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Originally Posted by Stickman
Didn't Eric Bishoff say the nail in the coffin was when Goldberg beat Hogan on Nitro as opposed to a PPV?
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Personally I think that was a bad call, because they pissed away a lot of money by giving away that match for free.
However in one sense it was good because a huge TV audience got to see Goldberg win the WCW title, and do it by beating Hulk Hogan clean in the middle. That scene really made him look like the biggest star in wrestling at that point.
Goldberg was still a draw after that. The problem was that Hogan swerved Goldberg out of the top spot, and used the Warrior to put himself back in the top spot while Goldberg worked a secondary role feuding with people like DDP. Then the Nash/Hogan thing killed him as a draw.
But if Bischoff thinks Goldberg winning the title on free TV killed WCW he's either lying or dillusional.