Who would you rather see come back to wrestling?

[NeanderCarl]

Originally Posted by DarthTedious as soon as he loses a single match, nobody cares anymore.

Not true. They were mostly deflated by the way it happened (and to whom the loss occurred) but all the while it was an inevitability he would eventually lose; it wasn't really a surprise that the streak ended, just the nature in which it did. They didn't capitalise on the "former champion seeking revenge" bit, they slung him straight into a midcard feud with Hall and turned Hogan face again, stealing all Goldberg's thunder. Many people see the night Goldberg lost the title as THE night WCW sealed its own fate.

And anyone who says "all WWE really did was expose Goldberg as not being able to work" or words to that effect... well yes, more fool WWE for exposing him, because WCW kept up the illusion for 18 months with no problem. You can't throw a powerhouse demolition man like Goldberg into 25 minute matches because it doesn't work.

You wouldn't put The Rock in a lucha libre match, because it doesn't play to his strengths. You wouldn't put Dean Malenko in a hardcore falls count anywhere brawl; aces in their places. You can't knock Goldberg because WWE put him in situations he couldn't live up to: that is the WWE's own fault for not knowing how to accentuate the strengths and hide the weaknesses of their own roster. Pushed correctly ie. the way WCW did for a year and a half, Goldberg could have been huge, and his short but exciting style of match would be tailor made for the crash-bang-wallop short-attention-span TV that WWE produces on Monday nights.