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Well I can't help but want to go back just a little further...
Nitro in the Dome ...
Goldberg vs Hogan for the title. As happened Goldberg beats Hall to get a shot at Hogan that night. During the main event, just before Goldberg is about to hit the spear, Hogan pulls the referee in front of him to take the blow. The ref is down, Hall comes down the aisle with a chair. Goldberg exits the ring to meet him but just as he rolls out WHAM! chair to the skull. Goldberg goes down, and gigs himself. Then he raises like The Terminator with a crimson mask, and then WHAM another shot, he gigs again, this time it's gross. Hall is about to take another shot when BAM! Spear! Hall is down. Hogan is rising to his feet in the ring Goldberg rolls in and sets up for the spear, the referee wakes up and see's the mess on Goldberg and goes to check him out. Goldberg is waving him off still focusing on hitting Hogan with the spear but the referee calls the match, too much blood. Hogan wins. Goldberg is fucked.
After Nitro in the Dome
Now the build to Hogan and Goldberg as a PPV main event at Starrcade happens. Goldberg takes lead on the battle of cutting the NWO cancer out of WCW. Each PPV he takes out another member of the NWO. First Hall, then Savage, then The Giant, amidst his search for destruction one man continues to make out unscathed when The Man comes around, Kevin Nash. Lead to....
Starrcade... the rematch from The Dome
Goldberg vs Hogan, this time in a cage. With no interference Goldberg finally squashes Hogan and takes his deserved claim as the champion of the world.
On Nitro, Hogan is pissed that nobody had his back, "IT WAS IN A CAGE" Nash proclaims, "WHAT LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO CLIMB MY 7 FOOT ASS OVER THE TOP TO SAVE YOU?"... major problems brewing in the NWO. Goldberg takes his foot of the pedal on the NWO feud for a month or two to deal with several other rising challengers from the WCW side of things. Competition is clean and hot, they focus on having good matches with baby faces built on respect. The loser never goes down in status only up.
Spring 99
Meanwhile Nash is slowly taking control of the NWO. Hogan feeling the grip over his legion of supporters loosing, begins to lash out on the members of NWO... Until while surrounded by those he once commanded, he falls to a brutal attack lead by Kevin Nash. As the members of NWO assault Hogan with finishing moves and chair shots we see him reach out to the back as if to pray for a savoir. Cut to back stage, the WCW staples, Luger, Sting and Goldberg watch on until Goldberg can take no more, he steps to, as if he is about to rush the ring when Sting stops him by placing a hand on his shoulder, giving only a look. A look that says "you know better". Hogan takes his beating as the show is out of time.
Now we see a story where Hogan will attempt to face the NWO on his own. Knowing that he has betrayed the wrestling world he drops his gimmick and wrestles as simply Terry Bollea. He attempts to get through the ranks of NWO until he can get the leader Big Sexy Kevin Nash one on one in the ring, but it never happens. Every time he gets close he is outnumbered.
While the story of Hogan and Nash is playing out. Goldberg has been leading the main event scene "competing" with the best WCW has to offer. Bret Hart, Ric Flair, DDP, Randy Savage ... any big baby face that is not in the NWO. WCW has suffered through bullshit main events for years, now is the time to offer them something different. Goldberg's style reminds me of an AJPW Gaijin so we will embrace that and style his matches after the best of Japan. The emotional thread of Goldberg's story from January to June is he like Hogan, can never get his hands on Kevin Nash, the new leader of the NWO.
Great American Bash 99
Finally at Great American Bash we see the new mega powers form when Terry Bollea, broken and defeated by the group he has created privately announces his retirement from wrestling. The announcement is done in a segment with Mean Gene. He is in the ring and lets the world know that Terry Bollea has retired. Cue NWO who come and brag on their accomplishment. Cut to Goldberg backstage, shocked, without words he leaves the arena, gets in his car, and drives off.
Next week we are greeted by Tony and Bobby, they tell us that they do have footage of what happened when Bill Goldberg left the arena last Monday Night. When they show the footage you see that he actually went to an airport and flew to Tampa to visit Terry face to face. At that point he tells Terry that he is The Hulkster and that no matter what he's done nobody can ever take that away from him. That if he feels remorse for what he has done then there is only one way that he can redeem himself in the eyes of all the fans whose heart he broke. He can dawn the red and yellow and help him remove the NWO cancer from WCW once and for all.
Cut to the ring where we wait silently, 'HE"S AMERICAN MAAAAAAAAAAADDEEEE" blares over the speakers and the marks loose their nuts. Hulk HOGAN IS BACK! Mean Gene is losing his shit, the crowd is loosing their shit. He's back baby! He starts cutting his normal promo but before he goes long he introduces the man who brought Hulkamania back to life, the one the only Bill Goldberg! The boys hug and pump up the crowd before Mean Gene asks the question, "Bill Goldberg what do you and The Immortal Hulk Hogan have in store for NWO?"...
"Gene.... Hall, Nash... at Great American Bash... YOU'RE NEXT!"
Then at Great American Bash 99 we have Hogan and Goldberg defeat Hall and Nash. After that Goldberg beats Nash to keep the title. Hogan beats Nash in a match at will absolve the NWO from WCW forever.
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