10 Egocentric Wrestling Stars Who Believed Their Own Hype

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.