Goldberg's 9 WWE Losses - From Cleanest To Screwiest
3. Vs. Bobby Lashley (SummerSlam 2021)
This wasn't as dangerous Goldberg's match with the Undertaker at Super Show-Down, but it was equally disastrous as a match.
He didn't bust himself open hardway this time, and it started off nicely enough. Goldberg stood still when Lashley attempted to barge his shoulder before leaping into a barge of his own. After a few blocked suplex attempts on Goldberg, Lashley resorted to an attempted top rope attack, which Goldberg countered by throwing him off. Lashley only tucked his head at the last possible moment in a terrifying near-miss.
MVP saved Lashley from a second spear, and swept at Goldberg's leg with a cane, allowing Lashley to mow him down with a chop block. Now, when people say that Goldberg doesn't know how to work, they miss the point half the time. He doesn’t (or shouldn't) wrestle like a wrestler. He was asked to do that again here, which was a shame, since he reacted to the cane shot several seconds later.
Not saying he has poor instincts, but remembering that pain is meant to hurt is something even Ryback didn't struggle with.
The match was called off when Goldberg could no longer continue, which was an all-time bad finish. Every babyface in the world has overcome a mid-match injury. That's how wrestling works. Even if that wasn't the finish, booking Goldberg to work like Ricky Morton was a sh*t-for-brained idea.
This was so flat and nonsensical that everybody thought they'd called an audible.
Cleanliness rating: 25%