In 1998, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to usher in "The Austin Era". Several factors helped the rise of Austin- innate talent and charisma, desire to excel, originality, WCW, departure of Bret Hart, and Shawn Michaels' injury. It wouldn't be an overstatement that even for a period of 3 years(1998-2002), Stone Cold Steve Austin was the face of the WWF(and Co-Face with Rock).
Contrast that with Bill Goldberg. Here's a guy, solidly built, black trunks, intense, and at the time, had a unique entrance and style. But was he ever half as much the "face" of WCW brand as Austin was the face of the then WWF? People might say that he was huge back then, and they had him beat Hogan on Nitro and win the WHC. But, wasn't all that little more than Eric Bischoff's attempts at and obsession with beating Vince McMahon and winning the ratings game? Besides, was there even an organic build to Goldberg's WHC victory, besides that he was an intense guy who speared and jackhammered opponents and had an undefeated streak?
I don't think Goldberg was ever the "face" of WCW. I could say that Sting was, even though he was so multifarious that he wasn't the WHC for a prolonged time and yet they dubbed him as the "franchise". Ric Flair can be said to have been the face , and definitely Hulk Hogan. Goldberg was more of a fad. He had a good body, his entrance coupled with the grimaces and martial arts gestures was unique at then, and him defeating opponents within 2 mins was enjoyable because of the intensity and precision of his execution. But WCW was so loaded with talent(nearly 20 world champions, 20 talented mid-carders and dozens of lucha libres), and with Eric Bischoff constantly trying to beat Vince by way of acquiring WWF stars(especially Bret Hart), Goldberg was but a tip of the Iceberg.
So, my friends, Do you consider Goldberg to ever have been the "face" of WCW? If Yes, then for how long, and if you could somehow compare him with Rock and Austin as faces of the WWF, where do you think Goldberg stood in the WCW of that time?
Contrast that with Bill Goldberg. Here's a guy, solidly built, black trunks, intense, and at the time, had a unique entrance and style. But was he ever half as much the "face" of WCW brand as Austin was the face of the then WWF? People might say that he was huge back then, and they had him beat Hogan on Nitro and win the WHC. But, wasn't all that little more than Eric Bischoff's attempts at and obsession with beating Vince McMahon and winning the ratings game? Besides, was there even an organic build to Goldberg's WHC victory, besides that he was an intense guy who speared and jackhammered opponents and had an undefeated streak?
I don't think Goldberg was ever the "face" of WCW. I could say that Sting was, even though he was so multifarious that he wasn't the WHC for a prolonged time and yet they dubbed him as the "franchise". Ric Flair can be said to have been the face , and definitely Hulk Hogan. Goldberg was more of a fad. He had a good body, his entrance coupled with the grimaces and martial arts gestures was unique at then, and him defeating opponents within 2 mins was enjoyable because of the intensity and precision of his execution. But WCW was so loaded with talent(nearly 20 world champions, 20 talented mid-carders and dozens of lucha libres), and with Eric Bischoff constantly trying to beat Vince by way of acquiring WWF stars(especially Bret Hart), Goldberg was but a tip of the Iceberg.
So, my friends, Do you consider Goldberg to ever have been the "face" of WCW? If Yes, then for how long, and if you could somehow compare him with Rock and Austin as faces of the WWF, where do you think Goldberg stood in the WCW of that time?
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