I was never a WCW guy. Growing up, it was just WWF but I barely remember most of the Attitude Era as I was only 8-10 during it. So if I barely remember that, what makes you think I remember a star from a company I didn't watch? My first exposure to Goldberg was in WWE but I knew of his previous accolades and accomplishments as I did plenty of research. I realize Goldberg was a fan's wet dream in the 90s and had everything you could want in a wrestler from that era. He was jacked, had a catchphrase and his whole entrance and demeanor was spot on. It sucks his WWE run was so poorly booked. When they announced you would get to play as Goldberg in 2K17, I knew he would be back with WWE eventually and look at that, we're getting a rematch from Wrestlemania XX that no one really wanted! Let's get things straight, I don't care about Goldberg as I wasn't a fan of his growing up but I respect Goldberg and everything he's done in WCW and WWE. I wish he was coming back to wrestle someone who needed it like Kevin Owens, Braun Strowman or Roman Reigns. OK, maybe not Reigns but definitely the first two. I understand WHY WWE would put on a Lesnar/Goldberg match. It's a mega rematch featuring two big names. It puts butts in the seats, I get it. Do I want to see the match? Hmmmm, yes and no. No because I have very bad memories of this match. At 13 years old. Brock Lesnar vs Bill Goldberg at Wrestlemania XX was probably the biggest match I wanted to see at that point of my life. I was so pumped up for it and it turned out to be pure and utter garbage. It just wasn't the match I envisioned in my mind. And they have the nerve to do it again 12 years later, when both of them are older? And rumor is is that this is a one and done deal for Goldberg. Why would he just come back for one pointless match with Lesnar? I am looking forward to the match to see the crowd reaction. Lord forbid if it's the MAIN EVENT. If WWE teasing is anything to go by, there's a potential mega Universal Title match between two Canadians, Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho. If that's to happen and it's BEFORE the Lesnar/Goldberg match, then the crowd will freaking eat them alive again. They would be safe in Atlanta, Dallas, even Los Angeles but TORONTO? The crowd is going to be on fire that night! This will be like Reigns/HHH all over again! Goldberg's return didn't do anything for me but it brought in the ratings and in the end, that's what it's all about. I'll keep an open mind as Triple H VS Sting, another match I was very critical on, turned out to be one of the high points of Wrestlemania 31 but like that match, there are plenty of other options.
If you read this blog, you know I'm a huge fan of women's wrestling but in particular, this era of women's wrestling. Ever since NXT Arrival, I've been hooked onto the style of wrestling those women use. It's not hair pulling and bra and panties. These ladies are really wrestling like the men do and sometimes, even better. Women's wrestling on the main roster really took a step up this year with the discontinuation of the Divas Championship in favor of the new Women's Championship, which was contested between Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch in the best match on the Wrestlemania 32 card. Once Sasha and Charlotte starting mixing it up together in singles matches, it went up even further. Sasha was able to win the title in a thrilling Raw match, the first Raw after the draft and made Sasha the first new champion of what WWE has dubbed the New Era. Charlotte won it back at SummerSlam due to injuries from Sasha but dropped it again to Sasha in the main event of Raw, a first between two ladies in 12 years. The last main event was Lita VS Trish Stratus in 2004. You might remember the match for not only be fantastic but also because Lita almost killed herself. The NXT ladies tried to top it as Charlotte hit a freaking corkscrew moonsault to Sasha on the outside. It wasn't a perfect catch from Sasha but damn, it was mighty pretty!
This is all leading to a historic match between the two. The Four Horsewomen of NXT (Sasha, Charlotte, Becky and Bayley) have already made plenty of history in the last couple years already. Like having the match of the year, being the main event of a live WWE Network event, being the first ever champions of titles etc. This might be the biggest of them all. Sasha Banks and Charlotte will battle for probably the final time inside Hell in a Cell. This is definitely dangerous as Sasha has been injury prone in the past but it's amazing because it's the only match that will settle the feud for now. There have also been some rumblings of making the match the MAIN EVENT of the Hell in a Cell PPV, a PPV that also features HIAC matches between Rusev/Reigns and Owens/Rollins, an all NXT Hell in a Cell affair it seems. It only makes sense. The two are literally plastered all over promotional material for the event and Foley himself, before he retracted it, said they were the main event. The chances of it being the last match are very likely, especially since Smackdown had the nerve to put AJ Styles, Cena and Ambrose in the first match of No Mercy for the WWE TItle and then make Randy Orton VS Bray Wyatt the main event. If that could happen, Charlotte VS Sasha Banks, the first women's match inside Hell in a Cell, should by all rights main event. They deserve it, they have earned it and it's what the fans want. Oh yeah, it's in Boston AKA Sasha's hometown. Does it get anymore poetic than that? Pull the trigger WWE!
It's something that needs to happen. The ladies are breaking down barriers and this is the first step to getting to the ultimate goal, the main event of Wrestlemania. While that will probably NEVER happen, this is the next best thing. Make it so WWE.
Hell in a Cell Predictions are coming this week!
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