[2000-12-20-WCW-Thunder] Bill Goldberg vs Norman Smiley

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This was strange with Smiley in trackies and trainers, knowing that he had a ‘make up’ match (whatever one of those is) but not knowing who his opponent will be.  As I mentioned previously, if you’ve got a ‘surprise’ opponent in WCW or don’t know who you’ll be taking on, just assume it will be Goldberg!  The usual quick squash that saw Smiley do a random backward roll after falling down before getting speared and jackhammered.  Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell appear on Thundervision and announce that at Sin it will be ‘Totally Buff’ against Goldberg & ‘Sarge’.

Looks like this is running to the next PPV at least, and of all people is featuring DeWayne Bruce prominently.  It was one thing having Goldberg face him in the run up to Starrcade, Lex using the Commissioner to his advantage and playing mind games, but now having him team up with him?  This is such a backward step for Goldberg who should have moved onto Steiner by now.