One of the most shocking outcomes in recent WWE programming took place this past Thursday night at Super ShowDown. Goldberg picked up the Universal Championship defeating the resident demonic superstar of SmackDown. After months of building The Fiend character into the strongest persona possible, all of that ended at the hands of the returning superstar that gave the IWC a lot to complain.
The hardcore wrestling fans have marked out in WWE’s decision of making Goldberg the new Universal Champion. He may be a legend but destroying an emerging star did not sit well with most of the audience.
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It was primarily Vince McMahon’s idea as he has one main goal and that is to get Roman Reigns back on top of WWE. Reports were already out on WWE potentially booking Goldberg vs Roman Reigns match at WrestleMania 36.
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As per the reports of Slice Wrestling, Vince McMahon predicted WWE fans would’ve ‘revolted’ against Roman Reigns if he would have won the WrestleMania main event against The Fiend especially for the Universal Championship.
So he let Bill Goldberg enter the scene who transitioned into the champion. Now he will lose his WWE Universal Title to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 36 which would be a pleasant decision for the WWE Universe.
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The Boss is fully aware of the fact that WWE Universe would reject Goldberg as the reigning champion heading into WrestleMania 36. So he will continue sucking in the heat before facing The Big Dog at the biggest stage. Once he drops the belt, WWE will be able to put ‘Roman over as the company’s top babyface’, again.
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Also, WrestleMania is being held in Tampa, Florida which is home to Roman Reigns. So, McMahon is reportedly banking on his hometown support which should also play a vital role in this whole process.
As you can see, WWE has a long term goal in making Goldberg the new Universal Champion to make Roman Reigns look stronger by any means possible.
Speaking of this, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T praised WWE’s decision to take the belt off The Fiend in a significant way. In his view, Goldberg may have been the only one to defeat such a strong persona that Fiend has been,
“I like it because my thing is right here, how else were we going to get the belt off the Fiend?”
“Who else taking the title off the Fiend would have been better than Goldberg?”
“What is better, Roman conquering the Fiend? Or Roman conquering Goldberg?” Booker T questioned on his radio show.
