WrestleMania 33 Review: 10 Major Talking Points
2. Goldberg WRESTLES
If Triple H Vs. Seth Rollins was an expected triumph, Goldberg Vs. Brock Lesnar was an unexpected triumph. It wasn't the bloodbath Goldberg had promised, nor the ten minute match the Wrestling Observer reported twenty four hours earlier - but it was closer in spirit to the Undertaker/Batista prizefight at 'Mania 23 than it was the non-match squash debacle of Fastlane last month.
Lesnar approached his old, excellent form with a display of the fantastic selling and body language for which he doesn't receive enough credit. It was nothing out of his norm - he German suplexed Goldberg ten times in a 5 minute match - but the transitions to those suplexes were excellent, particularly his ultra-athletic leap frog spot. He expanded on his tedious one-note strategy in a dynamic, stiff and breathless match which just about excused Goldberg's mixed return. It was as good as anything he managed in WCW. The off the charts heat helped.
That surely marks the end of Goldberg's run - and on last night's evidence, it was a success.
The events of Survivor Series infuriated some, but Lesnar is more or less back where he started - and Goldberg provided much exposure, intrigue and income in the meantime.