The True Story Of Goldberg's Streak

[@VorpalBender]

"What Happened to that Wrestler?" Every wrestler who went up against Goldberg's streak.

[@J92-DS]

Mason Ryan, Stevie Ray, Earthquake, Alundra Blayze

[@JaimeD.]

​@@J92-DS🎶 🎵 🎶

[@TheLandofObscusion]

It's worth noting that part of the reason why WCW's "official" count for Goldberg's streak was so far above the actual count is because at Road Wild 1998 Goldberg was a part of the 9-man nWo Invitational Battle Royal (despite never actually being invited by the nWo), eliminating six of the competitors (& even setting up Lex Liger to be eliminated by The Giant). WCW, in all its "wisdom", decided to count each elimination as a "win" for Goldberg's streak, and while it certainly wasn't the primary reason for the inflation it's easily the most egregious example for a single night. Wrestling Bios counted Goldberg's actual streak count while doing his Reliving the War series, and the two biggest takeaways are that, earlier on, WCW seemingly UNDERcounted Goldberg's streak by two or three (as they likely didn't count some house show wins), and once WCW counted the Road Wild elimination there was no way WCW was ever going to be close to the real number.

[@HyperActive7]

It's like WWE saying there was 93,000 fans in the Pontiac Silverdome when in reality there were some empty seats which were covered in the dome yet WWE couldn't help themselves since Andre was the draw and the reason so many people wanted to see him put Hogan over.

[@mankytoes]

It feels like they could have just ignored a few house shows and got the tv figure to match the real figure.

[@deadend1041]

​​@@mankytoes I don't understand what any of you were talking about and I'm not going to watch this. Over on wrestling bios they did a reliving the war series where they did his entire streak, counted every match on every house show and every dark match, and in fact WCW undercounted his streak by 3 matches.

[@mankytoes]

@deadend1041 lol by all means don't let that stop you commenting

[@antoniogonzales1914]

"The guy with bell-bottoms that Cody owned on Twitter that time" 😂

[@JasGill07]

lmaoo I started looking for this comment right when he said it

[@Cosmic_Gorilla]

That's the most accurate assessment of Disco Inferno's career I've ever heard.

[@SirAsdf]

Considering how many times WWE had titles won during fictional Brazilian tournaments, I think WCW was allowed to BS a streak.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

They should have a real title tournament in Rio to balance it out.

[@zhiamako]

Now, I'll wait for a video on AAA's Psycho Circus and their "600" wins streak from 2007 to 2010

[@JUVI9596]

Those of us who remember 1998 WCW will understand this video very very well. Goldberg was a super draw

[@vampirascoffin870]

but wasn't treated as a draw due to Hogan's ego and Goldberg not main eventing until he suffer his first loss

[@DukeRhodes]

He was stratosphericlly over at the time, unstoppable. The crowd noise and pop he'd receive when the security banged on his door before his entrance was something else. It erupted and reverberated the entire arena. I hadn't been to an event where the crowd went balls to wall ballistic like that since the late 80s when Ultimate Warrior's entrance begun. Hulk Hogan had the enthusiasm also, but it wasn't as intense, it had a more different feel, like patriotic admiration and just happy to be apart of what's to come.

[@kennywilkinson913]

I wasn't even a big wrestling fan and if i was it wwf not wcw, didn't have sky and was in yr 8, yet I knew who he was just by having an n64

[@shawnmichaels568]

Despite the many controversies throughout his career, You can't deny that he defined starpower. He had all the aspect to be a top wrestler of the company: Presence, His spears, Crowd control etc..

[@saicharand7765]

“He had all the aspect to be a top wrestler” Except actual wrestling ability…

[@oasisg9]

@@saicharand7765 and he was terrible on the mic. lol.

[@blacksun967]

@@saicharand7765womp womp, it’s about being larger than life, the wrestling ability part is secondary

[@blacksun967]

@@oasisg9he had presence and what all these kids use nowadays the word “aura”, that’s all that mattered

[@optimus2008]

​@@blacksun967honestly, as sad as that sounds, you're right about that.

[@ant4158]

You know Goldberg was red hot when Hogan wants to job to him " That works for me brotha"

[@ramrodbldm9876]

The most copy pasted comment on any wrestling video

[@jameshagan2832]

Supposedly what happened is someone high up at WCW (bishoff probably but I can't remember if that was who it was for sure) decided to make Goldberg champ but wanted him to have his win at a ppv (likely fall brawl or Halloween havok) but hogan wanted the match to happen at the Georgia dome nitro show because he knew their would be a lot of turner big wigs in attendance and he wanted them to see him being a team player and putting over Goldberg. That's why there was no buildup to the match. I believe it was 1st announced at the thunder before that nitro so they had 4 days and no prime time shows to promote what was going to be a huge match. They gave away a massive ppv buy so hogan could look good in front of the turner ppl. Apologies if this was addressed in the video, I'm only 2 and a half minutes in so far. O and hogan was expecting to get the win back and being the guy who ended the streak and get the belt back.

[@MrBeardsley]

Wrestling Bios compared Goldberg’s streak to Cagematch records and found at least one occasion where WCW short-changed him, he’d won something like six house show matches between a couple of TV appearances but they only added three or four wins to his record.

[@robertosobreiro6212]

Do you still remember his final number? Was his also 155-0? I'm also watching reliving the war but don't remember his number

[@EternallyEve]

@@robertosobreiro6212 From "Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 165 - December 21st 1998" the Final Number before Starrcade 98 was WCW: 174 and RTW: 158. Ironically enough, WCW undercut themselves again when Goldberg lost the streak as they flip flopped between the final number being 173 and 174 during the night of Starrcade. Michael Buffer said that Goldberg had an ongoing 174 Win Streak during his entrance while Tony Schiavone claimed that it was 173 at the start and Bobby Heenan said the final number was 173 at the end of the show. Fucking hell WCW.

[@BigChucka419]

​@@robertosobreiro6212no it was inflated but i don't remember the total

[@DR.64A9]

​@@robertosobreiro6212 It was around 155 (152 comes to mind). The interesting thing I learned from RTW was that most of the inflated numbers came from the last two months of his streak.

[@deadend1041]

The entire controversy comes down to a battle Royal where he eliminated 6 people and they counted it as 6 victories.

[@neilcoatham]

See Undertakers streak was one match a year. Goldbergs was every week

[@Ops-cp3uj]

It's scripted it's not real

[@mynameisjeff92]

Goldberg is a perfect example of being in the right place and at the right time...trust me, this wouldnt have worked in today's landscape...

[@Venemofthe888]

He came in when social media wasn't a thing and his winning streak was a must see in a few ways like having the chance to see him lose and to see him destroy someone in minutes. When he finally lost a bit of his appeal went away since he could be beaten even if it was full of interference

[@PhotonBeast]

@@Venemofthe888 Yeah. After the streak, comes the question of what do you do with a monster that can be beaten? Goldberg could have been more, but nope, his character and story WAS his streak.

[@attiepollard7847]

Call me naive. But I think it could.

[@Oldskoolwraastlin77]

Gold-berg goold-berg!!! Whenever the crowd chanted that shit it gave me chills!!! 🙌🙌

[@rezarfar]

Goldberg in 1997-98 was lightening in a bottle, nothing came remotely close to replicating that, the only thing missing from his run was merchandise sales, the guy just didn't have much interesting merchandise for sale, even at the height of his popularity in WCW. I mean to be fair, outside of action figures (which everyone had), you couldn't really do much else with him in terms of merchandise, he didn't really say much, his look was basic at best, black trunks, black boots and nothing else. Aside from the merchandise sales though, dude was a money making machine. Unfortunately they ruined that themselves 😂.

[@Lazbotable]

@rezarfar they had a t shirt with his tribal tattoo on it, but as far as I can tell that was it.

[@rezarfar]

@@Lazbotable yeah i know, i was a big fan at the time, tried to get some merch but outside of action figures, replica trunk and boots or as you say, those silly t shirts, there wasn't much else. Its really a big misses opportunity imo Especially when you consider at the time Austin was coming up too in the WWF and that dude had a bunch of merch you could buy.

[@Lazbotable]

Wrestling's biggest one trick pony. Edit: Regal has stated that he was instructed to put on a match that was at least 6 minutes long, this would expose that Goldberg couldn't wrestle beyond what fans had already seen.

[@attiepollard7847]

Yes but that's wcw blame they know he was limited but they did it anyway which was kind of embarrassing. You know he can't go with those type of matches with those type of moves so why even embarrass him why not just tell him that he needs to update his skills a little bit more.

[@ladadavidson7926]

Didn't Arn Anderson recently confess to being the "mystery agent" who told Regal to do what he did?

[@deadend1041]

I believe William Regal when he tells that story but I also think he was a fool for doing it.

[@mikemurphy6152]

​@@attiepollard7847this is the part I dont understand is people act like he wrote the script or was in charge of how matches played out

[@attiepollard7847]

@@mikemurphy6152 it's a combination of they were jealous of his star rising so quickly, and people thinking that Goldberg never respected the business of professional wrestling also a bit of it does fall on bill because he did come off as a dick head to a couple of wrestlers especially Chris Jericho when he did not want to do a program with him.

[@dannystarkridesfixed]

Can’t remember if he only counted certain events but not house shows or such but wrestling bios did a counter from the beginning to finish of the streak and of course his count was slightly less than wcw’s inflated stats. It was 5-10 less than theirs. Or something along those lines.

[@martynhawthorne7294]

That’s nothing I’m 200-0 on wwe 2k easy mode

[@AndrewJoyce86]

Hey, I went on a year long winning streak with Steve Austin in Wrestlemania 2000. Had to unlock HBK. Won the Royal Rumble, and King of the Ring, plus held every single championship, too. This Goldberg guy is kind of a chump, by comparison.

[@Unitenotfight]

Gillberg was better

[@RomaroBrandon]

#1 Goldberg's 100th win should have happened at the Great time Bash. #2 Goldberg should have lost the title back to Hollywood Hogan instead of Kevin Nash in either a no disqualification match or handicap match. #3 Including his first 6 matches Goldberg is 160-2 when the streak ended.

[@MasterMewtwo239]

There is a shoot during the old Legends of Wrestling show that covered the nWo, and they talked about the finger poke and all that; I'd like to side with Nash's idea of rebuilding Goldberg to epic warrior status, if not for him injuring himself bashing in a limousine window.

[@matthewbesson5367]

All this and he still eats corn on the cob the long way.

[@nathanshaw9688]

STOP saying Hogan/Goldberg should have been on PPV! THANK YOU to everyone involved for giving us such an amazing moment for free! My parents wouldn't have bought a PPV. I will never forget watching this live with my friends. Thank you WCW, Goldberg, Hogan, Bischoff, and everyone else for giving me such a great memory!

[@Venemofthe888]

@@nathanshaw9688 sometimes the TV fans deserve a big match and it was in a huge arena. Not every big match is on ppv. Brock v kurt in a iron-man match, Cena v Shawn for a hour, tlc 4 in 2002 all good matches on free tv

[@VoltMagnum]

in a way i liked the regal match. watching it first time and saw goldberg doing technical stuff like grappling instead of the usual power moves

[@mangrove]

Goldberg once said that he offered to end the streak earlier to Bobby Eaton. He had a ton of respect for Bobby, and they were in Bobby's hometown.

[@Jewtang]

No he didn't. Why are you lieing??

[@ricosuave6898]

You never hear anyone say anything negative about Eaton's in ring work or behind the scenes behavior. Maybe the wrestler most widely and roundly respected by his peers as not just a smooth worker but as a truly nice guy. His barber never did him any favors though.

[@jameshagan2832]

If that happened that would have been really dumb

[@evdomos]

Can't believe Brock Lesnar would end his streak at WM30.

[@joeywrestling9536]

Guess I’m going to have to watch the Goldberg/Regal match now. Never saw that one before.

[@MichaelAlderton]

Goldberg was the best part of WCW he was always the reason why I tuned in every week he a style and a presents about him much respect for him as a performer and human being 👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@iainmooney8610]

Struggling to keep up with all the content released lately. Well in lads! Another great video.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

I just realized that Hugh Morris is a pun on “humorous”.

[@ricosuave6898]

OK, How about Hugh G. Rection?

[@alexmartin3143]

Cool man my 17 year old regard self realized it right away though…

[@MrHighlifewest]

Loving the documentaries!! You all are so good at narrating them.

[@DarkArcherAdventures]

Paused the video to say I’m glad you didn’t use the name of that guy Cody owned on Twitter that one time, because he doesn’t deserve to have his name mentioned.

[@oddishhonor]

DISCO INFERNO. Fans like you make me hate being a wrestling fan.

[@c_raw3367]

They added wins to his streak one week he was 50-0 and the next he was 70-0

[@stingrey1571]

That was the whole streak, not just one week. He’ll be 25-0 on nitro and then be 32-0 by thunder on Thursday. 41-0 on wcw Saturday night. Then by Monday again, 47-0.

[@DR.64A9]

It wasn't that drastic and mostly happened at the end of the streak.

[@jb888888888]

12:00 Good on Goldberg for giving some of the lower card guys a shot at the big time. Not a lot of stars would do that. I'm just sad that the streak ended before El Dandy had his opportunity.

[@dorksanddragons]

7:02 not if you ask Bret Hart.

[@marvelsProtege]

That guy with the bell buttons on lol I loved him

[@deadend1041]

Point in fact wrestling bios did a reliving the worst series where they counted every single match in his streak, every house show and every dark match. In fact according to his EVIDENCE, WCW UNDERCOUNTED the streak by 3 matches. Let me repeat that: not only was the number lower than the number of wins in a row, all of these videos that say Goldberg had not nearly that many matches didn't do their homework, they just made it up.

[@Sysadminsith]

I love the longer form content. Great job boys.

[@DNSV-ex8of]

Fun fact everybody says Goldberg streak was inflated he actually had more wins than 173 Counting house shows dark matches people only look at television tapings in Live tv Events

[@SpeedRacer_IRL]

Sting is the realest guy in wrestling for being the big 100-0 for Goldberg, what a good dude

[@shawnroberto2280]

I was not a big Goldberg fan, but I was there in Pittsburgh when he beat Konnan and Sting. Crowd went crazy for it. Then it was funny when Mene Gene wanted you to call his hotline to find out what big star Goldberg beat at a house show.

[@NuMetalfan1996]

I feel that Goldberg gets a lot of hate today, some of it justified for being too reckless, and some of it just being haters. Goldberg should’ve been trained better, I give you that, and should’ve been less reckless at times. But the thing fans need to understand is pro wrestling is not a sport, it’s an acting dramatic version of fighting, if you want wrestling to be a sport, then go watch amateur wrestling as that’s an actual sport. The goal of pro wrestling is to get the audience engaged through soap opera like stories that make you want to see a fight and a brawl between the babyfaces and heels. That is pro wrestling 101 right there, also notice I said fight and brawl, and not acrobatics. The meat of pro wrestling is always the story, because without story, you don’t get the audience engaged. Now that we’ve established what pro wrestling actually is, back to Goldberg. The modern fan seems to say “well Goldberg can’t wrestle”, and yet neither could Hulk Hogan or The Ultimate Warrior, yet they drew in serious levels of money and got wrestling into the mainstream, while purist fans that so desperately want pro wrestling to be something it’s not with acrobatics and care more about matches, that shit doesn’t draw money. The modern wrestling fan really reminds of Guitar nerds, when no one gives a fuck how well you can play on a guitar, they just want to listen to a fun song, and no one gives a fuck how well you can wrestle, people just want to see an engaging story that pays off with an entertaining brawl. People paid to see Goldberg wreck shit up, and fans got what they wanted, did people want Bret Hart to lose his career?, well of course fucking not, and that’s why I said he should’ve been trained better. But Goldberg got so fucking over because people wanted to see him wreck shit up.

[@alexmartin3143]

If he didn’t end the career of my favorite wrestler I’d definitely not hate his guts…

[@wrydrune]

Thing is, while still a tragedy, he only has one verifiable injury to his name, Hart. Well, unless you count himself. Hell, SCSA, Seth Rollins, Rey Mysterio, all have more injuries. Andrade, okada, d'lo, etc.

[@jerrelljones8511]

Wrestling Bios covered this with his Relieving The War series

[@robdedominic8758]

Tyson, warrior, LOD, Goldberg, charisma and demolishing people works.

[@KenRising1996]

Perfect way to start my Sunday before the Lions Game

[@HRPufnsting]

Shitty unsafe wrestler who was just the ultimate warrior in a stone cold mask.

[@Shaughn-pk3pe]

155-0 streak is still very impressive even most of those were jobbers

[@JaimeD.]

"John Betcha" 🤣 What kind of in-ring name is that? Imagine if Cena had that name in his entire WWE career. 😂 Small miracles, I guess.

[@BigChucka419]

Wrestling Bios Reliving The War counted it week by week but I don't recall what Ryan's total was

[@mjdf122]

I like Goldberg but his downside/flaws were his wrestling ability and mic/promo skills everything else was okay I’ve seen all of wrestling from 1980-Now

[@warriorjwr]

Funny thing is his streak should have been ended sooner than it was. The fans went nuts when Nash beat him.

[@mellow.madness]

Gilberg>Goldberg

[@jasonmccrank4981]

I'm not even a Goldberg fan but comparing his peak to Cody Rhodes is absurd.

[@michaelpeacock4228]

John Betcha has got to be a "jam-up" kind of guy. I am dying to know if he resides in Parts Unknown!

[@LaylaDavis-z6z]

Goldberg said in a interview that he wanted the streak to end on his Brithday at staircase vs Kevin Nash

[@ladadavidson7926]

I don't know if I remember this correctly but didn't Hector Guerrero (GobbledyGooker) give Goldberg his first un-televised loss?

[@dismothafuka405]

In the early 80's I wanted to be a wrestler that won every match except lose at title matches.

[@DeanMoxley87]

how many times did he beat Hugh Morris ?

[@mringram]

Great video

[@attiepollard7847]

Man do you know how many dream bookings we had in middle schools doing this time of Goldberg vs ken shamrock or Goldberg or Goldberg vs Stone Cold. We even was hearing rumors Steve Austin vs Goldberg in Japan we're both men got DQ. Good time's.

[@Xeritrident]

All I know is when I was a kid watching it unfold, the powerhouse that was Goldberg was the truth. Memories

[@faceurhell]

Goldberg had a hugely popular initial run but failed to maintain as a significant draw. And ultimately, that streak defined Goldberg, and Goldberg’s legacy begins and ends there.

[@PhotonBeast]

That's a great way of putting it. After the streak, comes the question that plagues every one-dimensional monster in wrestling - what do you do with a monster that can be beaten? Without supporting character work and storylines, the monster is no more and you're left with just a person. Powerful, yes, but mortal, and, as you said, defined only by that singular legacy. Goldberg could have been more, but nope, his character and story WAS his streak.

[@attiepollard7847]

​@@PhotonBeastNash was the right person to do it but him and Bishop should have came up with another idea that was not the finger poke of doom. Just let Nash keep the belt for a few months and then drop it to Goldberg and Goldberg lose to Hogan to get his win back. Easy

[@benpezzot8805]

Wcw did a great job with Mike Tenay idea untill starcade 1998

[@jb888888888]

I don't see the issue with the way the streak ended. Any streak is gonna end. Losing by cattle-prod protects Goldberg. He wouldn't have lost if not for that, like an asterisk.

[@Rain-Bow]

Goldberg 🐐

[@terrordarky]

thanks for calling it the WWF. it's not the WWE yet. i know it's a small quibble but in the context of the monday night wars, call it the WWF!

[@therealanonymous12]

What about R.D. Evans streak on Ring of Honor that time😂 ?

[@kaodik]

I never got behind the streak. As someone who was training at the time, trying to perfect everything i did in the ring...i saw this greenhorn as undeserving. Sure it was jealousy. But whatever. Great video tho

[@erichuff392]

The goldberg gravy train could have stayed on the rails longer but nash and hall got jealous

[@DarranKern]

Background music is horrific, mate

[@James.chalmers]

Kevin Nash beat Goldberg then lost it to hogan in finger poke of doom.. what happened after that I think Bret hart became champion then had to retire wcw really ruined their chances of winning the war

[@marvellis6762]

Regal made him look so so silly!.... because he was at actual wrestling

[@jonathanmartinez8347]

So unofficially 155-2

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Eh. I always saw Goldberg as basically WCW’s version of the Ultimate Warrior (in-ring wise, I mean); not that good in the ring, not that good on the mic, overpushed WAY beyond his talent, inexplicably over, and hard to deal with backstage (though Goldberg isn’t as much of a headache as the Warrior).

[@Dizerfullpower]

Warrior's schizo promos were more entertaining though

[@Joecowell-p9x]

He did very well for himself in pro wrestling for someone who didn't understand pro wrestling baldberg the biggest mark ever

[@wolfman7284]

Sting is such a good dude.

[@movie-mandan]

Goldberg and Hulk Hogan were the best wrestlers all about the aura.

[@LobsterPuncher]

I was there when Goldberg beat Hogan. It was crazy, amd instill remembe it to this day.

[@deadmansgulf911]

No offense but I would prefer the story of BILL GOLDBERG be narrated by Bret Hart

[@jasonking3182]

WcW not taking the streak to at least 200 wins is insane.

[@TalamarAmV]

and the grand total of match time of those 173 was 22 minutes. jk but i am guessing is less than 173 mins

[@packerpf]

The streak inflated his head to make him think he's better than he is. Other than the streak there's literally 0 rememberable about his career, well other than almost killing undertaker.

[@filmbuff2777]

If Goldberg kicked Hulk Hogan & injured him instead of Bret Hart, internet wrestling "experts" would be praising him as a legend, Hart included.

[@MikeEdwards-kj4dh]

Ok stupid

[@korbinkepner7264]

you're telling me sting VOLUNTEERED to get squashed by Goldberg, but chose to go along with him cleanly beating the Great Muta and Vampiro (which arguably killed his career) in a handicap match???

[@attiepollard7847]

Losing to vampiro and muta killed his career? Yeah right. We did not think that was killing his career we just thought that was just another Vince Russo bs idea.

[@korbinkepner7264]

@ brother Sting WON. It’s wild how confident you chose to reply lol. 😂

[@titanent.6897]

You're analogy is way off. Cody is a crap champion. Cody is a mid card wrestler that never should have been pushed.

[@Vikramjit-n9z]

No intensity in crowd

[@jeffreypridemore100]

JACK’S NEXT!

[@Yungmoot19]

Jade Cargill is a better wrestler than Goldberg ever was. At least you can see her trying to wrestle

[@yamchaken05]

You left out the Mongo feud

[@christopherbaker9676]

Didn't Goldberg get DQd against Mongo McMicheal on a pay per view

[@jbj7599]

So how many no contests did he have? 18?

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Goldberg was spacial back then

[@titanent.6897]

Goooldburg!!!Goooldburg!!!! Goooldburg!!!

[@ThunderBlood275]

naww no Asuka mention xD

[@shawnstanley9620]

The only guy to make the hall of fame ,the most overhyped never truly developed his skill ,the most limited wrestler .the streak is whole career acolode,and runs in wwe prove he was a garbage star .all hype

[@user-sw4co6yu2x]

I really like your "True Story" videos and there is a lot of work behind them (background research etc.), but to honor someone who had zero talent as a wrestler - a real shame for the time you guys put in. The only thing this clown did was to end the career of a really great wrestler (Bret Hart) and almost kill the Undertaker. This guy doesn't deserve to be talked about. Of course, that's just my subjective opinion, so bring on the hate :)

[@Oldskoolwraastlin77]

The WWF "gillberg" gimmick was stupid AF. I dunno why they thought that shit was clever. Gillberg reminded me more of triple H then goldberg. Lbvs

[@attiepollard7847]

It was stupid it was showing the jealousy of Vince McMahon but at the same time it was kind of funny.

[@ValleyProud916]

I can't believe he got past Barry Horowitz

[@michaelreich4827]

Last time I was this early, the media was forcefully telling me that Biden was as sharp as a tack.

[@rickybobbyracing9106]

Goldberg is and always was trash

[@urbOYfREND]

I think my sister can’t legally tell me so she sent in some cryptic ass message when she met Goldberg I still can’t confirm or deny from her that she did or didn’t meet him lol it’s like confidentiality issues with her job beat gunther crazy ass berg