10 WWE Legends Who Came Back And Ruined Everything
2. Goldberg
Where do you start with Goldberg?
His return in 2016 to squash Brock Lesnar was epic. A wonderful goodbye on his own terms after a lacklustre run from 2003-2004. Big Bad Bill did what he does best, and his wife and son got to see him wrestle one last time.
Except he came back a few weeks later and declared himself for the Royal Rumble match. Fine, but when he didn't win it and announced he was challenging Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship at Fastlane anyway, the good turned to bad.
Would they let Goldberg lose to Owens? It didn't seem likely after the Lesnar match, but Kevin was part of the best storyline in wrestling at the time.
His friendship and fallout with Chris Jericho had been going on for almost a year. When Owens betrayed Jericho at the Festival Of Friendship, fans were genuinely heartbroken for Y2J. The feud had to end at WrestleMania... and it did.
It just didn't go how fans wanted.
WWE had already announced Goldberg-Lesnar III for the big night, so it didn't need a championship to be a battle of the beasts.
Vince McMahon had other ideas. After a distraction from Jericho, Goldberg squashed Owens and walked away with the gold. The former best friends would feud for the United States title instead, while Bill took the Universal belt to 'Mania and lost it to Lesnar.
The match was a good one, but taking the strap away from WWE's hottest feud was such a bad decision.