Who should have ended Goldberg's streak?

[TGM]

People often complain about Goldberg's loss to Kevin Nash. But who could have unseated him?

Scott Steiner could have used the rub.

[Main Event Mark]

DDP. A competitive match that ends with a Diamond Cutter, "outta nowhere". They already put over DDP being able to hit it so many ways, it would have been believable to put Goldberg down.

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Lance Storm

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Alex Wright

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Sting or Bret.

[Wilfred]

WCW had the hot new babyface in Goldberg and needed an equally hot new monster heel to build up and become the one to take him down. I’ll agree with the op that it should have been Scott Steiner. I understand Poppa Pump was injured a lot around the time but to me is the best option here. Steiner was an uncontrollable badass and would have been made with this. Guys like Nash, Hogan etc didn’t need it. And you can go even further after this and have a Booker T or DDP beat Steiner and boom, a fresh new crop of main eventers to somewhat combat the surging Austin, Rock, Foley on the other channel.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Nash wasn't a bad choice but the circumstances were wrong

DDP you could have had him win with the "Diamond Cutter Outta Nowhere" which can be chalked up to the experience of DDP and you continue to have Goldberg grow and learn so next time he will have the experience to avoid the Cutter. In the rematch he won't make the "rookie mistake" again and get his win back in a hard fought match

[BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED!]

DDP at Halloween Havoc 1998. Have Goldberg win it back at Starrcade of that year

[Sephiroth]

I’m inclined to agree with Bobby the Brain in that the time for Goldberg to drop the belt was when it was time to pass the torch-as in when Golberg’s act had finally grown stale and a new shot in the arm was needed. So with that said, 98-99 my vote goes to Booker-but six months to a year later than when Godlberg did drop the belt. I could definitely have seen Booker get a long shot, underdog type build up to finally have him inseat the long reigning champion-but making it a loss where Goldberg still walks away expressions his respect for the man who was finally able to beat him.

[chazraps]

A Rematch with DDP. After how hot Havoc 98 was and how close he got, it would have been believable, popped a buyrate and given us a memorable first world title win for DDP without harming Goldberg.

[Milkman Norm]

Either a monster heel who beat him to set up a rematch down the road or a clear heel with a screwjob finish so he loses but fans know that it was a bullshit loss (Like Hogan losing to Andre at The Main Event).

[corndog]

Booker T or DDP both could have used the rub. DDP gave Goldberg his best match. Steiner could have used the rub as well, but I guarantee people would have crapped all over it.

[chazraps]

Darkhorse options: Chickenshit heel Jericho sneaks the win and Goldberg still looks strong and has a reason for vengeance.

[Mozenrath]

I am cool with Nash doing it, and even the cheating. It was just a legendarily bad follow up.

(Even that, the fingerpoke works for something like when Slaughter tried and failed to sow dissension in D-X, but it does NOT work for your goddamn world title, and at the expense of turning one of your most over faces in Nash at the time)

Barring that, I agree to an extent with DDP, but Booker T would have been more interesting if built properly, even if I don't think he truly found his character until the InVasion. The dollar store Rock act was fine, but not what it could be.

Sting also could have been decent, or maybe Bret. Depends entirely one what the followup would have been, as obviously neither guy was someone you could build the future of the company around.

[MentalMidget]

Raven catches the spear and turns it in to a DDT. It could be so pretty if pulled off.

[lildude8218]

David Arquette

[A Platypus Rave]

Bea Arthur.

[Cyno]

I would've said a young up-and-comer in WCW who was making his way into the main event scene and the win over Goldberg would've solidified his spot at the top. But those didn't really exist in WCW at the time. Closest was Jericho or DDP, and they weren't going to give Jericho that rub yet. Same with Booker T who was really still a tag-team guy first dipping his feet into a singles run.

I mean, at the time I didn't even have a problem, on paper, with them giving Nash the streak-breaking win. Just the way he did win cheapened the streak. And then the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom the next night.

[toodarkmark]

Id have voted for Chris Jericho and made him my number one heel, but around Sept 99. Jericho then ducks until Starracde.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Steiner in about mid 99.

Goldberg stays champion and the nWo implodes trying to get rid of him which gives you a few months of stories, once the old guard of Hogan, Nash, Luger etc all fail, Steiner succeeds and says he doesn't need any of them because he's a genetic freak.