwindled, so did the ratings, all the while the streak was going strong as ratings dropped/ So the facts are that Golberg was not a bigger draw than Undertaker or HBK, and that's an insult to every wrestling fan ever. Those guys had 25 year careers and Goldberg had a two year nonsensical push followed by straight trash matches once they let him fend for himself. He was lucky to get picked up by the WWF and he never had the skill or the mic work to be there. He was a complete facade and never had any business sniffing a match with Austin.
@@JayBuccola Goldberg was huge....I mean he became a mega star in a very short time...don't know of any wrestler who got that huge in such a short time.
When I was younger we went to a non-televised WWE event. Shamrock, Kane all fought 2* in one night to I assume keep the show going. So there is a chance he did the same.
Robbie Bazemore the impact he made on the business made him one of the all time greats. He was a bigger star than most of the technical wrestlers and a bigger draw than them. Which makes Goldberg an all time great
Russo wasn't 100% responsible for the nonsense that happened in WCW's dying days. That'll be his seniors. Russo wanted to map out a slow burn storyline (like he did for Survivor Series '98) but was told he had to fix things "now" when he arrived there. Despite being put in an impossible position, he did manage to increase WCW's ratings every week he was on creative, if you look at the stats. Also in 25 years of Raw episodes, viewing figures were at their all time peak when Russo/Ferrara were running the creative. As Steve Austin said on Russo's podcast, Russo was "a huge part of the attitude era".
I remember his debut. I didn't think nothing of it because he was new but as he kept crushing his opponents I was like who the hell is this guy. His legend grew as he was whooping his opponents. And his GOOOOLLLD BERG chants were a crazy pop
Goldberg's Regal match showed him clearly not being able to grapple and constantly going back to an armlock over and over. And given that he literally ended Bret's career by kicking him in the face, he has a lot of gall to complain about Regal's snug kicks to the back.
So the PPV crowd didn’t get to see DDP/Goldberg? Good thing I was at MGM for this event so saw it live and in person! Met quite a few wrestlers after the PPV too. Greatest 3 year stretch of WCW for me.
Very true That's why I don't have any respect for Triple H because of the way he's screwed over a lot of wrestlers over the years to get to where he is now I was never a fan of his during the Attitude Era and I was never a fan of his especially during the ruthless aggression era when he was World Heavyweight Champion of course you already know what fans call his title run the reign of terror but at least Batista was the one to end his Reign of Terror that he had from 2002 to 2005
If you really think about it it wasn’t just HHH is it was also the undertaker and stone cold HHH just beat a lot of them from ecw an wcw at once in a small time
Goldberg NEVER stayed buried though. Plus Him AND The Undertaker are NOT to blame because of SSD, blame Vince. Goldberg destroyed Triple H EVERY night he wrestled him. Plus Goldberg NEVER lost at SSD The Undertaker NEVER lost at SSD Only ONE man lost, Vince McMahon. ALL TRUTH AND FACTS
@@invaliduser9397 I'm sorry but all 3 lost. Taker and Goldberg got paid, but Goldberg damn near killed himself and Takers no spring chicken. Vince is starting to go down the same path WCW did.
I still say Nash beating him was way unbelievable. Any “big” man like Nash or Giant beating him was unbelievable because they are too slow. It should have been Bret Hart.
I watched religiously back when Goldberg made his appearance and I had a feeling he was gonna be a star. He had no laurels to rest on like alot of the WCW ''stars'' back then, and I felt that in real life he'd demolish just about anyone in that company. I was getting sick of dudes in their 40s and 50s beat up on young studs( I mean I can only suspend reality to a certain level) and it was nice to see Goldberg run right through them. I think at some point it becomes very important for a star who's gonna last for a while to be able to cut good promos but there was so much darn talking back then that it was nice to see someone let their actions do all the talking. Bischoff handled Goldberg well IMO.
I saw the full DDP vs Goldberg on ppv. I don't think everyone dropped it before it was over. Actually, I think I have the VHS somewhere at my parents. I used to tape them and loan them to my friend that couldn't afford the ppvs
I think Goldberg was one of those wrestlers (like most) that came at the right time and was marketed properly.. I was never a big fan but he worked well for that time
Goldberg provided the necessary fuel to keep the WCW machine running during those years of the Monday night wars with WWE. The shenanigans like NWO and other characters helped but lets face it, many people tuned in just to see if Goldberg's streak would continue or end.
Say what you want... But Goldberg's entrance in the WCW was by far the best entrance ever in all of wrestling. It's one thing to have ur music hit, then walk out and cheer the crowd.. But Goldberg's started at his locker room door, then to have the entire city's SWAT team escort him to the ring for a good 5 minutes.. Mainly b/c his matches are about 30 seconds long on average.. I understand now that was to cover up the fact that he didn't really know how to wrestle
Losing to kevin Nash by cattle prod....thats when its starting going down hill👎👎 Rather than a great finish..you angered not only fans but a ton of jewish businesses, sport athletes, critics, bookers and people that were told "you have to see this guy wrestle"...dead. nice work.
Even with age, injuries and Bill Goldberg admittedly very muscular body taken into consideration, I would give him zero chance in a shoot fight with Regal. That Englishman is one tough man.
See you learn something new every day. I am Canadian and am ashamed to say I had no idea that there were American expansion teams in the CFL at one point. Little own that but that the Sacramento Gold Diggers were the first non-Canadian expansion team in the CFL ever. At first I thought Wrestling Bios made a mistake. But knowing how accurate Wresting Bios is with the information in the videos I decided to relistened to that part again. Then I assumed that there was meant to be a comma after CFL and there just wasn't a long enough pause between CFL and Sacramento. And that the Sacramento Gold Diggers were part of some NFL farming leauge I had not heard of. But after listening to the way that Wrestling Bios said it I was sure Wrestling Bios meant the CFL team was the Sacramento Gold Diggers. So I had to find out! I'm an NFL fan and sadly know more about it's history then I do about the CFL apparently. Not that I watch a whole hell of a lot of the CFL. Aside from the scores I never really pay it much attention. But let's be honest. The CFL is like a glorified beer league. I mean players need to work part-time or even full-time jobs just to make ends meet while playing in a so-called 'Pro' leauge for crying out loud! I was aware that NFL players would play in the CFL when they were either not being drafted, do to injuries and for some other select reasons. But that's as far as American players playing in the CFL went that I was aware of. I mean I knew Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson played in the CFL too but this has definitely started me on a Wikipedia wormhole that I'm sure to spend the next few hours of my life on which I will never get back. Thanks Wresting Bios! LMFAO! Keep up the great work though! Cheers eh!
I should consider myself lucky. I was apart of the small few who was able to see the fight on havoc. I remember being small and watching it at my friends house. Ah my favorite match of wcw. Ddp had so many close calls
If they turned him into a badass heel who destroyed wrestlers left and right around the finger poke of doom and take out the nwo and got his revenge on hogan
I met Goldberg back in 2000 during a UK tour. He was doing signings with Norman Smiley. He was very chilled and cool answering questions to fans and taking photos.
Will never forget when he held the Giant for a few seconds with a jackhammer. Raw power, dude was a beast.
It was impressive, but Big Show was equally impressive holding himself upright like he did.
Daniel S. Martin III You’re right, he played a big part in making that look so amazing.
He had monster traps too. In his prime, he'd of beaten anyone on the current roster.
I actually asked Goldberg what it was like slamming the big show. He said "it was an adrenaline rush!"
Roadblock too, massive dude and he managed to get him up and over
"This was the first time Vince Russo booked a WCW PPV---and man...it showed."
Brilliant line---and true.
Great stuff man. New fan :)
Ask Cornette about Russo lol
@@pauljimerson8218 ask Russo about Cornette lol
Uruguays.
Dude, the growth you've made since this was uploaded is unreal! During this time, I was just becoming a fan of the channel. Now, you're so much more confident, you have a genuine connection with your audience, and you are, by far, my favorite channel!
Your upload schedule is off the mark. Take a bow. Love that I've found your Channel and your video are different to every other wrestling UA-cam channel
Man i love how you do bios and not just top 10 with blue meanie getting beat up for number 1
No joke, I got so sick of hearing that fact, it was literally the reason why I unsubbed from 6 different wrestling channels.
And Number 1.....
Blue Meanie
@matt fahringer and ended with Joey Styles knocking JBL on his ass😂
Goldberg never drew anything.
It's funny cause I ALWAYS hear about how the DDP match at Halloween Havoc was cut off on PPV, but as a Cablevision subscriber in the New Jersey/New York USA area, they must have been one of the few providers that let the event air to it's conclusion, as I not only distinctly remember watching the whole match, but even recorded it for one of my friends whose parents wouldn't allow him to order a ton of PPVs and the ones he would order we're wwf ones. Funny, guess it was lucky, or Cablevision is just awesome that way, I DO remember it being long as hell...
What a god send for the fans that go it for free
I will always remember the Nitro when Goldberg defeated Scott Hall and then later that night defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW championship. It was massive back then! Wrestling could not be bigger between WWF vs WCW.
It was the best time to be a wrestling fan.
Just going from memory I remmeber enjoying his matches with Glacier, DDP and Curt Hennig the most
He was entertaining a fun to watch,that's why he got so over and became in a huge mega star.
I'll never forget watching that Goldberg/Hogan match on nitro
My dad was always a big Hogan hater, grew up with Lucha so was never into his style, and bought into the Goldberg act hook line and sinker. I'll never forget how excited he got when his favorite took the belt off his most hated
@@JimboSlice702 TRUMP
@@iamalpha5134 what about him?
That was a good match , but that Goldberg vs DDP match was OUTSTANDING!
At that time you just knew no matter who Goldberg was wrestling, Bill was gonna win. But at that time DDP was WAY OVER and it was the first time I remember thinking , WOW Goldberg might lose this one!
The told a great story with the match , it was SO close too.
I'd suggest watching it now but I'm sure that it wont have the same feel as it did during the Unbeatable Goldberg run.
At one point near the end DDP hits a diamond cutter outta left field and I swore he had him beat! Jumped outta my chair! Great match!
MAN... as a kid when watching that live on TV for FREE... what felt like a Wrestlemania, but we getting it free on TV... It was a "awesome" moment.
Even Raven says they ended Goldberg’s win streak too soon, still had hype and completely mishandled it.
Which is more of a fact statement then it is an opinion
Aka Kevin Nash
It also matters how he loses the streak, and it wasn't good.
You right....had WCW played it right they would have had what Bruno Sammartino was to the old WWF. They could have had a Goldberg gold mine for years
@@robertt9342 exactly. DDP beating Goldberg clean could have set up a tandem that could've taken on the NWO without completely destroying the perceived invincibility of his character. The end of his streak in the way that it was done was such a horrible decision, regardless of the storyline lined up from the decision
You deserve more subscribers.....as for Goldberg he definitely reinvigorated the Monday night wars. Right time, right place, right gimmick. I definitely changed the channel to WCW when Goldberg comes out 😁
Every time WCW started to get good, they'll bring back Hulk Hogan.
leo powers no hogan brings back hulk hogan lol
@@olive6405 Hogan and the outsider made the Monday night wars.
Dude took Stone Cold’s look, Ended Bret’s career, won 173 matches in a row, and etc lol the GOAT
Request: Brutus the barber, especially when he and HH were boys, then his accident... I actually know nothing other than what’s on the internet/wiki, and he was my fav for a few years. Would love your take on him (unless you happen to know it’s a boring topic, then forget it). Thanks, man. Great bios
Goldberg was great to watch, but at times, it got really old.
As much as I enjoyed seeing his pure power(like Brock Lesner), the sheer power was amazing, it kind of got stale after awhile.
Especially seeing how limited his wrestling style was.
Now I will be honest, I've never been a fan of any wrestler being pushed with Godlike Powers, its something I just don't think is entertaining
Dude. You're channel is awesome and damn details. Can you do one for RVD?
Please?
Also should do a shout out to Hugh Morris. His smile is a stable to my childhood wrestle memories...
Uploaded two days after his match with The Undertaker. Awesome! Goldberg is my third favorite WCW wrestler and Undertaker is my third favorite wrestler of all time but that match they would've been better back in the early 2000s. Instead their match was meh. I want to believe Goldberg was their answer to WWF's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin but lost a lot of hype after his 1998 Starrcade lost to Kevin Nash. In retrospect,his streak,badass entrance,being booked to squash his opponents and made to look nearly invulnerable are what got him over.
Never should’ve beat Goldberg at Starrcade ‘98. I think that’s safe to say especially with what WCW did afterwards.
I remember that like yesterday.
Markus Steel Wright when should his streak had ended ?
@@cs77smith67 DDP Halloween havoc would've been believable imo
Go Jags!!
bussa bus That match, vs. Sting on Nitro, literally any other way than the cattle prod
When he burst onto the scene, he very much reminded me of Nikita Koloff who was already retired at the time. I don't doubt that WCW brass also saw that.
I think Goldberg winning on Nitro was the right call, they were at war and if you watch it compared to raw that night, nitro erupted and watching it back gives you goosebumps
@@ravinraven6913 umm... So you think it should have been on PPV? I never said the match was good, because it wasn't but I feel like at the time it was important.
15:02 No joke, the reason why Goldberg did that was because he was pissed off at Jericho, who was at the time doing his best to get a Goldberg match 😂 I remember hearing Goldberg say so on the Monday Night wars series.
Great stuff as always. I nominate Keiji Mutoh aka The Great Muta.
Brilliant worker! His program with Sting (or was it another WCW star?) was classic!
I wouldn't mind seeing one on Ultimo Dragon too.
@@shannonmurray34 yeah he and Sting feuded and we're a tag team as well.
All of this in three months (just checked your upload list)... very impressive. I will be binging. 😁
Goldberg is one of my favorite modern wrestlers and his streak was fun to watch! Once WCW was disbanded, I lost interest in Wrestling, competition is good for WWE, hate that they didn't use him effectively. Good video, appreciate what you do!
Same. Haven’t watched wrestling since wcw got bought. I was also around age 11 at the time, so timing just worked out.
However.. I’ve been getting some WCW vibes from AEW lately.
Great video I'm a big fan of goldbergs wcw work. Could of been longer.
Robbie Bazemore good thing no one was asking you
@Vladimir Rusev Soo true. Goldberg might've gotten the green light from WCW, But he evolved and got over because of the fans. Completely organic babyface.
Infact all the way up until after his win against Hogan 90% the fans loved him.
After that win nothing new was coming from wcw for a goldberg storyline. Thats when the fans started to turn against him and want to see something new from him. I remember it vividly (as a kid). Thats when i fell in love with pro-wrestling for the first time.
I thought Goldberg first appeared as an unnamed guy when Piper was trying to form some group to fight some other group. I remember Earthquake was in this also.
Funny enough, when I started watching wrestling again 97 or 98, I watched Nitro, and then started switching between that and Raw. When I saw Austin, was the first time, I was like "How the hell is the guy on both shows?" lol
Rick Martel video or how about Kevin Sullivan or the Dave Sullivan/hogan angle. That was classic. Youre the man bro
I want to be a hulkamaniac, have fun with my family and friends
Thank you for being a thoughtful and fair wrestling pundit. Love your work.
Say what you want about Goldberg but I have never seen a man get such a reaction by saying so little. He was electric.
jeff hardy
yes will always be a Goldberg fan
I always use the Jackhammer as my finishing move on the games.
I was watching that Halloween Havoc. I was actually one of the few people who saw the whole thing, lol!
cool story
Oh Goldberg, not a great wrestler, matches were so short but it helped his character. Plus he had some decent matches in WWE....well not the last one, God that was sad. Sometimes you don't have to be a great wrestler like Bret Hart for example, you can find other ways to get yourself over. WCW did a good job of making us believe he was an unstoppable monster who kicked ass.
Jw Nj Bret Hart, you mean. But you do have a point here.
In hindsight, Goldberg was booked very much like the Road Warriors/LOD. Will never associate a 4/5 star match with them but rather squash matches.
Sometimes you kick Bret Hearts head into the fifth row and he’s never the same again
@@timcoleman8863 lol
@@DavidCurry1981 I'd rather watch a 3 minute "squash match " then a 30 minute 5 star flip match. Name your favorite wrestlers, then name their "5 star match"....I'd bet you could count them on your hand. I'd rather watch a year of squashes from a monster for entertainment then one "5 star" match once every 3 years.
I always wonder how much better his run would have been had he been smart to the wrestling business.
I like the Goldberg/Regal match it was fun to watch. I just saw that as Regal's style the only way it looked like he did anything wrong was he didn't try to leave his feet during the spear but itstill looked brutal.
Some people don't understand the impact of watching those matches on television, being a kid with no way of paying for pay per views, it was great to be able to watch PPV event for free.
WCW made superstar in Goldberg and WWE pretty much turned him into much less simply because he's more of a WCW guy than he is a WWE guy.
And? Would you rather keep reminding people that WCW was rekt by WWE and likely get hate or just push your stars to the top, knowing your WCW stars are safe from any other company for a timebeing? It's logical pretty much, but upsetting for people who think personally, instead of businessally.
19buseye71 Goldberg was being booed badly in his debut match against the Rock,sadly I think that’s why Triple H and Vince figured it was best to throw some losses Goldbergs way
Not true. WCW did make him a star but they turned him into a joke long before WWE got a hold of him.
And WWE turned someone they threw away like Steve Austin to the most recognizable wrestler ever. It happens everywhere quit bitching.
Worst part, is that you could have used him to get over up and comers.
Great video, Goldberg was the biggest star in the buisness period. His push has yet to be matched by any other wrestler in the buisness. What sucks is we never got the dream match we all wished for which is Goldberg vs Austin
That business period included Austin Hogan Rock Undertaker, Sting, while Goldberg was famous, he wasn't the only mega star
Goldberg wasnt close to the biggest in WCW and not bigger than the Rock, Austin, Sean Micheals, Undertaker, and many others.
@@JayBuccola dude learn the facts,goldberg was the biggest star in WCW from 98 and on, and he was a bigger star and draw than taker and HBK, only rock and austin were bigger than goldberg in the late 90s.
@@julioernestomoretacastillo2366 well that's just not even close to reality. Golberg wasn't even in the middle of his streak the last time WCW had beaten WWF in Monday night ratings. WCW pay per views didn't come close to WWF pay per view buys either, so I don't know how you call him the biggest draw. Hogan was still the #1 guy in WCW the entire time they pushed Goldberg's ridiculous 'streak.' NWO was the draw in WCW, and as it dwindled, so did the ratings, all the while the streak was going strong as ratings dropped/ So the facts are that Golberg was not a bigger draw than Undertaker or HBK, and that's an insult to every wrestling fan ever. Those guys had 25 year careers and Goldberg had a two year nonsensical push followed by straight trash matches once they let him fend for himself. He was lucky to get picked up by the WWF and he never had the skill or the mic work to be there. He was a complete facade and never had any business sniffing a match with Austin.
@@JayBuccola Goldberg was huge....I mean he became a mega star in a very short time...don't know of any wrestler who got that huge in such a short time.
Can you do one on Bret Hart’s time in WCW?
When I was younger we went to a non-televised WWE event. Shamrock, Kane all fought 2* in one night to I assume keep the show going. So there is a chance he did the same.
I have Goldbergs first fight in wcw. I recorded in VHS as a kid by accident. I would record wcw when I couldn't see it live
Weird not seeing Goldberg with that Beard... But He was a badass, really Big, and a Killer.
Goldberg vs. Angle could have been an amazing feud.
The ungodly physical specimen vs. Mr Olympian.
I remember being heated watching Halloween Havoc '98
Thanks for this video. One of the all time greats and one of my personal favourite wrestler of all time.
The one and only Goldbeeeeerrggg
Robbie Bazemore the impact he made on the business made him one of the all time greats. He was a bigger star than most of the technical wrestlers and a bigger draw than them. Which makes Goldberg an all time great
Robbie Bazemore not interested in your expert opinion. Dont comment again. Run away kid
Goldberg v Raven for the US title was a great match. He beat up the whole Flock.
13:09 Goldberg in the crowd 😂
On a sick one
Thank you for putting the time and the effort into making these videos 🙏🔥💯
He had one of the best intros in history but damn did he smell his own farts
I liked it when Jericho ripped off his entrance
Kept getting lost backstage😂
Or Gillberg with the sparklers😂😂😂
@@ComicBookGuy420 gillberg! Gillberg! Omg! His loss streak was amazing!!
Hes definitely a mark for himself
Russo wasn't 100% responsible for the nonsense that happened in WCW's dying days. That'll be his seniors. Russo wanted to map out a slow burn storyline (like he did for Survivor Series '98) but was told he had to fix things "now" when he arrived there. Despite being put in an impossible position, he did manage to increase WCW's ratings every week he was on creative, if you look at the stats.
Also in 25 years of Raw episodes, viewing figures were at their all time peak when Russo/Ferrara were running the creative. As Steve Austin said on Russo's podcast, Russo was "a huge part of the attitude era".
@@ravinraven6913 WCW was a mess long before Russo/Ferrara's stint anyway. Although it was still 100x better than today's snoozefest.
My favorite move of his was his gorilla press + Oklahoma slam (possibly power slam). I always made it my finisher on wcw v nwo back in the day
I remember his debut. I didn't think nothing of it because he was new but as he kept crushing his opponents I was like who the hell is this guy. His legend grew as he was whooping his opponents. And his GOOOOLLLD BERG chants were a crazy pop
Goldberg's Regal match showed him clearly not being able to grapple and constantly going back to an armlock over and over. And given that he literally ended Bret's career by kicking him in the face, he has a lot of gall to complain about Regal's snug kicks to the back.
Love the bios I've seen plenty to know you've done your homework. Keep up the good work.
I remember my whole fam stitting around watching Goldberg beat up Scott Hall and hogan
Another quality video 👌👌
Sting never said it was a title match, he issued an open challenge for a "fight". So, I guess it is kinda easy to get that confused.
As a teenager watching Goldberg I never saw him as a shitty worker in the ring, I just saw him as a beast.
So the PPV crowd didn’t get to see DDP/Goldberg? Good thing I was at MGM for this event so saw it live and in person! Met quite a few wrestlers after the PPV too. Greatest 3 year stretch of WCW for me.
97 Goldberg would have DESTROYED Undertaker and Braun Strowman in a heartbeat. 97 Goldberg was better than 98% of the roster and THOSE are facts!
no he wouldnt xD
Once he went to wwe, he got buried by HHH golden shovel.
Very true That's why I don't have any respect for Triple H because of the way he's screwed over a lot of wrestlers over the years to get to where he is now I was never a fan of his during the Attitude Era and I was never a fan of his especially during the ruthless aggression era when he was World Heavyweight Champion of course you already know what fans call his title run the reign of terror but at least Batista was the one to end his Reign of Terror that he had from 2002 to 2005
If you really think about it it wasn’t just HHH is it was also the undertaker and stone cold HHH just beat a lot of them from ecw an wcw at once in a small time
He still made Paul Levagina look like the lil bitch he is
Goldberg NEVER stayed buried though. Plus Him AND The Undertaker are NOT to blame because of SSD, blame Vince.
Goldberg destroyed Triple H EVERY night he wrestled him.
Plus
Goldberg NEVER lost at SSD
The Undertaker NEVER lost at SSD
Only ONE man lost, Vince McMahon.
ALL TRUTH AND FACTS
@@invaliduser9397 I'm sorry but all 3 lost. Taker and Goldberg got paid, but Goldberg damn near killed himself and Takers no spring chicken. Vince is starting to go down the same path WCW did.
Good job. I heard DDP recruited Goldberg into wrestling when he was working the door at some bar that Disco Inferno used to frequent in Marietta GA.
I thought his brother who's quite a bit older than bill wrestled before him.
I still say Nash beating him was way unbelievable. Any “big” man like Nash or Giant beating him was unbelievable because they are too slow. It should have been Bret Hart.
I watched religiously back when Goldberg made his appearance and I had a feeling he was gonna be a star. He had no laurels to rest on like alot of the WCW ''stars'' back then, and I felt that in real life he'd demolish just about anyone in that company. I was getting sick of dudes in their 40s and 50s beat up on young studs( I mean I can only suspend reality to a certain level) and it was nice to see Goldberg run right through them. I think at some point it becomes very important for a star who's gonna last for a while to be able to cut good promos but there was so much darn talking back then that it was nice to see someone let their actions do all the talking. Bischoff handled Goldberg well IMO.
One thing I've learned from wresting ( first from Hogan and continuing on with Goldberg): The bigger the guys, the bigger the lies.
LITERALLY AMAZING WORK !!!!! I can't WAIT to see your Video on GOLDBERG in WWE !
YOU ARE AWESOME !!!!!!!!!
I saw the full DDP vs Goldberg on ppv. I don't think everyone dropped it before it was over. Actually, I think I have the VHS somewhere at my parents. I used to tape them and loan them to my friend that couldn't afford the ppvs
I think Goldberg was one of those wrestlers (like most) that came at the right time and was marketed properly.. I was never a big fan but he worked well for that time
That's interesting the way they had him go in short match and leave. ... I remember when the wwf did that with the ultimate warrior lol
Sting and Luger? Ive always heard from Goldberg in interviews that it was DDP that got him into wrestling.
Nope. I heard him say it was mostly Sting and Luger. But DDP also encouraged him. They both trained at the Power Plant.
Goldberg provided the necessary fuel to keep the WCW machine running during those years of the Monday night wars with WWE. The shenanigans like NWO and other characters helped but lets face it, many people tuned in just to see if Goldberg's streak would continue or end.
Say what you want... But Goldberg's entrance in the WCW was by far the best entrance ever in all of wrestling. It's one thing to have ur music hit, then walk out and cheer the crowd.. But Goldberg's started at his locker room door, then to have the entire city's SWAT team escort him to the ring for a good 5 minutes.. Mainly b/c his matches are about 30 seconds long on average.. I understand now that was to cover up the fact that he didn't really know how to wrestle
Been addicted to ur videos bruhhh keep it up
I respect regal WAY more than a guy who can't have more than a two minute match.
Yeeeo first youtuber I've seen from Belfast subscribed purely for that.
listen I know this is all scripted, but for a character to be 89-0 in a storyline, that's pretty crazy lol. 173 was just overkill
The Goldberg and "Rafter Sting" angle were the best angles WCW couldve ever come up with. Because of those 2, I rarely watched WWF.
Losing to kevin Nash by cattle prod....thats when its starting going down hill👎👎
Rather than a great finish..you angered not only fans but a ton of jewish businesses, sport athletes, critics, bookers and people that were told "you have to see this guy wrestle"...dead. nice work.
That’s was The ONLY WAY TO STOP HIM!!
I loved that moment.
What does Jewish have to do with it
Love your videos!! Keep up the great work!!
Goldberg was a beast. Austin was a story teller. Both were great but it's like comparing apples and oranges.
Even with age, injuries and Bill Goldberg admittedly very muscular body taken into consideration, I would give him zero chance in a shoot fight with Regal.
That Englishman is one tough man.
Your vids make my day
Man, you are really thorough in your videos
When will you do the Steiner brothers
Do *Gilberg* next lol
See you learn something new every day. I am Canadian and am ashamed to say I had no idea that there were American expansion teams in the CFL at one point. Little own that but that the Sacramento Gold Diggers were the first non-Canadian expansion team in the CFL ever. At first I thought Wrestling Bios made a mistake. But knowing how accurate Wresting Bios is with the information in the videos I decided to relistened to that part again. Then I assumed that there was meant to be a comma after CFL and there just wasn't a long enough pause between CFL and Sacramento. And that the Sacramento Gold Diggers were part of some NFL farming leauge I had not heard of. But after listening to the way that Wrestling Bios said it I was sure Wrestling Bios meant the CFL team was the Sacramento Gold Diggers. So I had to find out! I'm an NFL fan and sadly know more about it's history then I do about the CFL apparently. Not that I watch a whole hell of a lot of the CFL. Aside from the scores I never really pay it much attention. But let's be honest. The CFL is like a glorified beer league. I mean players need to work part-time or even full-time jobs just to make ends meet while playing in a so-called 'Pro' leauge for crying out loud! I was aware that NFL players would play in the CFL when they were either not being drafted, do to injuries and for some other select reasons. But that's as far as American players playing in the CFL went that I was aware of. I mean I knew Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson played in the CFL too but this has definitely started me on a Wikipedia wormhole that I'm sure to spend the next few hours of my life on which I will never get back. Thanks Wresting Bios! LMFAO! Keep up the great work though! Cheers eh!
Bill Goldberg was a Beast
GOLDBERG!!!! GOLDBERG!!!! GOLDBERG!!!! GOLDBERG!!!!
Monday night nitro with Goldberg headlining the main event
Sad part is any wrestler could be as dominant as Goldberg. It all depends on how the owner of the company and the script their given is played out
Are you sure it was Bret hart who interferes between sting and Goldberg? I thought it was the steiners for some reason
They all did
Good video bro
That streak should still be going.
The way it ended finished off WCW.
Goldberg was the BIGGEST home grown star in WCW history and they couldn't even book his title reign properly!!
He played for my favorite nfl team the Falcons
I should consider myself lucky. I was apart of the small few who was able to see the fight on havoc. I remember being small and watching it at my friends house. Ah my favorite match of wcw. Ddp had so many close calls
ending the streak was the worse mistake ever next to turning him Heel
Tha Taurus him being undefeated got boring too fast,it shouldn’t of taken too long to end it
poopsyko he even admits that that was a mistake...ending the streak...
Bischoff literally wanted to turn everybody heel at one point or another. I think it's part of what killed WCW.
If they turned him into a badass heel who destroyed wrestlers left and right around the finger poke of doom and take out the nwo and got his revenge on hogan
Bill GoldBERG was awesome Phenomenal in WCW why did they continuesly bury in WWE Goldberg the man
I didn't care for the streak gimmick... the only thing I really ever liked about Goldberg is the Jackhammer