Ranking every single Universal Champion from worst to best

#4 Goldberg

This was always going to last four weeks.

Goldberg won the Universal Championship in controversial circumstances, beating Kevin Owens in 23 seconds. It was not the ideal way to start a world title reign that was always going to be temporary. After one-sided confrontations against Brock Lesnar at both Survivor Series and Royal Rumble, the WCW legend would face the Beast once again at WrestleMania 33. But this time, it would be for the Universal title after Da Man (Not Becky Lynch) squashed Owens at Fastlane.

Goldberg made a few appearances as the champion but could not do much in the four-week window he had the belt for. This reign is not last because it lasted for more than a day. Also, the conclusion to this reign and his run as a whole was a major success.

The two megastars had an intense and all-out brawl for five minutes, featuring three Spears, ten German Suplexes and an F5. The match at 'Mania ultimately proved Goldberg's run to be more fondly remembered than it would have been after the way he won the title.