10 shocking moments from WWE 2003

#9 Goldberg debuts with WWE

Who's next?

When former WCW stars launched their invasion of WWF in 2001, fans were left fairly underwhelmed. Hogan, Nash and Hall were nowhere to be seen and didn't make their debuts until after the Invasion angle came to an end. Another big time WCW name who didn't come over to Vince's company immediately after the purchase was Bill Goldberg.

Goldberg was WCW's best answer to Stone Cold Steve Austin during much of WWF's attitude era. Fans immediately warmed to the former Pro-football player who would come to the ring and decimate his opponents in seconds.

Until NXT's Asuka came along, Goldberg had built up modern pro wrestling's greatest winning streak from 1997 - 1998. And despite this being a highly impressive feat, his short matches would actually hide his rather limited wrestling abilities. Goldberg was the ultimate example of how somebody can become a star whilst not doing a whole lot in between the ropes.

Regardless of his limitations, WWF's purchase of WCW made fans excited at the prospect of the former WCW Champion wrestling with the likes of Triple H and The Rock. We would have to wait a couple of years before it became a reality, but during a Rock promo segment the night after Wrestlemania 19, the mighty Bill Goldberg finally made his presence known.

Rock had transitioned himself into a heel after deciding to pursue a Hollywood career. While he was busy berating the WWE Universe for losing faith in him as a wrestler, Goldberg marched to the ring, introduced himself to the People's Champ and announced that he would be next.