Bill Goldberg vs Wrath WCW early Nitro 1997 Oct

[TheEndKing]

Damn, I wanted to see Wrath actually wrestle.

[dk5388]

was that the very first spear?

[Frsh2011]

dam when youre a kid in the 90s you realize how much better everything was back then sports, music, wresting, cartoons, EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

[RicoLen1]

@Frsh2011 It was even better in the 80's, sports (49ers), music(metallica), wrestling(Hogan, Savage, Warrior), cartoons(G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Voltron, Transformers), everything!

[Thebadguy1987]

NEVERMIND THAT SHIT HERE COMES MONGO !!!!!!!!!

[clinton62901]

Hahaha... 3:51 debuts his "You're Next" bit. hahaha

[TheoHuxtable07]

What a crazy light show for Wrath.

[nycboy486]

LOL!! I miss those days... *sigh*

[spacitydrummer4JC]

I wish WCW was still on. Way more exciting than anything we have today. 

[XgoldbergvspredatorX]

''who's next who's next that's all I got to say'' man those glorious days of goldberg Im sure gonn miss them jeje goldberg thbest of best no one can beat him

[slayerab]

God, everyweek the NWO was gonna destroy WCW. Jeesh.

[cheatingwanker]

goldberg doesnt need any of this costume shit, just like tyson in boxing, keeps it simple, powerhouse

[VaginaIIVIIite]

"The JackHammer is what he calls it, Larry, It's pretty awesome" :)

[downtownchicagobarbi]

Goldberg fucking sucks...no talent!

[173witnessed]

@downtownchicagobarbi ugh sure your favorite guy is probly Cena or someother crap WWE puts out.

[downtownchicagobarbi]

@173witnessed no it isn't because I don't watch wrestling any more but the old school stuff. I watch WCW and WWF classics, not WWE cause that is crap. I miss the old gimmacks. I remember when it was doink, twin towers, beef cake, mr. perfect, and etc. John Cena sucks and mostly the whole WWE roster right now.

[drownoble]

@downtownchicagobarbi not to mention they actually wrestled back in the WCW days. Now a typical WWE telecast is 90% talking and about 10 mins of actual wrestling.

[TheSilverPhoenix100]

@drownoble tna is worse i counted 6 minutes of wrestling literally 6 mins on a 120 min telecast

[sanddune]

@downtownchicagobarbi Says internet poster guy. Go punch yourself in the face.

[BlueDemonofFire]

@downtownchicagobarbi Two things. First: if Goldberg ain't talented, who is? Second: why watch a Goldberg match if you don't respect him? Do you have nothing better to do?

[downtownchicagobarbi]

@BlueDemonofFire first thing you have nothing better else to do but respond to my comment... Second the whole 80's and 90's roster had more talent then the garbage that is out now. Third maybe I watch the video to see wrath. I swear children on here who act tough from behind a computer.

[BlueDemonofFire]

@downtownchicagobarbi Right..children..I'm old enough to have seen the Undertaker's debut. While it's true that I have nothing better to do than ask the questions, I at least watch a clip of a wrestler I respect. Sure, his mike skills were crap, but I admired his intensity.

I also find it ironic that you complain about modern wrestlers, and at the same time consider one of the better WCW stars to be a talentless hack. Complaints about Cena or the Miz, I would understand, but..

[inc2000glw]

i forgot why goldberg had to win all those matches. i think it was a bet by bishop and the nwo.

[sanddune]

@inc2000glw I'll remind you, because it was something that had never been done in wrestling. What a novel idea! And you dipshits wonder why WCW was kicking WWFs ass at this time.

[rupra92]

RIP Brian Adams

[shinbanman]

1. The commentators were already pushing him HARD.

2. They totally fucked up that Spear.

3. Tony Schiavone's dumb ass flubbed the commentary nicely for the finisher...

4. Jesus Christ, look at Golberg's biceps when his hand gets raised in victory!

[co2rie]

Nevermind that shit...HERE COMES MONGO!

[balancer182]

Even if Goldberg's gimmick is just squashing opponents, he made it work.

Now there's this wrestler who is supposed to be TNA's Goldberg, but I read that he kept botching moves.

[644shaun]

thanks cool

[Robohump]

I bet Godlberg has a VERY lage penis.

[SyxxPAC228]

oh, he hit him with the JACKKNIFE! maybe he hit him jackhammer, but idk *sarcasm*

[jghor23]

This was a horrible match. Goldberg sucks and hes a Jew.

[lilarreola27]

damnnnN! the damn entrance was longer than the match it self!!

Goldberg is da Man!

[AJMickna]

Yeah, but after doing this job Wrath went on to..., uh..., um..., yeah, HEY, is that a rabbit!?

[xcef2005]

@AJMickna Wrath went on to win the tag team titles in late WCW with Brain Adams. The team known as Kronik.

So yeah.....

[dealmaker007]

@xcef2005 RIP Brian Adams...

[joescout]

goldburg getting beat killed wcw

[uub91278]

@mort

It's not so far fetched as you would think. It only take 3 seconds to win a match. We all know it is scripted!! At this time though the Main WCW talent fill Goldberg paid his dues. So that's why they did it this way. All these matches and him running through people. So when he gets to the main stream if it takes longer. It's cause his opponents are better. make a lil sence.

[jdp242]

wow these goldberg matches are more of matches than anyone has seen on raw in years lol. especially since the gm crap.

[mortalmorphine]

The goldberg gimmick made wrestling look really fake. You just don't beat a 6 foot 8 297 pound guy in five seconds. Plus they pushed Wrath as a real monster at that point, it kinda of ruins that. I would have loved to see this match if it was made to be what it could have been. The only credit WCW deserves for this match is the fact that Wrath was out and out blindsided. Though it still doesn't make his loss much better.

[shotgunjobber]

You do if you have superior technical ability. See any Min-Soo Kim matches in MMA.

[sanddune]

@mortalmorphine Happens in MMA all the time. Is MMA fake?

[bledsoeglenn]

Lets be honest here. Bryan Clark(Wrath) was a four hundred pound bench presser, not to mention an incredibly gifted athlete. At 6'7 and 295 Clark would have decimated Bill Goldberg in an actual fight. Clark , by the way, went on a tremendous win streak that was also halted by Kevin Nash. All a match like this does is make wrestling look "too" fake. By the way other than this Goldberg Shit, WCW was great at the time.

[sanddune]

And Goldberg at 6'4" and 285lbs is weak? Decimate? That comment alone kills any credibility you thought you had.

[Pyro665]

Not weak, stupid. He actually thought wrestling was a real fight which is why Bret Hart was injured in a match with him. Goldberg fails at wrestling, he fails at being cool and he fails at life. Most of his matches were bullshit anyway.

[downtownchicagobarbi]

@Pyro665 laughing too hard and so true!

[bledsoeglenn]

How does saying wrath is a talented athlete mean I think goldberg is weak? Fact is fact Goldberg wasn't have the talent wrath was. And maybe that's why Clark remained in wrestling for nearly 15 years. How many for Bill Goldberg, maybe the better half of four. A guy like him has to go 173-0 for anyone to take him seriously.

Don't talk about credibility when you respond to something that WAS NEVER SAID.

[cosmokramerrules]

this is a major reason wcw wasn't liked at all... bill goldberg had a 173 matches with out a losing once until kevin nash... which someone like wrath isn't smaller then bill goldberg... no he looked like steve austin so they pushed him.. when wwe had goldberg they showed what he really was a short fad

[bgdomino]

Kanyon was a damn good wrestler.

[shadowninja4]

Goldberg should've speared Kanyon/Mortis as well and finish it up with a Jackhammer. XD

[DanDaMan570]

send him back to WoW goldberg..lmao

[karimrakha]

lol its as if this wrath was hit by a car or something...not a human being

[Swazi4]

Goldberg's "invincibility" helped kill WCW. Fucking boring as shit matches is about all he ever did.

[sanddune]

Interesting since it was a year and a half before WWF started dominating the ratings. Make some more shit up.

[Swazi4]

Ummmmmm, you don't think people got bored of seeing the same thing over and over again on WCW? You think they found it exciting when a world title bout lasted 5 minutes or less? Don't think so. Think before you type next time. Goldberg hit a peak, then the people got bored with him.

[sanddune]

How about you follow your own advice. You make a comment stating people got tired of Goldberg's act, but ratings say otherwise. Ratings are calculated by people watching. So you can "Ummmm" all you want, but the more you type the more you remove all doubt that you are an idiot.

[Pyro665]

Who cares about ratings? People love The Notebook but I'm sure any guy wouldn't watch that crap. Goldberg sucks, WCW sucks, that's why they went bankrupt and were sold to WWE. It's lame wrestlers like Goldberg that caused the destruction of WCW with his lame ass five second matches.

Wrath is a better wrestler, better performer and helluva lot better to watch than some ex-football player who can't even put on a decent show.

[Pentdad]

It was the staleness of the nWo and the dominance of all the old men that started to kill WCW in 1999-2000.

Goldberg was one of the most impressive athletes I have seen, and apart from Brock Lesnar, there is no one else like him.

[Pyro665]

Goldberg sucked as a wrestler. He shouldn't have gotten nearly a big a push that WCW gave him. It's matches like this that caused me to turn WCW off. Goldberg beating someone in 5 seconds is a lame and boring match, especially when that's all his career was - five second matches.

The nWo is what got WCW bigger than WWF at the time. That stable was, like, one of the biggest surprises that no one even expected. Let's see... Hogan going heel or some lame, ripoff Austin that spears people. Yeah...

[Pentdad]

Lol firstly Goldberg became big before Austin did.

Secondly millions of fans who loved Goldberg and his 'boring' 5 second matches would disagree with you.

Goldbergs crushing matches were actually something different, something original. Apart from Brock Lesnar there has been NO ONE like Goldberg in wrestling. The gift of speed, strength, athleticism...

[Pyro665]

Now I know you're a Goldberg fanboy. Austin was big at least a year before Goldberg was even in WCW. His change happened in 1996 when he fought Jake Roberts and won, coming up with the 3:16 bit. Goldberg didn't enter WCW until 1997 so WCW had a whole year's gap there to look at WWF's recent success cause of Austin and say "Hmm... where are we gonna get a big, muscular bald guy and make him popular?"

Goldberg and his five second matches didn't show strength, speed or athleticism. Boredom maybe.

[Pentdad]

Austin became a star yes, but his popularity exploded around the same time as Goldberg. Goldy was on the streak and Austin was facing McMahon.

Listen dude its just a matter of taste. Would I want to see a whole show of Goldy matches? Hell no. But seeing him come in, destroy somone, then walk out, was really fresh at the time and myself and millions of other people loved it.

Not every match needs to be a technical masterpeice for you to enjoy it.

[Pyro665]

Alright, I'll give you that one. Both were popular as far as the audience goes at around the same time. Though, I think he was popular in ECW as well when he was there.

It is a matter of taste, agreed. I just didn't like him destroying all these big name wrestling stars in five seconds. I mean, Glacier and Wrath at the time were huge. I think Glacier was a heel at the time though. It just wasn't enjoyable or entertaining for me to see a five second match.

[Pentdad]

Yeah I see what you mean. At least we are decent fans who respect each other, some people argue for the sake of it lol.

[Pyro665]

Definitely. Arguing for the sake of it, might as well spend your entire life on YouTube for whoever does that.

Still miss Mortis and Wrath though. Loved their gimmick. xD

[rishidude2005]

maki chut sale........

[sanddune]

Hmmmm. Interesting since they were winning the ratings battle with him on top. As soon as Nash and Hogan did the Fingerpoke of Doom the ratings dropped. Way to rewreite history though.

[MrSupermario15]

was James Vandenburg James Mitchell in TNA?

[Kukojin]

I like Wrath's ring getup; awesome stuff!

[CreatorOfChaosxx]

lol he points at the guy on the ground. "YOU'RE NEXT!"

[rickboy03]

damn i am kind of dissapointed....i was expecting more from wrath....but to be honest goldberg did the right thing the bell had already rang and wrath was still all dressed up so he took advantage of it

[Triple3Deuce2]

fake ass shredder

[k1ng0fswa9]

This was def early goldberg...before the attitude, before the elbow pads...hahaha

[smoovemj23]

That was goldberg quickest match of his career. Goldberg Is Da Man!!!

[bigpapazagon]

@smoovemj23 If you wanna see a quicker match, check out Goldberg vs Kanyon. So fast it's hilarious.

[TREYJEEZY]

@smoovemj23 no, he beat the Cat in about 6 seconds.

[TREYJEEZY]

@smoovemj23 haha my mistake

[ikkw]

3:10 :p jacknife :P

[THAToneGUY594]

thats a jackhammer not a jacknife, the jacknife is kevin nash's move

[fjccommish]

Goldberg was a flash in the pan. He disappeared quickly.

[angelus4282]

What sells this squash match isn't the in-ring performance of either wrestler. It's the WTF look on James Vandenberg's face.

[silkaem]

Dude, Wrath had killer theme music!!!

[TMANNTYLER666]

haha i see that 3rd dick member hiding in the corner, i forgot his name but he managed abys in tna for awhile, creepy old man

[Dud512]

Goldberg didn't look that strong in this video why is that?

[cryhwks]

it was only like his 3rd or 4th match

[emperordeebo]

goldberg was abused at the end. WCW went to far with this whole "untouchable thing"

[respontaneous]

hahaha "YOU'RE NEXT!!!!" haha, gotta love sayin that

[shinshoryuken]

Bryan Clark must of been pissed he had to job a squash match to Goldberg.

[datNiggaSchmale]

wrath sucks and goldberg rules. hiphopaus would get f-ckin stuck by it too!

[Versa51]

Holy snakes on the **********ing plane! In 28 seconds he beat Wrath! In short, Wrath just got owned!

[MrHoopla]

28 seconds? You obviously miscounted. He speared him, grabbed him, and Jackhammered him. That was more like 10 seconds.

[Versa51]

You sure? I might have counted wrong!

[blueberrywine69]

you know Wrath/Brian Clark did not want to get beat like that

[mattaboyz]

man his shoulders and traps are massive

[HipHopAus]

and also...the jackhammer is a mediocre wrestling move at best. its basically a vertical suplex turned into a front powerslam. doesnt look very effective at all really..

[PTMFH]

its better than cenas fu

[nakatasnoodles]

But the spectacle is what matters in a wrestling finisher. Since its a HOLDING vertical suplex, it looks bloody good.

[respontaneous]

i dont think you realise, but that was the most popular finisher to be performed outside the ring, my brothers and cousins would have to deliver one to me everytime we met for a family lunch/dinner

[HipHopAus]

what a waste of time...i thought they'd at least fight for 2 minutes or so before the spear/jackhammer end.

[ZmickTrick]

This is what ticked me off the most about Goldberg... Wrath had two separate pushes, one as a masked character and one as an unmasked man... and in both cases, Goldberg ruined the push. This time, by squashing him, and, later, by Goldberg's push overshadowing that of Wrath's. Makes me upset to think about.

[WCWnitro4life]

I have the entire season of WCW Nitro 1997 on DVD! Personal Message me if interested in acquiring.

[Drakinola]

What fucking bullshit..

[BrunnerJamFilms]

BLODD RUNS COLD

[diestroduende]

Wrath and Mortis' entrance music is the SHIT!!!!!!

[regresseur]

Why in the world would they have this guy in a squash match with his size / gimmick / intro like that? There's so much potential there and so many ways to push Goldberg yet they had Goldberg run him over like he was nothing, essentially ruining great potential and money opportunity for the company. That was a great intro especially with Mortis and the manager guy entering with him. I tend not to hate on WCW but that was some stupid shit.

[UltimaHolyFlare]

Too bad there's no videos of Bill Goldberg's TRUE first appearances, the one where Roddy Piper was having an open house of sorts to fight the NWO and Goldberg was one of the candidates and Piper choked him out. Or that infamous house show where Hector Guererro pinned Goldberg. Hardcore fans used to sneak "Goldberg Fears Hector Guererro" signs to the live shows.

[sanddune]

That was Horseshoe(Luther Reigns).

[UltimaHolyFlare]

Thanks. I couldn't remember who it was. It didn't matter though, they were pushing Goldberg so much, everyone was jobbing to him anyways. But I remembered hearing it from somewhere.

[Honkyrappa]

WWE=gay WCW Rules Bischoff is the man

[UltimaHolyFlare]

I can't remember when and where I heard this, but the guy who came to the ring that night WASN'T WRATH! Wrath was injured so they put someone in Wrath's ring clothes and they made sure not to take off that mask

[cdog0613]

I just saw this match on 24/7. Anyone know why they over-dub Goldberg's music on it?

[iseeredpeoples]

they say wcw sucess was nothing but the nwo

but goldberg is the biggest 90s star of wcw and he was home grow

[BigSidVNOF]

What a BADASS entrance Theme/Attire For wrath !! Just Sick !! . I miss these days so much...sad what wrestling is like today..

[mouaaz911]

is this the first goldberg match?

[DoubleGina]

Goldbergs first Match was against non other than Hugh Morrus.

You also can see it here on youtube.

[siegfried787]

We need some more Wrath/Mortis matches!That was an awesome gimmick with 2 talented guys,and the best manager ever,James Mitchell

[siegfried787]

Wrath:Shao Kahn

Mortis:Scorpion/Reptile

James Mitchell:Shang Tsung

[GregGumbel]

Don't forget Glacier as sub-zero

[siegfried787]

FUCK

[siegfried787]

Sorry for that random comment,I was testing the audio preview to say "FUCK" and accidentally posted it,but these guys play Mortal Kombat too much.Are any of you gonna get SVR09,they have WCW guys as playable characters I think.There's also MK vs DC.That would be awesome to have a guy as Scorpion or Raiden lol

[siegfried787]

Sorry for that random comment I was testing the audio preview to say "FUCK" and posted it by mistake but yeah,what's next,Raiden?Liu Kang?lol

[toadsniffing]

Sub-Zero.

[poofpoof08]

Wrath is Almost a bit like Rhino ! They should become a Tag Team

[AerikVon]

Rumor has it that it was someone else as Brian Clark never lost the mask.

Not a shock really.

[hudge28]

Kevin Nash was a booker who should've been a jobber. Goldberg did some good moves against one of Raven's guys I think it was Jerry Flynn. Wrath,Mortis and James Vandenberg were great. NWO started out cool but got old around 98. WCW missed its chance to crush WWF in 98 but because Nash and other bookers used weak plot lines for matches dull. WWF had what 8 stars at the time, and 4 were hurt at any given moment. Kevin Nash had all of three moves and that seems to have matched good plots.

[Kain710]

Wrath could have been WCW's answer to the Undertaker, if they'd just pushed him a little more. It's a shame they didn't.

[theevilaaron88]

for Goldberg to kill Adam Bomb that fast is just a joke......

[wayne62682]

Wrath was a completely awesome gimmick, along with Mortis (Kanyon). WCW fucked it up royally, though.

[eazybe1]

Wrath was an awesome wrestler who could have held his own against Goldberg. This match SHOULD have been a killer to watch, not this 2c crap. WE WERE F'N RIPPED OFF!!!!!! I DEMAND A REMATCH!!!!!!

[loyaltyandrespect]

anybody notice tony schiavone called it the jackknife by accident during the match?

[SmackdownVsRaw10]

do somebody has a video up on here with goldberg,s debut

[chrisb910n704]

the entrances was long than the match

[AntiFeminaziAus]

Wrath's entrace theme was awesome. His persona was marketable, too. The WCW bookers should hang their heads in shame for not pushing him to the top of the company.

[jackhammer316]

heh heh a thin james mitchell..... oh well.... go goldberg go! 5stars

[TheForgottenFlesh]

And Goldberg fucking cheated here

[nenna585]

no he didn't. the bell rang the fight starts. stop bitchin.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Then the ref didn't do his job. He technically has to wait for both wrestlers to be ready then ring the bell. How would you like it if someone started beating up the undertaker before he took off his coat and hat...but the bell rang early.

[nenna585]

THE BELL RANG!!!! THAT MEANS THE MATCH BEGANS.Anyway noone would ever beat the undertaker before he took his hat off. That is why he's called dead man walking. And you would have to be incredibly stupid.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Man I fucking love Wrath/Mortis' costumes. I whish they would bring that stuff back to wrestling today. BTW Does anyone know where I can get Wrath's theme?

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Man I still think Wrath should have won the battle royal thing and faced Goldberg and beat him. Wrath was an amazing wrestler and deserved much better than what he got. I mean how could WCW pass up "Battle of the unbeatables?"

[blackiechan52]

he does deserve more but not a victory over goldberg

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Don't see why not. Goldberg had a few moves. Wrath was overall a better athlete. For a guy 200+ doing high flying moves and being quick I think he would have made a great champion. I don't understand why wrestlers who have like four moves (Hogan, John Cena, Goldberg ect) get more praise than people who really give it their all in the matches and push the limit. Just imagine if Wrath beat him tho...the ultimate story of the underdog defying tradition.