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Bill Goldberg will be remembered forever as:

  • A legend (and a WCW's all-time great)

    Votes: 17 48.6%
  • A great, but not in a legend calibar

    Votes: 10 28.6%
  • A very big star, who haven't reached greatness

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • A good wrestler, but nothing special

    Votes: 2 5.7%

Bill Goldberg- how will he be remembered?

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#1 ·
First, I will admit that Goldberg is the greatest of all time, in my personal opinion.
now, I know it's almost an universal fact that Goldberg was a great superstar and was a huge draw back then.
but, how great will he be remembered? will he be remembered forever as a legend? or as a great, but not an all-timer? discuss...
 
#2 ·
He wasn't great in the ring, but the Goldberg character was great for a limited amount of time. Think about it, people still see a guy like Ziggler as a future WWE star etc, he's been wrestling now longer than Goldberg. Goldberg got arguably the biggest push in the history of the business because of his unique look, and also the easiest considering he only had to squash people. Eventually booking killed him; Nash claims the fans had turned on Goldberg so he beat Goldberg, and later on Russo thought it would be a brilliant plan to turn him heel. Let's not forget his WCW Title run after beating Hogan sucked, he was never the main event because of Hogan still hogging the spotlight. His WWE run was okay but I understand why he couldn't go through the entire roster again, they wanted to protect certain characters, Goldberg was clearly there for a short run to make money and leave. Despite all the shitty booking he did remain very popular (mainly because he got pushed hard during the wrestling peak), so he'll go down as a great wrestling personality, but I wouldn't call him a legend. Realistically he hardly did anything.
 
#3 ·



I fucking LOVED Goldberg, it was hard not to. Here you had a guy standing at 6 ft 2, weighed 250+ pounds, fucking built like a machine, was powerful, freakishly strong and very agile. He was doing high kicks, back flips, throwing people around like rag dolls and the fans, including myself ate it up!

Thing I liked about Goldberg was he wasn't built like some superstars are nowadays where they no sell everything, he was taking his fair share, he was being pinned, he was being suplexed, taken out etc. and I think that is why he got the reactions he did, coming back from it, building up to that moment where he would hit you with the spear, the taunt before he laid that Jackhammer on you, just awesome.

The guy oozed charisma, drew and didn't even fucking speak, it's unheard of. The crowd were starting to get on him though round about the time Nash beat him, I mean you should see the reaction from the crowd when he lost in that shitty way he did, they were cheering that Nash had won the belt.

For me? The guy is a legend. He made an impact. He wasn't the best in the ring, no, but neither was Hogan, neither was The Rock. Goldberg had a silent charisma, awesome power moves, a deadly finishing combo, beat most of the biggest names in the sport and was all round fucking entertaining.
 
#6 ·
As a one trick pony, but a one trick pony who rode that one trick faster, harder and longer than most people could ever hope to do and became at his peak, as big as anyone in the business ever has, off of something so simple. He wasn't a great wrestler, he wasn't a great mic worker but he had "IT". He had the presentation, the music, the look, the presence, the intensity and the moveset that left an impression on everybody who ever watched him.

And if there's one good thing about Ryback, it's that he's enhanced Goldberg's legacy. Mr. "Yep yep yep, what it do" is failing SO horrendously at replicating Goldberg's act that he's made Goldberg look better than any of his opponent's ever did.
 
#11 ·
He was good, but he's definetely not a legend
 
#12 · (Edited)
Goldberg is like Warrior.

8 respectively 14 years later, people still remember them and talk about them no matter how egositic they were backstage and untalented in the ring. Sure they got a huge push, but so did The Giant and Lex Luger, wonder how much paople will talk about them in 10 years from now?
 
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#15 ·
He was WCW' Answer to Stone cold steve austin.Not a great Technical wrestler but a bonafide star,At its Peak he was a household name and almost everybody knew him because he was on magazine covers,Tv series and movies.he was a huge Draw(on par with austin)For 98.Goldberg beating hogan was one of my favourite moments growing up as a kid.he has an unbelievable streak(Fuck You nash for breaking it).Wasnt a huge star from 99 onwards as he was in 98.An Icon of Wrestling Industry.
 
#17 ·
I think he'll be remembered as the biggest star from WCW. Bigger than Sting, Flair, Luger, DDP or any nWo member individually. I think when people remember WCW, they'll remember the nWo, Goldberg then Sting, in that order. You gotta remember, when Goldberg was on top of WCW is when WCW was the most popular. 97-98 is when wrestling was booming & that is when Goldberg became a star. It doesn't matter how good an in-ring wrestler he was. That never fucking matters. Hogan & André couldn't work for shit. Who cares? That's not what sells tickets or makes mother-fuckers memorable. No one gave a fuck about Benoit. Goldberg was a superstar.
 
#21 ·
I swear, when I see threads like this and people vote WCW's all time greatest, it really makes me question whether these people even watched wrestling back then or before. Because if you did, you clearly wouldn't call Goldberg WCW's GOAT.

In terms of character, I voted very big star. WCW gave him 1 of the best pushes a guy could ask for. But, he was horrendous wrestler and I question how someone can be a GOAT or legend when they have had no more than a handful of above average matches in their career. And it isn't about him ending Bret's career, it's about the fact that he only looked special in squash matches.

For the record, Brock's push was done a lot better, not to mention Brock was a helluva lot better as an athlete and wrestler. And WCW GOAT? Hello, have you people not heard of Sting and Ric Flair, hell, even Hogan.
 
#22 ·
I think he was Warrior-esque

Both men were huge stars for a few years but didn't really have the longevity of a lot of other top stars.

He will always be one of my favorites though. He was just so believable, explosive, intense etc. I don't care that he wasn't a huge wrestling fan all his life or that he was more into the money etc. Bottom line is he was very good at what he did and that's all that matters.
 
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