Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious

[2.0] "Mostly rest holds, and then poor Sid does a blade job and bleeds all over the place. Doesn't really make the match any better. Good selling by Sid at least. That gets the 2 points."

[6.0] "I liked what they did here, but it could have been done even better. Things really slowed down at one point when Goldberg just started punching Sid all over the ring, but the overall idea was good. Goldberg looked like a menace, Sid's blade job did wonders here, and his selling was beautiful, plus fans genuinely weren't expecting it, which made it even better."

[9.0] "Goldberg mostly beats up Sid but had some great stuff here. Right before Goldberg comes back Sid has him in a camel clutch and he's just bleeding and screaming it was so good. Not a very typical Goldberg match, this is a bloody ass fight. Ive never seen Sid sell like this"

[3.0] "Funny how a big blade job can get people thinking the match was actually good. They hardly did anything. And the psychology was all over the place. The Outsiders attack Goldberg before the bell, but then Goldberg almost immediately comes back and dominates Sid. What was the point of the attack? Just to make Sid look weaker for not being able to capitalize? Sid and his blood did a decent enough job of selling, but Goldberg had no idea how to work the match. And honestly, since the face/heel dynamic was a mess, I can't even entirely blame him. It was kind of interesting to watch as an oddity, but it was definitely not a good match."

[9.0] "I don't know what the trouble here is, I think the idea of Sid Vicious in 1999 WCW is enough to inherently trigger negative ratings, but this is a wonderful match where Sid showcases a pretty much unseen but incredible ability to be the underdog, with a huge gushing bladejob and wonderful selling. It was simple stuff done perfectly and I loved it."

[6.0] "Quite a strange match, and in some ways a glorified squash of Sid. But somehow I enjoyed it. I think it captures the state of things in wcw in 99 - chaotic, brawling, a bit nonsensical, but also quick and enjoyable."

[5.0] "forgive me for not knowing WCW 1999 lore but what was the aim here? Seems like they tried to shoot a double turn but they loved Goldberg too much for it to mean anything. Sid gets the shit kicked out of him for 5 mins even tho Goldberg got jumped to start the match. way to make sid look even shitter. the thing is Sid did such an unreal job in this match. his selling and blood was some of the best ever and his little fire was also insane. But my ponderance on whether the aim was a double turn or not lay in the fact that if the roles were reversed the crowd would have frothed the fuck out of this. weird match. so enthrawling tho"

[6.0] "What a bizarre yet captivating match. Flawed for sure but there was glimpses of this being something special. Sid was phenomenal here and despite being a heel all thru the buildup to the match you wouldn't be able to tell by just watching this match. This was basically a babyface performance from Sid and almost a heel like performance from Goldberg. Odd matchup with a weird flat finish and a pointless outsiders run in at the start. Shoutout to Sid 3/5"

[8.0] "A big throwback match. In an era full of bullshit, they just go back to basics. Sid makes on of the best bladejobs of the era an the image of him bleeding like a pig and Goldberg stained with his blood is an image what I will reemember many years. ****. If they would let Sid keep fighting and with a cleener finish, it would be even higher."

[3.0] "The individual work in this match from Sid here is really beast and at least Goldberg can throw some punches and stiff so for those 7 minutes you get a okay match that's kind of bogged down by Goldberg just not being a very good wrestler at all. I would have liked to see Sid fight back."

[6.0] "Well, this was certainly something. Sid is far and away one of the least skilled wrestlers ever in the sport, but even I have to admit his bladejob during this whole session was amazingly brutal. Goldie did a great job working on the cut and beating him up. But man, Sid's blading made this better than it had any right to be. Goldberg won the US Title for the second time thanks to Sid's massive blood loss that warranted a referee stoppage. [**3/4]"

[7.0] "Nearly the entire match was just both guys stiffing each other with strikes but it was actually really cool--not something you see often, especially in 1999 WCW. It was actually close to being a flat-out awesome match but the near total lack of actual moves did kind of prevent it from reaching that level. I was definitely not expecting this match to be anything like this, so it was a welcome surprise."

[3.0] "Outsiders jump Goldberg on the entrance. Sid takes control and is bleeding like Austin here. Goldberg fights back and beats down Sid and the ref calls the match a KO or surrender basically. Goldberg wins the title due to the huge gusher on Sid. It was different. But another overbooked mess!"

[4.0] "This was one of the rare times that the car crash booking of a short match actually worked on a PPV, and astonishingly given the participants might have been the match of the night - although it was an abysmal night. The heel/face dynamic was confused here, and Sid didn't exactly sell the beating as well as he could have done, but compared to some of the other older wrestlers here it was pretty good."

[5.0] "Bloody & scary big monster brawl. Insane strength from Goldberg, and some pretty elaborate selling from Sid. Shame about yet another uncertain finish on the show... and The Outsiders attack at the beginning, but in-between all that... not too bad."

[6.0] "Due to the time given for this match it was never going to blow you away but in that short time it felt like a car crash, pure blood and brawling wrestling made simple is sometimes the best way to tell a story in the ring. Maybe if The outsiders had a role as managers in the match for example then the score would higher than 6 it would tell the story of Goldberg being forced to beat the odds 1 on 3 but other than that cant complain too much. Oh and Sid bleeding like crazy fucking badass, one of the most underrated cuts in wrestling history that was the good old days that you miss so bad."

[8.0] "A brutal match, that was far from formulaic. Neither Sid or Goldberg hit many of their normal power moves, and instead became embroiled in an intense brawl in and out of the ring. My main critique would be the pacing of the match, which I believe could have benefited from a few short minutes at the start with both men hitting some of their big power moves in a back and forth manner before getting into the brawl itself."

[4.0] "Notable for Sid getting busted open and bleeding all over the place, but other than that, it was mostly 7 minutes of both guys punching each other. I honestly can't think of a single move Goldberg did in this entire match. To his credit, Sid sold his injury and fatigue rather well, making it believable that the referee had no choice but to step in and call the match."

[6.0] "Not much going on here beyond Sid's blade job, but it was certainly an all timer and was enough to make the match. There was a fantastic moment when Sid was doing his crazy eyes thing and looked like a psychotic clown with the curly hair and face covered in blood. Brutal stuff."

[5.0] "I usually have little time for Sid matches, but here he sacrificed seemingly about 90% of his blood and made this one rather shocking. I still wouldn't really call it good but it's certainly something to see."

[8.0] "Maybe no wrestler has ever looked as cool as bloodied-up, black trunks, fully jacked, cocaine energy Sid here. Beast brawl, beast finish with Sid bleeding out and then coming back for more... Wrestling should be more of this"