10 Pro Wrestling Legends who are overrated

#5 Goldberg

Bill Goldberg was only a few weeks out of his training phase when he debuted on Monday Nitro, defeating perennial mid-carder/ gatekeeper Hugh Morris.

Goldberg was athletic, to be sure. He was enormously strong, lifting up gigantic men like Ron Studd for his Jackhammer finisher. In addition, he had explosive speed and agility. Goldberg could even perform a back handspring flip no problem.

However, when it came to wrestling ability, Goldberg never progressed beyond being simply adequate. He could pull off his finisher well enough, as well as a nifty rolling prawn leg lock, but when it came to the fundamentals of wrestling he was terrible. Goldberg would often end up in the wrong part of the ring, or miss his cues, resulting in sloppy and sometimes dangerous work. Scott Hall was on the record as saying Goldberg needed more training before he should have actually been on TV. He also botched a superkick and ended Bret Hart's career.

Why he was successful anyway: Goldberg has a great look, even in his fifties. He looks like a chiseled assassin or Greek god. Also, he was given one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, pushes in the history of wrestling. His undefeated streak progressed until it was a bit shy of two hundred, and even when he lost it wasn't clean. Goldberg was presented as unstoppable, and much like Superman people reacted to it.