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Goldberg Defeats Hogan For The WCW Heavyweight Championship 20 Years Ago Today On Monday Nitro

Goldberg Defeats Hogan For The WCW Heavyweight Championship 20 Years Ago Today On Nitro
12 Jun 1998: Bill Goldberg looks on during the WCW Bash at the Beach at the Cox Arena in San Diego, California. Mandatory Credit: Elsa Hasch /Allsport

It was on this day 20 years ago that Bill Goldberg captured the WCW Heavyweight Championship from “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan after he defeated Scott Hall earlier in the evening. This episode of WCW Monday Nitro was in front 41,000+ crowd on Goldberg’s home turf of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Not only was the biggest live crowd in Nitro history, but the company’s history.

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