Sid vs. Goldberg

[goodhelmet]

I am working on comps for both of these guys and I think it is a fair question. Both guys were over HUGE at their peak of their popularity and were never considered great. Hell, the best match either guy may have had might be against each other. Sid was able to stay employed for over a decade but I don't think he was ever the game changer that Goldberg was. I also prefer Goldberg squashes over Sid squashes but I know my good buddy Naylor would disagree. As bad as they were on the mic, I could listen to Sid all day long. I prefer Goldberg remaining silent.

[El-P]

Goldberg wins on every level, except for promos. Much more entertaining squashes and matches. Looked the part but didn't look like a giant wimp or clown when he got inside the ring. Plus his career is so much shorter.

[WingedEagle]

Couldn't you argue that Goldberg's promos (basically the silent walk) are still superior as far as building the character?

[Troy]

LOL I'm the only person who voted for Sid

 

To me, it's an easy pick

 

I love Sid and did not know you were making a comp

 

I will be picking it up!

[Death From Above]

I don't hate Sid but his good qualities have been blown so far out of proportion with the rose-coloured glasses of time that I find taking a lot of the praise he gets now hard to take seriously. I guess I'd vote Godlberg though I'm not that enthusiastic about either in the end.

[jpchicago23]

I fucking love Sid. He's one guy for whatever reason where work rate and ability just dont matter to me. Fuck i love his late 96 early 97 run and i've been pushing for a Sid comp for a while now so Sid is my obvious vote. I cant argue that he did anything great and im not saying he was a great wrestler by any means but i still love Sid

 

 

 

Will, so is this seriously in the works? As in the near future? You know you got my money if it is

[ohtani's jacket]

What was that thread that Kevin Cook started on Smarkschoice? 75 reasons why Sid rules the world or something like that. Thread needs resurrecting.

[KrisZ]

I liked Goldberg as a gimmick and as a worker he was better than Sid but Sid was a phenomenon that you just had to live through in 1989-92. Think about this, it took Sid getting injured for Mark Callous to get a job in the NWA. Sid was a monster that you really didn't see at the time and when he joined the Horsemen he became this cult god especially at the TV tapings and I went to them in bulk back in those days.

 

I voted for Sid.

[Laney]

Easy vote for me. I definitely have to go with Sid. I loved him during his run and I always thought his squashes and promos were great. I always hated Goldberg, in fact he was the reason why I stopped watching WWE in 2003.

[jdw]

I wouldn't say that Sid captures everything that I hate about pro wrestling. But he probably hits 90% of it.

 

John

[Loss]

Agreed. Sid love is ironic, right?

[jdw]

People loved this:

 

 

So there's plenty of proof in the world of people loving all sorts of things that others find to be unloveworthy.

 

John

[Loss]

Ok, now you have crossed a line!

[jdw]

Boy, you know it's true!

[Exposer]

I enjoy Sid fumbling over promos any day but I'm a bigger fan of Goldberg competitive squashes from the Nitro era. Sid's powerbombs are cool but I don't like the fact that my lasting memory of him besides wanting a re-do on a promo is visibly and audibly calling the finish of War Games '91.

[El-P]

I wouldn't say that Sid captures everything that I hate about pro wrestling. But he probably hits 90% of it.

He's got half the brain that you do.

[goc]

Nobody tells any good stories in shoot interviews about Goldberg keeping pet squirrels so this one goes to Sid.

[Dooley]

I wouldn't say that Sid captures everything that I hate about pro wrestling. But he probably hits 90% of it.

 

John

Sid's pretty much what I love about pro wrestling. For me he hits that note that Dick Graham & Kal Rudman hit for you. He's my perfect brand of goofy.

[Strummer]

I always liked Sid. It's pretty indescribable really. He just had this weird charisma that drew me in. I marked out like crazy when he was named the special ref for the Summerslam 91 main event. He probably got the loudest pop I've ever heard live at a house show in the summer of 96. It was so loud he came back to the ring after leaving for a curtain call

[ohtani's jacket]

My favourite memory of Sid was my friend's kid brother dying with laughter over this promo -- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5es3e_si...rt#.US7TJKLIaPw He turned bright red and fell to the floor in that laughing so hard it hurts kind of way. We rewound it about a million times and by the end we were all in fits of laughter.

[Yo-Yo's Roomie]

Goldberg by a million miles. I could enjoy Goldberg on a certain level for weeks, even months, on end. Sid owuld get a pop out of me when he first showed up somewhere, but then by week 2 or 3, he'd completely outstayed his welcome. Plus, despite his size, he really doesn't look that intimidating to me. I think it's the hair. Hate that hair.

[flyonthewall2983]

Goldberg for me, and I like Sid. I went to a live Nitro when Bill was just getting hot in January '98. That was the highlight of that show for me.

[goodhelmet]

Really shocked that this was this close. I thought Sid would run away with it because of people's fond memories of his early runs. Even though I chose Goldberg, I thought the criticism of Goldberg not being a wrestling fan and in it for the money would hurt him. Glad I was wrong.

[El-P]

Sid isn't exactly the poster boy for pro-wrestling fandom either.