10 Biggest WCW Crowd Reactions Ever

4. Goldberg Gets Gold

To this day many claim this to be the greatest squash match in the history of professional wrestling, and it is difficult to deny that claim. On the 20 April 1998 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Goldberg defeated Raven in a Raven's Rules match to become the WCW United States Champion, his first championship win in wrestling.

The first half of 1998 was arguably peak Goldberg, as crowd were going positively batsh*t for anything and everything Big Bad Bill did. Just listen to the reaction he gets when he hits Raven with that first spear, before dismantling the various members of The Flock who come flying in his direction. Sickboy and Kidman would never get reactions like this again.

It was clear to everyone and his dog that Goldberg was winning this match, but it didn't dull the passion of the crowd one iota. WCW crowds and Goldberg were a match made in heaven, and everything he did turned to noisy, noisy gold.

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