5 Reasons Goldberg as Universal Champion is a Mistake

#3 Goldberg and Brock Lesnar don’t need it

That red belt doesn’t suddenly turn this into a five-star match

The idea of someone “needing” a championship is often talked about by wrestling pundits, this in some ways can be an overused go-to phrase. After all, nobody truly needs these props if the stories being told are good enough to captivate audiences without them.

That implies the idea that the props are fundamentally meaningless, though. They’re tools in which to help tell a story—McGuffins, essentially. One guy has it, the other guy wants it, and that is why they are fighting.

If that’s the case, why are Goldberg and Brock Lesnar fighting for the title at Wrestlemania when their match was already announced weeks ago?

From Lesnar’s perspective, he is looking for redemption. He wants to fight Goldberg because that is his toughest opponent he’s never been able to conquer. From Goldberg’s point of view, he’s already beaten Lesnar once in the distant past, he destroyed him recently at Survivor Series and he eliminated him in the Royal Rumble.

What does he care? More importantly, why should he grant this loser Brock Lesnar a shot at his shiny new championship title?

The exact same match could have happened at Wrestlemania but without the title in the mix and it still would have sold itself to the audience. This wasn’t a factor needed to boost its appeal to the audience, nor does it change the dynamic of the match.

Speaking on the grounds of predictability, everyone assumes Lesnar will be victorious and now that the title is on the line, it seems to cement this even more, as Goldberg will not be sticking around longer than Lesnar in the grand scheme of things.

If that’s the plan, then great job, WWE, as you just spoiled the ending to the few people left who didn’t already guess how this was going to turn out beforehand.

Goldberg is a legend who was worthy of the WWE Hall of Fame before he even stepped foot in the company over a decade ago. Another title win wasn’t needed to boost his credibility, nor is that something Lesnar needs at this point, either.

All this is doing is taking the title away from other people who could be using it to give their careers the extra juice they might need.