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#5. Hope is true: Original plans for Goldberg at WrestleMania 36

Goldberg at WrestleMania 36

Goldberg was set to defend the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 36. Given that Goldberg's contract reportedly expired at WrestleMania 36, the idea would have been for The Big Dog to get another coronation at the grandest stage of them all.

However, Reigns pulled out of the match and was replaced by Braun Strowman - who was the instant beneficiary as he went on to beat Goldberg in just over two minutes to become the Universal Champion.

According to WrestleTalk, the original plan was to have Jeff Hardy against Goldberg, but WWE decided to go with Strowman instead.

Sportskeeda's Lennard Surrao wrote:

Jeff Hardy vs. Goldberg would have been a very uncommon match to witness as the former WCW Champion would have been the odds-on favorite to retain the Universal title.The creative team wanted the title to change hands and Strowman was clearly the more believable option to take down Goldberg. Jeff Hardy didn't compete at WrestleMania and Strowman was also not scheduled to be a part of the show until he was called upon for the biggest match of his career.

We hope this is true because Hardy would have been a great alternative and it could have possibly led to a great match as well. It's good to see that he's in the conversation for such matches.