Arguably one of the biggest homegrown stars in WCW, Goldberg did not come over to WWE when the company won the Monday Night Wars in 2001. Instead, he waited about two years before he made his splash in WWE. Having just defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIX, the Rock came out on Raw to gloat. At that point, he was in Hollywood star mode, not unlike the Mizs character just more successful in every way. Just when it looked like Rock would ride off into the sunset, familiar music hit and Goldberg began the long trek to the ring. He declared that Rock was next, speared him out of his boots and kicked off a feud between the two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZR-Zb7aZGE Having one of WCWs biggest stars debut the night after WrestleMania and take out WWEs biggest star was a huge moment. Goldbergs run in WWE would only last for one year, but he would improbably manage to capture lightning twice, getting fans to back him and winning the World Heavyweight Championship. Of course, his departure from WWE was pretty infamous, and it involved another post-WrestleMania debut
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
