10 Wrestlers Who Were Wrongly Judged On ONE Match

4. Goldberg Is Capable Of Long Matches

Mordecai Hardcore Holly Great American Bash 2004
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Halloween Havoc 1998 gave many the wrong impression about squash match machine Bill Goldberg too. WCW top brass thought the wrecking ball had to start working longer bouts if he was going to be a sustainable headliner, which is fair enough, but those lengthier showings badly exposed flaws in Goldberg's game.

That 10-minute cracker with DDP was the exception, not the rule.

No, 10 minutes isn't especially longer for a pay-per-view main event, but this was Goldberg; WCW's phenom was known for running through opponents in less than two mins. That suited him, because big Bill was always limited as a worker. Unfortunately, Havoc '98 fooled everybody into thinking he'd turned a corner.

WWE fell into this trap when they hired Goldberg in 2003. His 13-minute clash with The Rock at Backlash that April exposed him again, and he wasn't booked properly until a second run started in 2016. The DDP match tricked people in power positions big time.

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