From 1997 until the end of 1998, Goldberg’s undefeated streak was one of the hottest things in professional wrestling. WCW claimed that Goldberg had accumulated a record of 173 straight wins, though the real number is in question by many fans.
The streak finally ended at Starrcade 1998 when Goldberg lost to Kevin Nash. Eric Bischoff (who was in charge of the booking in WCW) explained their decision to end Goldberg’s undefeated streak on his podcast: Bischoff on Wrestling.
Here is what he said:
“We had been talking about it, from what I can recall, for a couple of months. As I have touched on in previous shows… we were just running out of guys for Goldberg to go through. Once we got to point of whatever it was 173-0 or whatever it was (laughs). It was that point where we had to start telling stories. We had to expand the storytelling process with Bill. We knew it had to be done”
He continued:
“It was probably a couple of months previously that we started discussing it and getting serious about it. In terms of, “Was it always going to be Nash?” No. We were exploring a lot of different opportunities. Because of what was going on and the shear size of Kevin Nash he was the most believable and credible to tell that story”
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You can listen to the podcast here.
Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Were you a fan back in the day of WCW ending the streak like they did?