Goldberg: Love or Hate?

[Tongsoon of Cygnus]

I'd have to agree, Rush. With his attitude and ego inside the ring, one could safely assume he's like that outside the ring too.

[soug]

a guy like goldberg doesnt come along too often! and thank God for that!!
no talent in or out of the ring! he lucked out, right place at the right time, cashed in and disappeared!
i saw him on tv the other day hosting some car show on discovery channel!

[Scott Fire]

I'm a die hard Bret Hart fan so I'll never, ever forgive him for kicking Bret like that. Call me what you will but for me, that's how it's going to be.

[gatekeeper]

He was cool for a little bit, but when he came to WWE and actually had to WRESTLE, you could tell he was very limited. He couldn't take a bump well, and he couldn't talk on the mic at all! So, I voted for, he sucked.

[butters]

David said:

I had no problems with watching him at all . He rocked and helped bring down WWF (in it's war with WCW) ?

I felt that by the time Greenberg debuted (late 1997), WWF was already "down" (so he didn't help bring them down), but in fact they were starting to come back up. Maybe Greenberg was one of the reasons that WWF was able to come back and take control?

[Big Bri]

butters said:

Maybe Greenberg was one of the reasons that WWF was able to come back and take control?

No, I think it's more like if Goldberg didn't hit "The Streak" when he did, WWE would've made its comeback much sooner.

[floydthebarber]

Good question...I picked 'sucked'. I was a big fan of Goldberg's when he just started out and was feuding with Mongo McMichael and was just Bill Goldberg. I could see the potential was there. WCW did a pretty nice job making him a star, but I also agree that he was given too much too soon and didn't handle it well. By the time WCW was dying, Goldberg wasn't the 'golden boy' he was a year or so before...and had taken to missing time because he was hurt. I thought WWE didn't use him right...but I also think that he didn't have the overall skills to warrent the status he thought he deserved. He could have been big...but I think Vince was right to hold him back.

So overall...I think he sucked because for all his potential, his look, and the push he was given, he f'd it up because he was full of himself, wasn't a great worker, hurt people and didn't care (and yes...ending the career of a legend like Hart, and possibly having something to do with his stroke is a BIG strike against him)...so that makes him suck.