Bill Goldberg

"WCW fired me because Eric Bischoff said that he couldn't promote a bald guy with black boots and black trunks."  Those were the words of Steve Austin during his meteoric rise in the WWF.  Then came Goldberg!  

Bill Goldberg was Eric Bischoff's answer to Austin's claims.  Goldberg entered the WCW, put together an impressive streak of defeating the likes of Disco Inferno, Hugh Morris, Glacier....you know, big names!  Okay, I'm joking about the big name part, although Bill DeMott's Hugh Morris was misused terribly, but you get the picture, they promoted a guy with black boots and black trunks and Goldberg went straight to the top.  Problem was....he couldn't wrestle!  Did he know a few moves, sure he did.  You don't send someone out with zero talent...unless you're The Ultimate Warrior.  What Goldberg lacked in wrestling ability, he made it up in determination.  They put him out there with Hogan, Hogan did the honors.  They put him out there with DDP, Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Sting, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, you name it.....he became a joke!  He ended the wrestling career of Bret Hart, even though Bret's heart wasn't really into it.  His matches were five minutes, meaning he wasn't geared to go 20 minutes to an hour in the ring without blowing up.  To WCW's credit, they were wise to hide his faults.

Then he entered the WWE, and did the mistakes come out in droves.  Working with Triple H, something Goldberg was reluctant to do, brought out all of his flaws.  Even Chris Jericho, who wasn't getting the mega push he would later receive, schooled him!  For one year, Goldberg showed up every Monday night, did what little they asked him to do, and then....poof, he was gone!  His Wrestlemania with Brock Lesnar was horrible, as both men were on their way out the door at that time.  The wrestling career of Bill Goldberg came to an end that night....but you would never know it!

Bill Goldberg would show up on The Apprentice, do Monster Truck shows, Pros vs. Joes, all under the heading that he was a pro wrestler!  When you look back at Goldberg's career, we're only talking about 5 years of ring time, with a year off.  I know I'm not one to talk since my wrestling career only lasted 3 years, so who am I to talk?  With Goldberg, he was pushed to the moon by a company that started to struggle and when he arrived to the big dance, he couldn't perform with the best at that time!  So when I hear rumors about Goldberg may come back to the WWE or he might show up on TNA....even though he's 46 and hasn't wrestled in 11 years, I just laugh!