1998 - Hollywood Hogan vs. Goldberg

**Zeeboe** · 11-05-2012, 10:21 AM

Any memories?

Mine are - I was a loyal WWF mark back then, but even I skipped the end of Raw just to watch that one match. The match itself was short as hell, and of course the wrestling wasn't the best, but the atmosphere in the crowd was amazing as was the build-up.

Goldberg had a lot of hype, and Hogan is Hogan, and I think WCW fans were tired of Hogan as champion, and he was doing a great job as a mega-heel, and the fans loved Goldberg - He was a fresh face, and had a great look, and besides Stone Cold - I think Goldberg was one of the best young faces at that time, so when J.J. Dillion announced Goldberg would face Hogan even I marked out.

In hindsight, a lot of people seem to think it would have been better business to let Hogan and Goldberg have a program together, build the feud up on TV, then have a match on PPV, but in defense of Bischoff - He was having a ratings war with Vince and even a hardcore and loyal WWF mark like me watched the Hogan/Goldberg match on Nitro so I think it was a good idea that sadly for WCW just backfired.

Perhaps it would have been better to have the match on PPV, but then have a rematch on Nitro to get ratings.

11-05-2012, 10:21 AM	#1
Zeeboe Posts: 6,269	1998 - Hollywood Hogan vs. Goldberg Any memories? Mine are - I was a loyal WWF mark back then, but even I skipped the end of Raw just to watch that one match. The match itself was short as hell, and of course the wrestling wasn't the best, but the atmosphere in the crowd was amazing as was the build-up. Goldberg had a lot of hype, and Hogan is Hogan, and I think WCW fans were tired of Hogan as champion, and he was doing a great job as a mega-heel, and the fans loved Goldberg - He was a fresh face, and had a great look, and besides Stone Cold - I think Goldberg was one of the best young faces at that time, so when J.J. Dillion announced Goldberg would face Hogan even I marked out. In hindsight, a lot of people seem to think it would have been better business to let Hogan and Goldberg have a program together, build the feud up on TV, then have a match on PPV, but in defense of Bischoff - He was having a ratings war with Vince and even a hardcore and loyal WWF mark like me watched the Hogan/Goldberg match on Nitro so I think it was a good idea that sadly for WCW just backfired. Perhaps it would have been better to have the match on PPV, but then have a rematch on Nitro to get ratings.