Hollywood Hogan vs Goldberg (WCW, 7-6-1998)

WCW Monday Nitro, Atlanta, GA

On this day! 25 years ago. God.

The prior Thursday on Thunder, JJ Dillon announced that Hollywood Hulk Hogan would have to defend his WCW world heavyweight title against United States champion Goldberg at the Georgia Dome the following Monday.

It really was a wild feeling, and watching the replay that opens this episode of Nitro brought that back to me a little. Like, Goldberg had the streak, he’d won the U.S. title in April, but brother, that was a new level, that was the big time. You could have reasonably wondered if they would really pull the trigger on putting Goldberg in position. They did that. And now we had to wonder what the hell they were gonna do. Put the world title on him? The world title on Goldberg?

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

Goldberg vs Christian (WWE, 5-12-2003)

WWE Monday Night Raw, Philadelphia, PA

This is a STEEL CAGE match! With CHRISTIAN Cage! He brings a chair to the ring with him what with Goldberg being so scary and cage matches being no-DQ. In fact, it’s a special that The Rock used to “beat the crap out of” Goldberg a month ago. “The People’s Chair.” Peeple’s.

Goldberg vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan (WCW, 6-26-2000)

WCW Monday Nitro, Des Moines, IA

Request via Ko-fi. This is something I’d completely forgotten about until I put it on. Jim Duggan had been diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 1998, but was able to return in 1999, promising to have more impact in the next few years than he had in the 20 before. This was, you know, not going to happen; Duggan’s last flirtation with anything near the top of the card had come in ’94, really, but he was a good guy for WCW to have on its roster to work the weekend shows, get a studio crowd fired up, and occasionally pop in on Nitro or whatever as a credible name for someone to face, for instance when he would to his best to sandbag a young Giant’s chokeslam but Tall Paul said, “Nah, big man, you’re gonna go up here.”

Bobby Lashley vs Goldberg (WWE, 8-21-2021)

WWE SummerSlam, Paradise, NV

Nobody really asked for this match but they didn’t have anything for Lashley to do, really, because they’re bad at building even, like, stay-busy world title challengers, so until we can go back to Lashley-McIntyre, here’s Goldberg!

Goldberg vs Kevin Nash (WCW, 12-27-1998)

WCW Starrcade, Washington, DC

The main event of Starrcade ’98 and a match and outcome generally vastly overstated when it comes to problems that led to WCW’s downfall and inevitable demise.

Goldberg vs Diamond Dallas Page (WCW, 10-25-1998)

WCW Halloween Havoc, Paradise, NV

Another request! Man this is a show that had Goldberg-DDP, Hogan-Warrior 2, Bret-Sting, and Nash-Hall, a Steiner-Steiner storyline. All of it stunk, some of it legendarily so, except this match. This is for Goldberg’s WCW world heavyweight title.

Goldberg vs Shawn Michaels (WWE, 10-20-2003)

WWE Monday Night Raw, Wilkes-Barre, PA

This is another request from this show. But let’s start with some background!

Goldberg vs The Rock (WWE, 4-27-2003)

WWE Backlash, Worcester, MA

ON THIS DAY! 17 years ago, it was the in-ring WWE debut of one “Bill” Goldberg, as he took on a once again departing Dwayne “DJ” “The Rock” Johnson in the main event at Backlash.

Goldberg vs Sid Vicious (WCW, 10-24-1999)

WCW Halloween Havoc, Las Vegas, NV

This is for Sid’s U.S. title. Earlier in the night, Goldberg beat the shit out of Sid backstage, bloodying his head. They tried to give Sid stitches but Sid was like LET IT BLEEEEEEEEED so he’s still got dry blood on his head coming in.

The Undertaker vs Goldberg (WWE, 6-7-2019)

WWE Super Showdown, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Here is a match that I wanted to see but I didn’t have WWE Network at the time because I took, I dunno, four months or whatever off from watching any wrestling. Two legendary Hall of Famers who are in their 50s, one of whom hasn’t worked a match in over two years, what could go wrong?