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WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg made his big return to the company on tonight's RAW Legends Night and confronted WWE Champion Drew McIntyre following his Championship win over Keith Lee. Goldberg has challenged Drew McIntyre to a WWE title match at the 2021 Royal Rumble event, in what will be their very first encounter in the squared circle.
Goldberg's WWE return, as always, has resulted in quite a mixed response from the WWE Universe on social media, with many taking shots at the company for bringing him back again instead of pushing current Superstars. Goldberg has achieved several major feats in his WWE career, over his multiple stints in the company. There are still a bunch of things that the former WCW World Champion hasn't achieved in WWE. Let's discuss five things Goldberg hasn't done in WWE yet.
#5 Goldberg has never donned a full-fledged heel character
Goldberg made his way to WWE around two years after WCW's ship sank, and immediately attacked The Rock in his RAW debut. Goldberg was a WWE mainstay for the next one year and was a traditional babyface for the entirety of his run. Goldberg feuded with some of WWE's top heels at the time, including Triple H, Chris Jericho, and Brock Lesnar. Goldberg's outing against Lesnar at WrestleMania 20 was his final one, and he wouldn't be seen on WWE TV again for the next 12 years.
One wonders how Goldberg would have worked as a mega heel in WWE
Goldberg made his return to WWE in late 2016, to resume his feud with Lesnar, who was a heel. He had a month-long program with Lesnar, which ended with The Beast finally pinning Goldberg at WrestleMania 33. Goldberg returned in 2019 for a dream match against The Undertaker, at WWE Super ShowDown.This was one of those rare occasions when two big babyfaces faced each other in the ring.
He later faced Dolph Ziggler, The Fiend, and Braun Strowman, and although Goldberg was booed by fans on occasions, he was never portrayed as a full-fledged heel at any point in his WWE career. Goldberg, even though being one of the most intimidating figures in all of sports entertainment, has always worked better as a babyface, and WWE made sure to steer clear of experimenting with a big heel run for the Hall of Famer.
#4 Goldberg hasn't beaten The Undertaker
Goldberg will go down as one of the biggest Superstars in WWE history. Over the course of his several runs in WWE, Goldberg has faced the very best and beaten them all. Well, except for one man: The Undertaker. Goldberg faced The Undertaker at Super ShowDown 2019, in one of the most underwhelming matches in WWE history. In the end, Goldberg failed to pick up a win over The Deadman. The match was slammed by the WWE Universe for not being up to the mark, and due to several botched spots as well.
Goldberg lost to The Undertaker and will probably never face him again
Here's a list of WWE's biggest Superstars that Goldberg has beaten: Brock Lesnar, Triple H, Kane, Kevin Owens, The Rock, Bray Wyatt, and Chris Jericho. Unfortunately for Goldberg, he just couldn't put down The Phenom when he finally got the chance to do so in Saudi Arabia. At Survivor Series 2020, The Undertaker finally called it quits and rode off into the sunset. Considering what happened in their only match, and the fact that The Phenom is seemingly retired for good, it's safe to say that Goldberg will finish his career without a win over The Undertaker.
#3 Goldberg hasn't won a Royal Rumble match
Goldberg had an opportunity to win the Royal Rumble match in 2004 when he bagged the No. 30 spot in the match by winning a battle royal on WWE RAW. At the event, prior to the free-for-all, he had a confrontation with WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. When Goldberg entered the match, he destroyed everyone in his path and eliminated Superstars one after the other. To everyone's surprise, Brock Lesnar came out to the ring when Goldberg was about to hit a Jackhammer on Big Show and executed an F-5 on him. This allowed Kurt Angle to throw Goldberg out.
Goldberg was a favorite to win this year's Royal Rumble match
In the 2017 Royal Rumble match, Goldberg and Brock Lesnar crossed paths again, with Goldberg eliminating Lesnar this time around, and exacting revenge for what had happened in 2004. Minutes later, he was eliminated from the match by The Undertaker. This was it for Goldberg and his appearances in the Royal Rumble match. Many believed that he would enter the match this year and win it all to bag a shot at Roman Reigns' title at WrestleMania, but it seems like that's not going to happen, after what transpired on RAW Legends Night.
#2 Goldberg has never headlined a WrestleMania
Goldberg came very close to headlining a WrestleMania when he entered the 2004 Royal Rumble match. Brock Lesnar's interference ended his WrestleMania dreams, and Goldberg went on to put The Beast down at The Show of Shows in a match that didn't close the event. On that night, the World title match pitting Triple H, Chris Benoit, and Shawn Michaels ended the show. In 2017, Goldberg was on a quest to win the Royal Rumble match and challenge for one of the top titles at WrestleMania 33 but was eliminated from the contest by The Undertaker.
Will Goldberg headline WrestleMania this year?
Goldberg did win the Universal title from Kevin Owens on the road to WrestleMania 33, and many fans speculated that he would be headlining The Show of Shows against Brock Lesnar. The duo wrestled in one of the main events of the show for the Universal title but didn't close the show. At last year's WrestleMania, Goldberg and Braun Strowman faced off for the former's Universal title, on Night One of the two-night event. The night was headlined by The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles. If Goldberg wins the WWE title at Royal Rumble, he just might go on to headline WrestleMania for the first time in his career.
#1 Goldberg hasn't won a WWE title yet
Goldberg will achieve an incredible feat if he competes for, and manages to win the WWE title from Drew McIntyre at Royal Rumble 2021. He has won the Universal title on two occasions, and the World Heavyweight title once, but Goldberg has never won the WWE title. Back in 2003, Goldberg defeated Triple H at Unforgiven to win his first and only World Heavyweight title. Goldberg went on to lose the belt in a Triple Threat match at Armageddon 2003.
On the road to WrestleMania 33, Goldberg kicked off a feud with Kevin Owens and went on to put him down to win his first Universal title. Goldberg didn't keep the belt for long and lost it to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33. Goldberg eyed the title belt again on the road to WrestleMania 36 and took on The Fiend for the same in Saudi Arabia. Goldberg made quick work of The Fiend to win his second Universal title belt. The same story followed here as well, and he didn't keep the belt for long. Goldberg lost the Universal title to Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 36. Goldberg has the chance to win one of the biggest prizes in sports entertainment for the first time, if he faces, and dethrones McIntyre at Royal Rumble 2021.
