History YMMV / Goldberg

** Regarding the incident cited under XPacHeat below where the fans turned on Goldberg after he beat Wrestling/KevinOwens for the Universal Champion, apparently that was Brock Lesnar's fault, as he refused to have the rematch against Goldberg at ''[=WrestleMania=] 33'' unless he won a top championship from it.

* AmericansHateTingle: Or rather Canadians are still sore about his botched mule kick that ended Wrestling/BretHart's career. Bret himself doesn't actually blame Bill for what happened -- Goldberg, to him, was a nice enough guy. Who he really blames is the WCW Power Plant for not teaching him how to pull his punches. [[AvertedTrope They'd gotten over it]] by 2016 when they cheered for Goldberg during his ''Survivor Series'' match against Lesnar.

** His backstage fight with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, to the point where it's become sort of an OldShame to Jericho, as both men would like to put the ordeal behind them. Goldberg would later appear on Jericho's podcast and the two were able to laugh it off, with Goldberg freely admitting that Jericho got the better of him.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The 2019 ''Super [=ShowDown=]'' match between Goldberg and Wrestling/TheUndertaker was an absolute ''nightmare,'' a horrific botch-fest that was probably the worst match of the year as well as the worst of ''both'' men's careers. Afterwards, it was rumoured that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was so furious that he told Goldberg "you're done" on the spot. However if this is true then he apparently relented because Goldberg got to come back and have one more of his famous {{Squash Match}}es against Wrestling/DolphZiggler at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2019'', which was much better received for what it was.

** His backstage fight with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, to the point where it's become sort of an OldShame to Jericho, as both men would like to put the ordeal behind them.

** This got turned UpToEleven the moment he squashed big time IWC favorite Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship at Fastlane 2017. With his victory receiving a very mixed reception from what had been, up until that point, a very pro-Goldberg fanbase. Much of this stems from the perceived mindset that Goldberg ''didn't need'' the Universal Championship to begin with (in fact, some people thought having it as the prize ''detracted'' from his white-hot feud with Brock Lesnar, which should have remained simply about settling which of them is the ''bigger badass'' rather than fighting over a belt). And having a younger talent like Owens drop it to a part timer (and one who is well past his prime to be brutally honest) like Goldberg made no sense in the long run.[[note]]The worst thing is, according to rumours this was apparently ''[[MisBlamed Lesnar's]]'' fault, as he only agreed to do the rubber match against Goldberg at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' if he got to win the Universal Championship there, knowing that Vince couldn't say no.[[/note]]

** Disrespecting legends [[labelnote:Explanation]] The whole crux for his feud with Drew [=McIntrye=] in 2021 was that [=McIntrye=] had been "disrespecting legends", despite Drew doing nothing of the sort. This was quickly turned into a meme because many saw it as an ExcusePlot that was pretty much better suited for a feud with Wrestling/RandyOrton (one of his monikers is "The Legend Killer" after all.)[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: GORG.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Goldberg came out for his match against Wrestling/BobbyLashley at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2021'', his name appeared on the wide screen at the top of the Allegiant Stadium, but then the middle of the screen [[https://i.redd.it/6z4lnm6azti71.jpg switched to displaying the video of his signature march to the ring]], resulting in his name appearing as "GO[[spoiler:LDBE]]RG", which instantly resulted in him gaining a new nickname among the IWC.[[/labelnote]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: Of the type where the executives don't agree and give conflicting orders. Someone on WCW Creative realized that if Goldberg was going to become a main eventer he'd have to work matches instead of just squashes, and wanted him to learn to work against carefully selected midcarders. WCW's infamously disorganized backstage hierarchy resulted in bookers not being on the same page about this and issuing conflicting orders. The Regal match was the most infamous of these - Regal was told to make Goldberg work, but Goldberg was told it was to be a squash. The same happened at his PPV match against Saturn - the original plan was for Goldberg to work an even match before winning, but some random booker told him shortly before bell that it was going to be a squash.

* {{Flanderization}}: So known for the Spear at the expense of all his other moves that, when Wrestling/{{Gillberg}} missed it in his match with Wrestling/LunaVachon on the January 11, 1999 ''Raw'', Wrestling/MichaelCole said "He only has one move." It's especially insulting since Goldberg didn't even ''use'' the Spear in his debut match. He slammed [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus]] twice and then hit what would become known as the Jackhammer.

* CommonKnowledge: Similar to Wrestling/HulkHogan, everyone "knows" that Goldberg can't wrestle, can't work any match longer than a few minutes, and has no moves other than [[FiveMovesOfDoom "Spear, Jackhammer, pin"]]. Goldberg actually performed a considerable number of different moves over the years, constantly trying out new things that you wouldn't expect like the Dragon Screw Leg Whip, Corkscrew Dropkick, a couple of submission moves and almost every variety of slam under the sun, as can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsIEQIj-Mp8 his top move compilation video]] (which compiles 35 recognised moves, plus 3 bonus moves). And as to not being able to work any match longer than a couple of minutes, anyone who claims that should rewatch his classic match against Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage at ''Halloween Havoc '98'' (generally regarded as the best match of his career) and think again.