10 Egocentric Wrestling Stars Who Believed Their Own Hype
Incredibly, Buff Bagwell once thought he was too good for the WWE system...
Ego is a funny thing, because pretty much everybody walking the planet has it to some degree. It's actually a desirable trait in the professional wrestling industry too, because being honest, the business of wrestling has always served to reward those who think pretty darn highly of themselves.
Quite often, ego is confused with passion, but it is true that both can sometimes go hand-in-hand. On occasion, the performers featured on this list have actually been right about why they should be pushed to the top, mainly because they are some of the best workers pro wrestling has ever produced. Others don't fit that bracket, but have an inflated sense of self worth regardless.
Problems arise when that confidence in ability gives way to flat out arrogance, something each and every person listed here has been guilty of at some point in the past. Believing themselves to be the best, these wrestlers have often shown that they were, but that hasn't been enough, they just can't stop talking about it!
In reality, because of the fact that wrestling attracts people who have insane determination and a healthy portion of self-admiration, it's tough to narrow it down to just 10, but here are some of the most notably egocentric characters in pro wrestling history.
10. Bill Goldberg
In fairness to Bill Goldberg, the guy was handed an almighty push from the outset, so it's perhaps slightly more understandable as to exactly why he developed quite the ego. As soon as he made his debut on WCW television in late-1997, Goldberg was portrayed as a killer, someone who had every tool necessary to tear through the competition and gun for the WCW World Title.
It didn't take long for fans to start jumping on the Goldberg bandwagon, but it's pretty unfair when critics claim that anybody could "win a thousand matches" and get over as a result. Big Bill had an explosive vibe to him, and a cool connection to fans, so it wasn't just about being in the right place at the right time.
With that in mind, he did throw quite the strop on occasion, such as when it was suggested he enter a program with Chris Jericho in WCW. Not wanting to work with the smaller Canadian, Goldberg and Jericho would later come to blows over the incident in WWE. In fact, during his entire WWE run, the big man seemed pretty arrogant, as though he was a bigger star than anybody else there - needless to say, there's a reason why Goldberg only lasted one full year in the company.