#5 Goldberg wins The Universal Championship
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Goldberg has an opportunity at a title in WWE for the first time since losing the World Heavyweight Title to Triple H in December of 2003, and if he wins, he becomes the second oldest World Champion in WWE history, behind only Vince McMahon.
After being away from a wrestling ring for 12 years, Goldberg returned to the ring to dismantle his rival, Brock Lesnar, in less than two minutes to pick-up his first win in a WWE ring in over a decade at Survivor Series late last year.
With a Wrestlemania rematch with “The Beast Incarnate” already scheduled for Wrestlemania 33, if Goldberg defeats Kevin Owens at Fastlane, the pending match between the two rivals could be for the WWE Universal Title at Wrestlemania.
All of the details I just laid out are the main reasons Bill Goldberg has no business walking out of Fastlane as the Universal Champion. Do I like Goldberg? Yes. Am I happy to see him back in a WWE ring? Yes. Am I happy he destroyed Brock Lesnar? Absolutely.
Should he be the face of a wrestling company and main event its biggest event of the year at 50 years old? No way. Not to mention, WWE’s roster is as stacked as it has ever been with young talent that is ready to take the next step into superstardom, but keep getting held back by older, part-time wrestlers, such as Goldberg.
Also, the matchup between Goldberg and Lesnar at ‘Mania has no reason to be for the WWE Universal Title, for several reasons. First off, the rematch will be talked about and built up enough to where they don’t need to involve Raw’s most prized possession to make this a marquee matchup.
Secondly, neither Goldberg or Lesnar, assuming he goes on his normal hiatus after ‘Mania, are going to be around the product enough moving forward to warrent being Universal Champion.
Third and most importantly, there are several Superstars on Raw that have worked their butts off in the past year, such as KO, and deserve to carry the flagship program of WWE after ‘Mania season.
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