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Sting connects? He hasn't moved the needle at all for AEW. ANd it is hilarious saying Goldbeg cannot connect in 2021 when there are no fans in the building. He can't connect with something that isn't there.
@@chriskay1449 that's called a build for a match, something which wwe never did for Goldberg vs Drew but should have. Aew's making people wait in anticipation for Sting's inring debut which is happening soon now and it makes it more exciting
@@shantanukale1468 LOL Sting is a broken down cripple who is in even worse shape than Goldberg. That match is going to be beyond terrible and will do nothing for the company. He has not moved the needle one bit.
Sting connects because he knows his place and isn't squashing younger talent. Based on his work so far with Darby it's clear he wants to help the next generation.
Goldberg is only squashing guys because that's how he was booked in every match since he was in WCW the guy is basically just a squash machine that Vince sees as a ratings booster
The squash matches have been Goldberg's foil long before he even walked into WCW. The guy has no stamina nor cardio to go beyond 5 minutes in a match without blowing up, Eric hid that by having everyone work around him in a way that made him look good. I do believe there are some videos around on the times they tried to make him go 15 or 20 minutes, and the guy looks nearly dead with an oxygen mask on afterward.
I’ve been watching Sting since 1990. I lived through all of the gimmicks: flat top, dark hair, crow, wolf pack, joker, main event mafia, wwe, and now AEW.
The fact he can barely deliver a jackhammer without botching it to hell. And we all seen how bad he looked at the end of the rumble match with drew. The dude could never do a long match and he sure as hell can barely go now.
The storyline with Goldberg-Drew made no sense whatsoever as he mentioned with Goldberg randomly coming out and calling out Drew for disrespecting past legends despite the fact that Drew never disrespected the legends but rather spoke highly of them
@@JanjoZone EXACTLY Dude! Given that Orton was doing that, & even has a known history of doing that type of thing in previous storylines/character buildups, if anything He should have been the guy Goldberg took offense with and went after in this case.
He's so far passed his prime, but so is Sting. Thing is, Sting is in the right promotion where his nostalgia is maximized, and he doesn't have any expectations in the way of actual wrestling really.
At this point, the only thing Goldberg can do (on tv) is similar to Stone Cold, except Austin has accepted. Stone Cold shows up, stuns everyone, leaves with beers in hand. It’s what Goldberg is good for. Show up, spear a bunch and leave
@Sonic lmao Aww did i hit a nerve? HaHa. Goldberg was great 20 plus yrs ago..Not so much nowadays. With his non existent cardio and him botching every other move. Yeah he needs to stay out of the ring before he really hurts someone.
@Sonic Yes he put those guys over, the guys who nobody wanted at World Champion at the time and he buried Kevin Owens and the Fiend who at the time were two of WWE's hottest young stars. And every single one of them were awful matches. And if you are talking about ratings then have you seen Raw's recently, Goldberg hasn't been improving Raw's abismul ratings either. Just over a month ago they hit their lowest rating yet.
It's silly to book Goldberg in title matches. Goldberg is an entrance with a Spear and a Jackhammer and he needs guys who can work around his limitations of being 50+ (basically a young bump guy). He should come back to squash an obnoxious heel in 2 minutes like the Miz or something where Morrison can interfere and take a sick bump. Booking him against monsters is generally a bad idea. Big guys generally have terrible matches and Goldberg is nowhere near as strong as he used to be. He can barely get big guys up for a Jackhammer. He's a novelty act and they've wasted him with these world title matches.
@@t.styles2k202 And Sting probably got that offer by losing the only Mania match he would ever have to Triple H, when he absolutely didn't need to. So I see that less as an old guy taking a young guy's spot, and more like an old guy being rewarded for taking one for the team. And according to Seth he's a huge Sting fan so I doubt he was forced into the match.
Story means everything. Eric is right. Goldberg promo to start the drew feud made no sense. He is still believable looking, am attraction and still cool once or twice a year to fight with a story. The dolph one was really good and shock. No fans in the stands kills him too
Goldberg, in my opinion, was similar to the Ultimate Warrior. A guy with raw power, but didn’t take the time to develop his craft. Hurt guys in the ring, etc.
Bill's hurt one person. He was injured by Taker. Also he started with a fairly extensive move set, but the WCW and later the WWE shrunk it wanting him to look even more dominant. Not like it was any different from Austin's punch punch, thesz press, kick, stunner.
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111 yes it was stone cold could actually have a match that tells a story. Look at him vs Brett hart Goldberg never did that. Goldberg was sold as a monster all monster has shoot shelf life especially once that get old.
It's really easy to explain. The fans grew up with Sting. We all remember when Sting was a young kid, skinny frame, blond hair and facepaint. Over time we saw him grow up, win championships, bleed, get beat, become a menacing force when he became Crow Sting and the fans realized this guy above all loves pro wrestling. He was the guy Flair chose to wrestle as a goodbye match on the final night of WCW. Sting also didn't mind working with young guys and putting them over. He helped TNA grow. He's just iconic in wrestling. If WCW had lasted longer perhaps Goldberg would have become a WCW icon. As things stand Goldberg was just 1 moment in time.
@@willieloomis5958 he was never skin and bones but he was slim when he started out in nwa (it wasnt yet wcw). He filled out and looked more muscular and menacing in the ring as the years went by.
Here is the thing: Flair has said in several interviews that he had a chop, a kick, and a wooo (and a figure-four). A lot of Flair matches looked the same. The difference: Flair knew what to do, how to do it, and tell a story. Goldberg had no story.
Raven talked about it as well. Most guys only have a couple of moves that are unique to them. It's the stuff in between the moves that generally makes a good match. Goldberg lacked that. He was a smash guy to mask that he was green because he didn't know how to do the stuff in between the moves.
@@geneanthony3421 and they made Goldberg Squash legends but after he did one I was like ok maybe he just better the raven Kidman konan but after he did that to greats I was like get him off my tv
The audience did connect with Goldberg when he came back the first time several years ago and worked that program with Brock. Then he retired and left again, but keeps coming back, getting thrown in the title picture instantly, and doing the same thing over and over. He's worn out his welcome.
How can you even make that comparison when we havent seen him wrestle in 5+ years.😂 Like yeah im not a fan of Goldberg, but if you think Sting will do any better in the ring, i’d limit your expectations
Lmao not even close, and this interview is downright weird. It should be the other way around. No one even knows that sting is still involved in rasslin, while hundreds of millions of people saw Goldberg rassle that title match recently. Goldberg is one of the biggest money draws of all time, and still is to this day. Again, this video makes no sense. It should be the other way around “why does no one care about sting being involved with AEW (or why does no one even WATCH AEW at all 😂) while Goldberg is still a monstrous draw”
I can think of one thing Sting said that he might have regretted. He always said he would never go to WWF/WWE because he was WCW through and through. Because of this, I was amazed when he finally went to New York. And we all know how that panned out.
It's pretty simple. Goldberg just never developed. He plateaued in his first year, and just never evolved. His first run through WWE, he was heavily exposed, and that was 15 years ago. It also doesn't help his case that he never seems to know when to shut up in interviews. Just my opinion.
It seems likEvery WWE run he has he bitches ~ how miserable he is and that it's just a paycheck to him, THAT should be his gimmick for once a la Evolution's HHH who constantly refused to get PHYSICAL witHis challengers on Raw till the next PPV.
Bingo, You are right on the money. Simply put Goldberg was the Ultimate warrior reincarnate. Fans can only watch= "punch, punch spear jackhammer" or "rope shake clothesline, clothesline hop splash" so many times before they get bored and could care less. If you only have like 5 or 6 moves, the act gets old fast. Had either one realized this and actually worked to get better and have learned say even 12 moves, they would have had far more longevity. Goldberg at least had the Warrior previously someone could have used to give him an example. I can't think of a guy who actually had a career in wrestling who was that limited before the Warrior. If you sucked that bad and didn't work to get better, you were no longer a wrestler back then The closest thing I can think of and it wasn't because of a lack of talent/skill (god this feels sacrilegious not only just because he actually had a far better move-set than either of those two) would be Andre the Giant Wrestling full-time For partner Frank Valois in Canada. Everyone came out to see this giant then after only a few months they stopped coming. Vince SR when Frank told him he had this giant who was fairly decent but people quit coming to see him rather quickly. It was Vince sr's idea to put him on the road as a travelling attraction like the NWA world champion, Moolah and the girls or the midgets. That way you kept him special. People wanted to see Andre "the giant" they didn't care at all about Andre "the wrestler" no matter how good or bad he was. If he came to your town once or twice a year like the girls, the midgets or the wrestling bear it was a cool special event. No one is going to go and see the Harlem Globetrotters week after week if they played in the same place.
The difference between Goldberg and Sting is when Goldberg comes back... 9 times he competing in the main event of a championship opportunity that's given to him and not putting anybody who needs the rub over... whereas Sting, who hasn't wrestled in 5-6 years btw, is actually working with the next generation of young talent and not trying to be the center of attention despite being a living legend and rightful hall of famer. He knows his main eventing days are over and he's at peace with that
The difference with Goldberg and Sting is Goldberg came in and buried Owens, and then came back and nearly ended Taker’s life. Sting has returned and and has done wonders helping build Darby Allen’s character further. Sting is being constructive, while Goldbergbis just destructive.
Eric understands this shit completely. I liked bill when he first came in 03 and even in 2016 but c’mon 2021? Let the younger talent have their moment’s
Difference is, edge is great in the ring and is interesting to watch. He doesn’t just bury other stars like Bill. He builds them up, much like taker and others from back then. Check out his recent NXT promo with Balor and Dunn
Goldberg would have never been the phenomenon he was if they 'humbled' him. What he does in 2021 doesn't matter, he made all the money he'll ever need in the 90s
@@wolf7el356 well can't blame them. He also thought the likes of Jericho and Mysterio will never get nowhere. But they ended up being bigger stars than him
@@mitchellsommer2321 Not true about Myserio, he put Rey over & got along with him real well. Just go listen to one of Rey's shoot interviews on Nash, he gave him props & said that Nash treated him with nothing but respect & was always cool with him. He's also cool with Jericho now, they got over whatever issues they had in the past. You guys just hate Nash because it became popular on the internet to hate him. Smarks are just blind followers who don't have any idea about how the business really works. Nash was 100% right about Goldberg from day 1, without being booked in a squash match he's a below average ring worker with no mic skills & no psychology. His gimmick has no depth, it's just surface level imaginary monster spots designed to impress 11 year olds, he has no range at all. He was a mark for himself & it's the reason why his character is so stale 20 years later.
@C B1983 Jobbing every week is a story that’s given to him - that’s creative’s work. His mic skills are unmatched. His storytelling is applaudable. He had feud of the year matches with Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan. Please see from where he was to where he’s now. It’s easy to critisize the Miz based on his character work, but you need to look further than that.
he told drew in the ring right after his match and said,"you passed the test, you passed." I'm like wtf, what test. this isnt a test. like test was gonna turn over in his grave.
Goldberg is a dangerous worker.He ended the career of The GOAT Bret Hart and he almost killed The Undertaker! I hate the guy and it was a huge relief to see Drew go over clean at The Rumble too.
Goldberg didn't do everything on Purpose And In Goldberg Vs Undertaker match that time Goldberg was bleeding that's why Goldberg botch his Jackhammer And what about Undertaker putting Goldberg in Thumbston for real. You can't blame Goldberg. Now Undertaker and Goldberg Both are so old. Respect the legends
@2005 Cool Year totally agree, wrestling is dying and until there's a major overhaul it's going to constantly decline. The one thing I do like about AEW though is I think they are more willing to take chances and even though their audience is smaller it is younger.
The truth is that Sting cares more about wrestling and Goldberg cares just a bit more for the money Even by Bill's own words he's not into wrestling AEW has been careful with Sting And he's helping Darby And Taz's guys too Sting is helping not hurting
"AEW has been careful with Sting" even though he's jumping off of the top turnbuckle diving outside of the ring and jumping off of ladders and other dumb shit in AEW. sting's best run is with TNA
I have watched sting do absolutely ZERO wrestling or anything in aew but talk. At this point he's barely even a personality. For the record I am sting fan since I was a kid.
spear, jackhammer, paralyze side kick, pumphandle suplex, hip toss, back body drop, gutwrench suplex, clothesline, side walk slam, firemans carry, full nelson slam, belly to belly, dropkick, belly to back sideslam, big boot, scoop powerslam, kneebar. i always assumed his problem is he's bad at selling. also wwe has made the most money off of football players and i wish they would go back to the well because these indy chodes are trash.
@@plshelpmeawkdough I fucking hate sting. not the dude i'm sure he's as nice as everyone says but thats part of the problem. his character his moveset everything was just wrong.
Goldberg connects just fine when the writers don’t set him up in stupid angles....and the company gives him more than a few weeks or months to prepare for a main event match when he’s far passed his prime.
I can see why WWE hired and fired Eric a few times... Because he knows what he's doing and because he knows what he's doing and tells Vince when his great ideas won't work
They never should’ve stood in the ring together prior to the match. The moment they stood face to face and saw how much bigger Drew was, it was over. My reaction was, “oh, it’s gonna be Drew beating up on an old man”
@@hill8852 first of all it's only been a couple weeks have you been there but Watch he will Turn on Darby allen he wull win the TNT title and then he'll turn the win the world title
The booking of Goldberg was horrible starting with the cattle prod stuff with him loosing to Nash. He could have been bigger. The Drew match was just to try to get him a victory over Bill to help him get over but it didn't work.
Goldberg will always be my favorite wrestler ever but everything Bishoff said is correct. This isn't all Goldberg fault either. His character is being poorly used but at least he put Drew over and Braun
What character ? Goldberg had literally the most 1 sided character ever in wrestling. Goldberg strong, your next. That is literally everything. Sting on the other hand is extremely versatile. So yeah, this is a no brainer to me.
Love Eric Bischoff or hate him he brought a solid great product back in the day with WCW. Nitro was getting massive ratings and the product was outstanding. Eric would tell you if he had to do all over again he wouldn’t have made the mistakes he did in WCW’s final days.
Eric bought most of the talent in WWF from the 80's and tried to remake the WWF's magic in WCW. I liked it though WCW became great competition to WWF/WWE .
@@silviamarquesfankanal1463 He also had the pumphandle suplex throw, a superkick, a rolling leg lock, and The Chest Chokeslam that I can recall. Think he did a belly to back as well. He might have a few more.
And that was a very long time ago. I think Eric is right. Nobody benefited from the upswing in business during the attitude era, than Goldberg. If Goldberg would have cam out a few years earlier or a few years later than he did, I don’t know if we would even be talking about him today.
i been watching sting sence i was 6 and i am 37 now .. he will always be my favorite wrestler and i am glad to see him working whit darby allen sting the best of all time
That was always a problem for him, and why his matches were over so quickly from the beginning. (Have also read that inhaling the pyro messed up his lungs making it even harder for him to wrestle longer matches.)
no Vince used him as a scapegoat for when the Wall Street bigwigs got mad because of Raw and Smackdown losing ratings on a week to week basis in short Vince refuses to take responsibility for his shows losing ratings so he blames other people instead unless it's HHH or one of his kids
In the military it's called "time in service". The guys like Sting, Flair, Ron Simmons, etc are guys we grew up with. It doesn't matter that their physical ability has deteriorated. Fans feed off the nostalgia of all their past years. When Flair sais Wooo, Simmons sais damn!, when the lights go out and you see Sting pop up out of nowhere, THATS WRESTLING.
Sting is a ICON, literally Wrestling God when we talk Wrestling. He paid his dues for years, began with little skill and knowledge, grew with the business where Bill paid some dues but not fully like other guys did like Sting, these are just pure FACTS. He was pushed fair too quickly, sure it was entertaining but when they did who was the franchise match that really peed me off as Sting, no question was the franchise of WCW. Bill gimmick worked back then, but now it is a different story. Sting perfected his skillset to become one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.
To continue your military analogy, guys like Taker and Sting were the equivalent to those 15-20 year career NCOs. They’re the foundation of the roster, they keep order, if they speak up…best not to question them, and they make the young hotshots (young stars/rookie officers) look good…so long as they’re in cooperation.
If they really wanted to use him properly they should make him a manager. They could do their version of impact's callihan/shamrock, potentially with berg and dunne or berg and walter.
You are 100% correct. They mis-used Goldberg. His first title win was okay, but that should have been it with title matches. They should have just used him for "nostalgia" matches after that and that would have been perfect. Sadly, it's too late now. WWE has made the fans dislike him.
To my knowledge the fans largely never resented Bill in WCW. The problem was after they let Kevin end the streak, they really didn't do shit with Bill until WCW died. Think about it. In the time between Starrcade 1998 and WCW's closure, we had Jeff Jarrett as world champion like 50 times. David Arquette as world champion. Vince Russo won it. But never again would Bill win the world title. When while holding it, he was the hottest thing in the industry with only Austin rivaling his popularity. Why do they largely resent him now? He insisted he beat The Fiend clean.
nash claims that people were tired of goldberg when he beat him. who knows if that's true though. it's not something i remember or care to investigate on my own.
@@diablofn people thought they were over it, until it happened. Also his limitations became limiting when he lost because now Nash can beat him. Hogan and hitman and macho man can beat Nash therefore logic dictates that Goldberg should be having competitive matches with those guys. But his inability to do long matches meant he wasn’t gonna have that huge Austin rock rivalry with hogan. He just couldn’t.
Their both it the twilight of their career but Sting still comes across as cool and likeable, I loved the "Hoodlum" promo last week it was badass yet funny at the same time.
Such an easy question here. Goldberg can't wrestle, he never did, he never learned and now he can't do what he use to do. He is a danger to himself and to others yet still gets to bury young, talented and deserving wrestlers. How many people (including himself) does he has to conccuse for the WWE to understand this? Just let him go for good.
lol The whole WWE is like that though. Over rehearsed, over scripted and none of it ever makes any sense. The writing is about as good as a bad soap opera. My favorite example is when there is a big match coming up between two wrestlers they will meet and knock the other guy out with one body slam as a promo- do that like three different days before the big match. Then they have a 45 minute match where the same body slam is used 10 times and never knocks the other guy out. It is so cheesy. I wish they would just get better writers and add more realism and unpredictable stuff.
When EB isn't trying to excuse his mistakes and/or rewrite history, he's a compelling listen. (And I still think his stuff in TNA opposite Dixie Carter was inspired.)
Normally I agree with your assessment, Mr Bischoff, but I have 2 items that I wholeheartedly disagree with. 1) Goldberg did always rerun the same moves in every match, that is 100% true, but I seem to recall William Regal trying to have a different match with him and being fired for it immediately. That cemented the Bill Goldberg (dis)assembly line of matches: Pyro, yelling, spear, jackhammer, hand raised. Anyone who tried to slow down that move-spamming Spear factory would get the pink slip. The MAJOR gripe I have, however, is when you stated "there were Hogan's and Luger's and Stings and---SAVAGES..." SIR !! Understand this, "Savages" can never be used....you may not compare the Macho Man to anyone, ever, especially saying "we had Savages..." There was only 1 Macho Man Randy Savage. The man was beyond legend status. I can picture him now, climbing up to the tippy top peak of heaven's turnbuckle, his fingers pointing straight up, pausing to take in the crowd's reaction, then coming down hard off that top cloud to rain hell in the form of an atomic sized elbow drop. Dig it!!
Sting didn't go to AEW and use his status to bumrush his way to a AEW title shot He is doing it the right way with putting over young talent. Plus as Eric said, We've see Sting grow from surfer dude Sting to this current incarnation and has always connected with the fans with each version. Goldberg is a legend and was great during his WCW run but the luster was gone after the first WWE run.
Over hyped Goldberg, but Sting on the other hand deserves a championship after he went to WWE they buried him his matches there were more loses than wins
@@JUSTICEshsyedZaC The young talent aren't making a new for themselves because of their own actions. Goldberg is barely on, not really fair to blame him for the younger talent not getting over.
@@hill8852 If Goldberg is able to come on TV for 5 minutes, have one match, and outshine most of the roster... that should tell you the rest of the roster isn't very good. Or they should seek advice from Goldberg on how to get over.
Truth: I dont blame Goldberg for his place in wrestling history... That falls on Uncle Eric. However, Vince hasn't done Bill any favors eithers. Goldberg's character lack of skill sets maybe a problem but his mic work has always been less than. I respect him and Sting for what they've done for the business but Sting has so much more to see in AEW.
Sting has been known for years putting over the younger generation, take for instance when he was in a match with AJ Styles, Kurt Angel and I believe Matt Morgan was the other guy, I remember the way Sting was looking at AJ Styles like this is your moment to shine and be the new face of TNA when Sting jumped over the ropes to the outside while AJ Styles did a 450 splash on Kurt Angle and won the match. His celebration with the other TNA guys were epic
Three words, "It's the booking!" Both tremendous talents, but booked very differently. Sting has been refreshed endlessly, and quite successfully in each case. Goldberg on the other hand, has always been booked right down the middle. Never a true face or a true heel. Give us a heel Goldberg or a ture face storyline and this conversation can become very different.
Wow really like the way Bischoff came off in this interview. I’m gonna have to listen to some more of his stuff. I was very impressed as to how he laid everything out without being a jerk and without really criticizing anybody. he was surprisingly humble or at least I thought he was guess I need to hear a few more of his interviews.
*Maggot Bischoff is a proven liar, fraud and conman. Both Bret Hart and Dave Meltzer have exposed and owned Maggot Bischoff multiple times. Also, why does anything take what he says seriously?- he lost $19 million in a single year back in 1999*
I always get excited whenever Goldberg comes around, at least he brings a big time feel with him, something that the majority of wrestlers lack nowadays and could really use
Love Eric's insight the storyline angle he mentions between drew and bill could be possible If WWE had creative brains anymore bill could of been brought in under a story of trying to prove himself once again at his age etc
Oldberg just wrestles for the belt. Add in that after over 20 years doing it he still isn't better in the ring. He's like Warrior only in wrestling for the money. You can tell that Steve/Sting loves the wrestling industry.
I never liked Goldberg from day one. He really didn't pay his dues and was just this fad to me. He injured Bret and ended his career. Just go away Billy! Sting is the man! He helped others and is a legend.
Bret injured Bret. Rewatch Bret smash his head on the floor while performing his ring post figure four. Pay his dues? settle down your just a fan. He got and made people suspend there disbelief. Sting is cool when motivated.
@@leatherface9377 Bill Goldberg is, at 53, the Universal Champion. ... Goldberg inflicted the blow that ended Bret Hart's career at WCW Starrcade in 1999. A full-pelt mule kick straight to Hart's head left him with a severe concussion and it forced him into an early retirement. Watch that! Yes I am a fan and as such I like or dislike wrestlers who I believe shouldn't be pushed. Goldberg was a one trick pony who couldn't have a 20-30 minute match.
Tony Randall I saw the kick. It wasn’t the kick. imo. Bret would never admit to hurting himself though. Seriously his head bounced off the concrete in that post figure four. I don’t care who paid there dues I care who entertains me Brutus Beefcake wrestled forever and paid dues but he’s horrible and cringe.
It's crazy, I'm 40 yrs old and have been a Sting fan since like 1987-88. Can't believe he's still wrestling at main event status. Glad to see he's done so well for so long. I hope he retires soon for the sake of his health.
The booking of Bill this time was a disaster. The legends night they had Orton harassing legends all night then at the end had Bill come out and challenge Drew because he as Bill said had been disrespectful to the legends. Huh? Either have Drew harass the legends and Bill comes out or have Bill challenge Randy. Then the moment makes sense and the fans can do something with it. Instead the fans just hoped Bill wouldn't f up Drew's title reign to give it to someone else at Mania.
Imagine if it really was Bill confronting Randy. Randy would've been involved in 3 different feuds at the same time. We as the audience can't seem to tell where wwe is heading with him
Goldberg was this monster of a guy with a jetpack that skyrocketed to the top by winning matches against enhancement talent in under two minutes. He had to lose at some point, and when he lost a match, that jetpack fell off of him. Now, I totally agree, it should be about the young talent.
IMO Eric with all due respect, it’s mercenaries that ruined wwe, what do I mean by that, wrestlers who are there for the money and not the fans and two rights we as audience should be pissed off, people who are init for the money like brock, Goldberg, Sasha banks, Charlottle flair, Finn balor and all these money hungry people who don’t give a shit about the fans should be castrated out of wwe period..
Why should they care about the fans? We pay to see them wrestle not care about us I'm sorry to burst your bubble but in reality none of the wrestlers of any of the companies care about you they just want your money.
@@cm-py8xy well under your logic, people who are passionate about their living shouldn’t matter under your pretence. But that’s the main issue, it’s poor business economics, the company should be ran by people who are passionate and interested in the role and not just the big fat pay check....otherwise they won’t have any credibility or have interest in what there doing which comes across as autonomous and if there not enjoying what there doing, why would we?
@@bettyblue1465 not power hungry, money hungry because some wrestlers have mentioned their names specifically that they’ve been doing it for some time and now there in wwe they just want the money..
I think the Goldberg v Brock angle was good because you had two guys that were both known for squashing people colliding. Where Goldberg doesn’t work is when you have feed him young and interesting talent like KO, Fiend and now McIntyre (thankfully He didn’t squash McIntyre)
I think Eric DOES has Self Awareness. I think he's speaking from a place of experience, having made those mistakes and learning from them. I think that's what qualifies him to say those things; the fact that he, himself, made those very same mistakes in WCW.
I don't disagree with Eric Bischoff. I think he's on point with Goldberg, but I would add a few more reasons. The match Goldberg had with Undertaker was atrocious and someone could have been seriously hurt. Now, I will say that people blame Goldberg for being out of shape or too old. I disagree. He hit his head on the ring post. That right there changed that match and made it dangerous to continue. Needless to say, that match made people see Goldberg as someone who is unsafe to work with. Second reason why people don't connect with Goldberg is because the fans don't want to see older talent winning the belt from the younger wrestlers. Goldberg had his time to shine. It's time for the new stars of wrestling to have their turn. And I completely agree. When WWE brought back Goldberg, they shouldn't have had him going after the WWE title. Instead they should have had him in matches where no title was on the line. Matches that would have a good build up but no title at stake, as Bischoff had stated in the video. This is how they should have utilized Goldberg. If they had done that then I don't think people would have much of a problem with him. As far as Sting, I think most people just really respect Sting. I know I do. He's always been my favorite wrestler. I've been a fan of his from the start. It's great to see Sting back on TV and working with AEW, but AEW needs to be careful. Too much Sting is a bad thing. We don't need to see him every week. We need Sting to show up at key moments. Moments when Darby needs truly needs his help. That would make for exciting moments with Sting. Right now, I think Sting is taking too much of the spotlight away from Darby. Watching the last AEW, Darby comes down to the ring and says nothing. Sting has all the spotlight and mic time and then they head back behind the curtain. That's not good for Darby. We're not seeing what Darby has to offer. Love the Stinger, but AEW's gotta get this fixed. And this isn't Sting's fault. This is just bad management of him by AEW. Less Sting, but when he does show up make it count and the crowd will LOVE IT.
