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The Bam Bam Bigelow WCW debut and follow up

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Do you think a Goldberg feud with the debuting Bam Bam Bigelow may have sparked some life back into WCW and helped get some momentum back for the company at the end of 98 if handled and booked right? Based on the crowd reaction to Bam Bam's debut and challenge to Goldberg it seemed like a dream match at the time. As we know, Nash ended up with the Starrcade slot against Goldberg, but looking back, the money was possibly with Goldberg- Bam Bam for that show. Thoughts?

I think "Bam Bam" and "money" in the same sentence is a bit iffy.  Really, the more logical showdown would have been Goldberg and Wrath before Nash destroyed him on the way to the streak-ending.  Wouldn't have been a true main event deal, but they could have done something with Hogan and Nash on top for true control of the nWo or something.  

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  1. spicollidriverJanuary 18, 2013 at 6:52 AM

    why not do Goldberg vs. Nash, which was a big deal, but just don't let Nash crush Wrath in the lead up?

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  2. ATL2013January 18, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    Hogan vs. Nash at Starrcade made sense. Do either Goldberg-Bigelow or Goldberg-Wrath for the title. Then the January PPV, traditionally the "Souled Out" nWo PPV, have the winner of Hogan-Nash challenge Goldberg. If we were getting the nWo reunion, perhaps they do it there?

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  3. Toga2000January 18, 2013 at 9:39 AM

    Did Starrcade 98 and by extention Goldberg/Nash draw a decent buyrate? Whilst WCWs popularity was on the downswing they still did a great number a couple of months later at Superbrawl and Nash/Goldberg were still pretty hot at the time so I don't see why not.

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  4. ETB757January 18, 2013 at 10:32 AM

    I'm STILL bitter about Nash squashing Wrath's streak in 5 minutes, then "putting Wrath over" by giving him that condescending, 'whew, that was a tough match' look. So, so so stupid.

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  5. Dustin HarrisJanuary 18, 2013 at 12:00 PM

    The "reunion" should've never happened. Talk about pissing away 9 months of storyline. I personally would've done Team Wolfpack (Nash, Luger, Konnan) vs. Team Hollywood (Hogan, Steiner, Giant) in an elimination match with Nash pinning Hogan clean to win it. Goldberg would face Bam Bam and chalk up a win, while DDP puts over Wrath. Sounds crazy now, but before the Nash squash, Wrath was one of the top 3 or 4 faces they had going. A clean win over Page would solidify him as a main player and a match with Goldberg @ Souled Out would've been money.

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  6. Patrick BurkeJanuary 18, 2013 at 1:04 PM

    OOOOOOOO, I get all tingly whenever the board starts talking about Wrath!

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  7. Night81January 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    I dunno. I remember Bam Bam jumping Goldberg right after he jackhammered The Giant and was like, "who's that little guy attacking Goldberg?". I think it ruined Bammer's mystique as a superheavyweight a bit to do a run-in so soon after an awesome feat against Mr. Wight.

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  8. jvc113January 18, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    I believe it drew a pretty good buyrate.

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  9. slapdabassJanuary 18, 2013 at 3:04 PM

    I was always a Bam Bam fan, but even as a kid I thought it was funny that I was supposed to be blown away by his agility because he could do a cartwheel.

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  10. MaffewOfBotchamaniaJanuary 18, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    Bigelow was in the same place as Tensai today. Would have worked if they didn't already have their other big dude (Brock & Nash) already set in stone.

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  11. Memphis HeatJanuary 18, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    Aw man, I thought this was gonna be about Bigelow's first debut in WCW...well, guess it was JCP at the time. What I remember most from that is the teased feud with Flair, when the Horsemen were claiming the Road Warriors were going to side with them. Flair interview: "When I come up to you with Animal on my left and Hawk on my right and I say, "Hey! Fat boy!" What are you gonna do about it?"

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  12. nwa88January 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    I believe in terms of actual buys, it drew the most buys of any WCW PPV not featuring Hogan as a performer. Overall for WCW, I'd imagine it'd be Top 10 overall too.

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  13. bramma23January 18, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    The answer is yes. Goldberg had potential feuds with Jericho (weeks of call outs ending with one Spear), Sting (one Nitro match in late 98), DDP (one PPV match), and Bam Bam (several brawls before a one-on-one match in 99) that went nowhere while Goldberg didn't wrestle at either Fall Brawl or WW3 in 1998. Unconscionable.

    Just FF to around 6:00 or 7:00 for Bam Bam's run-in at WW3 and listen to the reaction when Goldberg comes out to brawl with him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hzSrwDUIM

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  14. nwa88January 18, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    What makes that run-in even more striking is that except for the ending of WW-III, the crowd was VERY quiet all night. That's easily the biggest pop of the whole evening.

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