Thread: DISCUSSION - One reason why I am SMILING (and am hopeful about the WWE's near future)
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Old 12-18-2003, 11:38 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by The CyNick
I dont share you thought that people are dying to boo him. If that was the case why do people go nuts for him when he comes out, why does he draw the highest QH's on RAW? If the people want to boo him, they would have already. You look at Rock leading to Mania X-Seven, and then at Mania X-8, and then leading to Mania XIX the fans decided to boo him and thats what they did.
Goldberg would get great pops if he was pushed in the manner that he was in WCW, but the WWE will never push him that way (due to them having a small roster [Raw compared to WCW], and also trying to get 'each and every guy' over [unlike WCW where they had many faceless jobbers]).

Goldberg does get majority of the pops when he faces guys like Mark Henry and Rico, but why does he get mixed reactions when facing the likes of Chris Jericho, and Ric Flair? When he fought Jericho on PPV earlier this year, it was a very mixed reaction. Ditto for Flair.

You can't deny the fact that Goldberg gets mixed cheers a lot of times....when he's facing opponents of equal calibre.

The best example is with The Rock.

-The Rock got booed when he fought Hogan
-The Rock got mainly booed when he fought Austin (I'd say 70-75% were pro-Austin at WM-19)
-The Rock got a mixed cheer when he fought Goldberg (probably close to 50/50).


Bottom line? - The way the WWE is pushing Goldberg, he will never be a face who can draw even CLOSE to the manner that Austin and The Rock did. .

Since the WWE are unwilling to push Goldberg in the manner that they did in WCW, I say one of two things should be done.

1)Release him.

2)Have Him turn heel.

I go with option#2 because

a)He is a 'big name' (which answers your queston as to why QR are highest when he's on TV.......this has nothing do with the fact that he's a face though.....in 2000, Triple H and Shane McMahon drew higher quarterly ratings than The Rock..who came in at 3rd).

b)Because of his 'star' status, a guy who eventually defeats him can go over huge. Remember how over Benoit was when he almost went over Austin in 2001? How about Angle?
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