1. Goldberg (1997)
Goldberg’s run is the stuff of legend. It was such a hallmark of prefessional wrestling that any push since the Goldberg run is compared to it. When WWE established Ryback as an unbeatable machine in 2012, it only took a few weeks of squashes for fans to start measuring his run compared to Goldberg’s.
Goldberg’s unbelievable streak continued week to week, as he dispatched 173 consecutive opponents (though some argue that number) and ritualistically asked “Who’s next?”.
Honorable Mention:
Brock Lesnar – won the WWE Championship only 5 months after his debut at 25 years old
Mr. Perfect – although, can you really call it a push when he never broke that Intercontinental “glass ceiling”?
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The list seems highly wwe-centric although the only WCW push that immediately comes to mind is the one you included
I immediately thought of Goldberg and I have also thought that Ryback has been a poor imitation of Goldberg since his repackage.
I’d like to the the “pushes gone wrong” list you teased in the intro!
Forgot how they pushed Sheamus to the moon out of ECW.
I thought this was a WWE article until number 1 … I expected to see Yokozuna at the top spot since he was pushed to kill Hulkamania
anyway
The Sting/Crow Push
The DDP Push
The Booker T push
all come to mind for me
The Hardy Solo Push as well
Good post