10 Wrestlers Who Had A Late Career Renaissance

7. Goldberg

When Goldberg made his WWE return in late 2016, a sense of dread rippled throughout the wrestling world. Sure, he’d been great back in his WCW heyday, but his single year with WWE between 2003 and 2004 was a bit of a disaster. Now, he was 12 years older. 

However, in his Survivor Series return, Goldberg reminded everyone in just 85 seconds why he had been such a big deal in the Attitude Era, destroying Brock Lesnar. All the aura and presence that his character had lost in his first WWE run was back; Goldberg was an unstoppable human bulldozer once more. 

Unfortunately, now he was too unstoppable, especially once WWE decided he should be challenging for top championships. The company decided to put him over at the expense of Kevin Owens in 2017, then Bray Wyatt in 2020, and then Bobby Lashley in 2021. But credit to Goldberg, a special performer that many had long written off as done for good, returned to become a world champion once again.