Every Wrestling Rookie Of The Year: Where Are They Now?
25. 1998: Goldberg
The only choice for that year, Goldberg was so awesome. That is the most apt word. The big fight atmosphere he conjured, the animalistic intensity, the look, that explosive gut-ripper of a spear: the man was awesome. You could only get closer to his appeal by putting the word 'F*cin'' in front of it.
You know the rest already: WCW cooled him off, the heel turn knackered him, and by the time he learned how to work a cracking back-and-forth, even he couldn’t save the promotion.
He had a terrible stint in WWE, a great one 12 years later, outstayed his welcome, and is currently rumoured to play a Sting-adjacent role in AEW.