This match was officially announced on last night's episode of SmackDown and I felt a quiver in my liver the moment it was, but not in a good way.
I truly hope this doesn't go down but I can honestly say that I can see Vince McMahon have Goldberg defeat Bray Wyatt to become Universal Champion. Why? So he can indulge himself in more of the chest beating, alpha male bull crap that he's so fond of for WrestleMania. It'll be the old alpha vs. the young alpha: Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns. It'd come off as another one of those inorganic, manufactured moments that've dogged Roman Reigns' career because fans just haven't embraced them in the past. It'd probably be different this time around and fans wouldn't boo him out of the building....although it's possible they would as a LOT, and I mean a LOT, of fans really dig Bray Wyatt right now and it's understandable why.
This would be a great opportunity for WWE to do something it's needed to do for a long time: use one of these still somewhat viable legends to give a rub to a modern star instead of the other way around. Bray Wyatt should NOT drop the Universal Championship to Bill Goldberg at Super ShowDown, IMO, and I hope Vince can see that as well. Wyatt has a ton of sustained momentum right now, for once in his WWE career and the only thing this would accomplish is undo all that. However, Vince sometimes immerses himself in logic that makes sense only to him so that's why it's entirely possible Goldberg, over the hill, never could wrestle in the first place, bald but non-racist Ultimate Warrior could win. After all, Vince thought his idea for the ending to Rollins vs. Wyatt at HIAC was brilliant despite pretty much the whole damn company telling him otherwise and it turned out to be an even bigger flop than Cats, so there's no way to know where this thing goes.
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Originally Posted by Jack-Hammer
