When he first came out, he was an outright killer, WCW ruined him when they had him start talking, and when they turned him heel.
I still remember that the other thing that wrecked him was that WCW was really loose with his undefeated streak, one week he'd be at 50 the next 47 then he'd win like 20 matches over a week when there were only three house shows.
the biggest problem was that Goldberg was incredibly green and not well trained. I still remember the Steven Regal match, when Regal took exception over being told that he should be squashed and made Goldberg look foolish.
On top of that if you read several books by other wrestlers, the problem with Goldberg was that he began to believe his own press. In Jericho's book he talked about the Jericho created feud that Goldberg wanted to kill because as he said, nobody would believe that you could ever beat me.
Now when he made his comeback he was reported to be a much easier person to get along with, and much less of a fan of himself.
Anyways, here's the Regal Goldberg match as its a must watch.
People forget that while he didn't look like it, Regal was legitimately one of the toughest guys in the busy, and had a reputation for not taking crap from anyone.
To illustrate what Regal was doing. I present the Lance Storm vs Tom La Ruffa. Basically Tom showed Lance some disrespect, and Lance taught him a pretty hard lesson starting at 12:42.
Also of note, two of the woman wrestlers, one was Tenille Dashwood and the other was Vaya Valkrye.
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