He would also wrestle for the Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico, where he competed under the masked gimmick of "Torre Infernal" ("Infernal Tower"). In 1992, D'Acquisto made several appearances with the Japanese W*ING promotion, where he feuded with Jason the Terrible. In 1991 he made some appearances in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. In 1990, D'Acquisto was the subject of an article by journalist Glen Duffy published in Rolling Stone. He competed in New England and East Coast independent promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably as a mainstay of International World Class Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled as "The Rochester Roadblock". Professional wrestling career Early career (1987–1996) ĭ'Acquisto debuted on October 28, 1987. This can possibly help WCW last longer provided they don't make the stupid decisions they've made, but at least this can be a start. ![]() He can then go onto feud and trade the title with WCW main eventers such as DDP, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Kevin Nash, Sid so on and so forth. WCW then finally gets to move on from the NWO, and Goldberg is now a firmly established main eventer. ![]() Goldberg can then dismantle the NWO one by one, and then dissention can brew within the group, with the final blow being at a War Games match at say Spring Stampede. Hogan can then go back for revenge, but keeps falling short. By Starrcade, as a fully established star, he can take on Hulk Hogan for the World Heavyweight Championship, and beat him decisively. He can even lose it to one of them at a PPV via shenanigans, only to win it back at the next PPV. That way, the fans get to know him more other than the streak. I would've had Goldberg get into a meaningful US title program FIRST with one of their top midcarders(Buff Bagwell, Scott Steiner, etc etc). I think it was also a week after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeated Kane to become WWF champion the night after losing it to him(which WWF shouldn't have done either, have Kane keep it until Summerslam, but that's another story). While I can understand WCW wanting to have a "big money match" in the Georgia Dome, and against Hulk Hogan no less, it was nothing more than a quick ratings grab against RAW and there was no long-term gain from it. I do agree that Goldberg was booked well until winning the World Heavyweight Championship, but I think they gave it to him too soon. The Starrcade match with Nash was the first time his story was booked as the top thing in the company, largely because Hogan took a month or two off and wasn't around. His matches at BATB and Road Wild felt like midcard stuff, he didn't even have matches at Fall Brawl or WW3, Hogan/Warrior was the most pushed match at Halloween Havoc and Goldberg/DDP were screwed by whoever was time-managing the show when the PPV went off the air during their entrance. He was playing second fiddle to Hogan most of the time. It was all downhill after that though, even including the actual title reign. Instead he's involved in a months long feud with a barely mobile Lex Luger, is teaming with f***ing Dwayne Bruce and gets pinned by Buff Bagwell.ġ2:18:02 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:They booked him perfectly until he won the title. It might not have been enough to save the company but it would have been a hell of a lot better than Russo or Arquette or Jarrett multiple times. By that point he should have spent much of 2000-01 as the dominant world champion face of the company. His last match in the company summed the whole thing up. He was constantly dicking around doing unimportant stuff while old timers or less over people got the main events. In 1999 he main evented 2 out of his 9 PPV matches. It's insanity the fact that he never held the world title from 1999-2001. ![]() He was still far and away their biggest star and best hope but they didn't do anything with him. He might never have been mid-1998 over ever again but few wrestlers in history ever have been. The Starrcade match with Nash was the first time his story was booked as the top thing in the company, largely because Hogan took a month or two off and wasn't around.Įven after the streak ended they had opportunities to run with him as the marquee guy and fans would have went with it. They booked him perfectly until he won the title.
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