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Goldberg Wins the Universal Championship at Age 50: Today in Wrestling History

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7797 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

WWE Fastlane 2017 saw Goldberg make history by defeating Kevin Owens to win the Universal Championship at 50 years old. In this Today in Wrestling History episode, we break down Goldberg’s shocking victory at Fastlane 2017, the road to the match, and how it reshaped the WrestleMania 33 main event.

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0:00.0

What's going on, wrestling fans? It's I, Steve Fall. Welcome back to primetime with Sean Mooney on today's edition.

0:06.0

It's another episode of Today in Wrestling History.

0:10.9

And on March 5th, 2017, the WWE in Milwaukee, Wisconsin held Fastlane.

0:18.5

A pay-per-view. That's right. We call them pay-per-views then. Oh, it feels way back when.

0:26.0

But the main event was Kevin Owens defending his Universal Championship against Bill Goldberg.

0:34.9

And spoiler alert, Goldberg won in 22 seconds.

0:41.4

22 seconds.

0:43.6

Now, in 2016, let's flash back for a minute,

0:46.8

Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho had a friendship that blossomed through hatred for others,

0:52.8

creating the list, creating memories that would last a lifetime.

0:56.9

People still talk about WWE in 2016 when they had a draft and they really dedicated each other

1:03.7

to Raw being one brand and Smackdown being another. Kevin Owens and Jericho were a highlight on Monday Night Raw.

1:13.9

Kevin Owens winning the Universal Championship.

1:17.0

Jericho being his buddy.

1:19.6

Jericho even winning the United States Championship during that run as well.

1:24.1

But we hit the Fast lane and guess what,

1:28.4

Rustamating is around the corner.

1:30.3

And everyone was hoping that Kevin Owens would defend his universal championship against

1:34.7

Chris Jericho on the paper view because of the storyline that's been building for about

1:41.3

what, eight months now.

1:43.9

So you think, well, a storyline that when eight months should end in a main event match at

1:49.4

WrestleMania for the Universal Championship.

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