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Post by psychokiller on Mar 27, 2012 21:16:54 GMT -5
It definitely shouldn't have been Kevin Nash giving Goldberg his first defeat. I think he should have kept the streak for another few months more than he did, and then lose against a younger guy to make a new star. Booker T or Chris Benoit would have probably been the two best choices at the time. Just a shame really that they wasted it on an already established star who didn't need the rub.
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Post by dbostick on Mar 27, 2012 21:22:20 GMT -5
It should've been like Undertaker's WM stream and never end.
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Post by wolf211 on Mar 27, 2012 21:27:55 GMT -5
Scott Steiner, in late '98 or early '99.
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Post by psychokiller on Mar 27, 2012 21:29:40 GMT -5
It should've been like Undertaker's WM stream and never end. Ah I don't know. I don't think that would have been a good idea either though. Goldberg had to lose eventually, he couldn't just keep going through the entire roster for another 3 years straight. The person he lost to, and the time he lost to him is what I have a problem with. There was no reason for Goldberg to lose at that point in time yet. He should have kept the streak for at least 6 more months in my opinion, than finally lose to someone who WCW could have made a new star. They should have built up one of the mid-card guys strong, and give him some big wins over some established guys. Than finally face Goldberg on one of the bigger PPVs, whether it would have been Road Wild or Bash at The Beach. That would have been a much better way to end the streak in my opinion. |
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Post by gonzo16 on Mar 27, 2012 21:34:21 GMT -5
Hugh Morris.....
No, but seriously, it should have ended against DDP.
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Post by mizerable on Mar 27, 2012 21:35:23 GMT -5
Hard to say, but I would have it be someone who Goldberg could have established himself...like Booker T or Benoit. If it HAD to be an already established star, I'd say Sting or DDP...but even then...it's iffy.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Mar 27, 2012 21:37:25 GMT -5
Whomever could use that win to establish themself as a legitimate main event player for the rest of their career.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 27, 2012 22:43:45 GMT -5
Jerry Flynn. They fought enough times that Flymm should've eventually figured out a way through Goldberg's armor. In fact that should've been an angle - Flynn can beat Goldberg, Goldberg can beat everybody other then Flynn, but Flynn can't beat anybody other then Goldberg.
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Post by An Old Villain on Mar 27, 2012 22:47:15 GMT -5
 A heavily hyped Nitro, in a big arena, with a "must see" main event (Hogan v Sting isnt right but you get the point). Lead into the match with some shocking backstage hijinks to get peoples attention away from RAW, then start the match at roughly the 10pm hour, Jericho gets some jobber offense... spear out of nowhere... nWo circles the ring as Goldberg goes for the jackhammer... Nash gets on the apron and distracts Goldberg/the ref...cheap shot by an nWo member...Jericho with a cheap win. Goldberg doesnt lose cred because it was a cheap loss. Hell, he could squash Jericho a month later and it wouldnt matter because of the quality storylines that could play out. Goldberg is more pissed at Nash for costing him the match than Jericho for winning, so that feud is good to go. Jericho gets a big(ger) head--and taken a bit more seriously--because he ended the streak. We get golden promos from Jericho, and hes elevated to at least upper midcard belt level feuds. We get tweener Jericho and the chance of a great face turn as the announcers speculate if he'll join the nWo or not. IMO there was no better choice on the roster. |
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Post by psychokiller on Mar 27, 2012 23:24:52 GMT -5
A heavily hyped Nitro, in a big arena, with a "must see" main event (Hogan v Sting isnt right but you get the point). Lead into the match with some shocking backstage hijinks to get peoples attention away from RAW, then start the match at roughly the 10pm hour, Jericho gets some jobber offense... spear out of nowhere... nWo circles the ring as Goldberg goes for the jackhammer... Nash gets on the apron and distracts Goldberg/the ref...cheap shot by an nWo member...Jericho with a cheap win. Goldberg doesnt lose cred because it was a cheap loss. Hell, he could squash Jericho a month later and it wouldnt matter because of the quality storylines that could play out. Goldberg is more pissed at Nash for costing him the match than Jericho for winning, so that feud is good to go. Jericho gets a big(ger) head--and taken a bit more seriously--because he ended the streak. We get golden promos from Jericho, and hes elevated to at least upper midcard belt level feuds. We get tweener Jericho and the chance of a great face turn as the announcers speculate if he'll join the nWo or not. IMO there was no better choice on the roster. Jericho would have been a great choice as well. |
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Mar 27, 2012 23:36:02 GMT -5
DDP or Scott Steiner, honestly. Either one would have been great. Probably Steiner more-so, since he was still establishing his new heel character during the meat of The Streak, and beating Goldberg would have given that character an ENDLESS ego trip, as well as a huge establishing moment.
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Post by WWHHHD on Mar 27, 2012 23:46:04 GMT -5
I'm in the minority that still says Kevin Nash was the right guy.
But, if I can't go with him..... Hogan, but build the story to where they know Hogan would go back to the red and yellow and turn face.
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on Mar 27, 2012 23:48:35 GMT -5
I'm in the minority that still says Kevin Nash was the right guy. I am with you on that. If he's not a choice, I like he Jericho idea laid out above. Too bad Goldilocks bitched his way out of a Jericho feud. |
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Post by Cela on Mar 27, 2012 23:50:26 GMT -5
Eh, booking wise, Nash was one of the few it worked with.
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Post by fortknox on Mar 27, 2012 23:59:27 GMT -5
DDP or Sting
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Mar 28, 2012 0:01:58 GMT -5
DDP
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Post by clashofchampains on Mar 28, 2012 0:04:45 GMT -5
DDP pinning Goldberg is pretty much saying that you view DDP as better and you want to build your whole company around him, wich would be stupid. Goldberg was invincible, their match they had at Halloween Havoc is exactly what it should have happened. It was booked properly and it was a great match. And Jericho? lol That'a a joke. He wasn't even a main event talent when he left. Bill would have thrown him around like the balet dancer that he was. And you don't want him losing on a cheap win.
Put the two most over talents in WCW Goldberg and Sting, the top two babyfaces and have them enter a feud lasting a few months where Bill lose the title to Sting, Sting lose the title to Goldberg, and you keep at it and people don't know who's gonna win the matchs and excitement is generated from it. When it ends it's a draw so they decide the settle things on Nitro and that's when another warrior enters the frey: Big Van Vader coming from the WWF. He attacks them both and the feud becomes a 3-way.
Now you rebuild Vader as the superkiller he was in early WCW. First you have him beat Sting in a non-title match on tv. You have him beat Goldberg in a non-title match on tv. Then the 3-way for the World title happens and all the remains of the heels that were part of the nWo or other groups decide to join in hellping Vader win, creating a Dark Reign lead by a new Dark Lord, Vader. But it wouldn't have to a big group, just a few of the nastiest sobs. After the win they do a number on Bill and STing putting them out of commission for a while.
From the ashes rise a new wave of babyfaces that would be pushed to the top like Booker T, Benoit, Ray Mysterio, maybe Bagwell, maybe find a way to bring back Raven, etc...all together to oppose Vader's reign.
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Post by siredger on Mar 28, 2012 0:06:04 GMT -5
I like the consensus idea of either DDP or Sting. However, I also believe that the best choice if WCW had wanted to create a big star was Chris Jericho. That mini-feud they had on TV in which Jericho called out Goldberg was great and Jericho had some momentum going for himself as a heel. PaulHeymanGuy's scenario is spot-on because everybody would've eventually gained some benefit out of it: the NWO would've kept going on their momentum, Goldberg now has a reason to be pissed at Kevin Nash and feud with him and Chris Jericho's way of winning the match suits his character perfectly. I personally would wait a while before giving Goldberg a rematch with Jericho because depending on how things would've gone for Jericho, you could've either booked a Goldberg-type squash match if Jericho's push stalled or a more competitive match that would've put both guys over if Jericho was on the cusp of the main event status.
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Post by psychokiller on Mar 28, 2012 0:19:11 GMT -5
I'm in the minority that still says Kevin Nash was the right guy. But, if I can't go with him..... Hogan, but build the story to where they know Hogan would go back to the red and yellow and turn face. Why though? I like Nash & respect your opinion, but I just don't see why Nash should have been the one to end the streak. The guy was about to turn 40 in a few months, and was already a popular guy who didn't need the win. It just makes no sense for why Nash had to be the one to do it. |
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Mar 28, 2012 0:22:40 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time (since "it") that Ive said anything even remotely positive about this man.
Benoit.
I dont want to put a lot of thought into it, but looking back, he was a guy on the cusp and that would've been huge. Jericho is one of my all time favorites, but I think Benoit would've been a better choice at that time for the question.
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