Titus WorldWide, Dana Brooke, Titus O'Neil, and Apollo Crews, is the Perfect Marriage

In the world of pro wrestling, sometimes you have too much talent. So what happens? They can become jobbers or they can become a part of a makeshift tag team. This is what happened with the Titus Worldwide. What you have is the team of Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews and they are managed by Dana Brooke. This was the right move on many levels.



Dana Brooke first becomes noticed on the main roster when she was paired with Charlotte Flair. She was to Charlotte what Arn Anderson was to Ric Flair. After the constant abuse, she would leave Charlotte. Afterwards, she was left in limbo. She would make attempts to get noticed, but the women's division is stacked and unfortunately, they are often limited to two stories at the most. Brooke's good looks were not enough, fans needed more. But then Titus Worldwide reached out.




O'Neil and Crews, both who have been struggling to win matches, reached out to Brooke after a loss to Asuka and told her they could help her. She would joke with them for losing to Samoa Joe and let them know that they should have studied more. This would lead to the parties coming together and more importantly, wins!

When O'Neil and Crews became a tag team, it seemed like a joke. We saw O'Neil stress the importance of a Titus Brand. He would then Akira Tozawa to the brand. But it just was not working, nor did anyone care. But now you add a beautiful woman and that changes things. Think about when the Smoking Gunns got stale and tried a heel turn, did you really care? No, but because Sunny was with them, suddenly things were much better. While Brooke is a better wrestler than Sunny, the women's division is too stacked right now, so adding her to Titus Worldwide gives her television time, and now that she is apart of them and they are winning, eventually we may be able to see them in the tag title picture.




What does this do for Brooke? Well since she is proving that she is the brains behind the operation, she will apply the notes that she is taking for O'Neil and Crews to her matches. So while this may look like a step back, it's actually a set up for a bigger step forward. Can you imagine if Titus Worldwide holds the Tag Team Titles and the Raw Women's Championship Simultaneously? It may sound far-fetched right now, but just give it six months.

I Like Goldberg, But It Took Me 18 Years

In 1998, he came and shook things up in WCW. For the longest time, he did not speak. He simply came in the ring, dominated his opponent and finished them off with a spear and a jackhammer. He would always have one question after the win, Who's Next? He would eventually rise up to become the biggest star in WCW. Who was this man? Goldberg. But I was not a fan... until now.



While the world loved Goldberg, I was not a fan. To me, it was the same ol, same ol. Music hits, he enters the ring, wrestles for a while, spear his opponent, then finished with a jackhammer. Now I will admit, I was a WWE guy first and foremost. So during the height of the Monday Night Wars, Raw was my priority. On the weekend, I cared more about Shotgun Saturday Night than WCW Saturday Night. As time moved on, I just was not the biggest Goldberg fan. So when Starrcade 1998 happened, I rooted for Kevin Nash. To me, any rendition of the NWO was just TOO SWEET.



Fast forward to 2003, Goldberg would join WWE. His first PPV match was with The Rock. Of course, I was rooting for The Rock. So what he was Hollywood now. It was not until SummerSlam did I really root for Goldberg and that was because I was tired of Triple H being the World Heavyweight Champion. Looking back at it, his whole title run was meh. The next memorable thing he would do would be WrestleMania 20. 



WrestleMania 20, we can call it memorable, or we can call it a nightmare. Goldberg faced Brock Lesnar in a one on one match, a feud that began at the Royal Rumble. Whenever a feud begins in January, you look for an ultimate payoff come March or April. I still remember the promos and hearing Jim Ross say something along the lines of needing the military to prevent these two from killing each other. Instead, we got the worse WrestleMania match in history. (I have watched every match, trust me, it was the worst).



When Goldberg made his return in 2016, I may have been the least excited. Then at Survivor Series, we got the rematch from WrestleMania 20. Although it was a squash match, it was better than WrestleMania. Goldberg would go on to win the Universal Title and hold it a couple of months before dropping the belt to Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 in a classic. At this time, I admitted, I like this guy.



The WWE announced Goldberg as their first inductee into the 2018 Hall of Fame. An honor well deserved. Without a doubt, he was going in, but it was really cool to see him return to the WWE in 2015 and right his wrong. During his earlier days in the business, he was known to treat it like a 9-5. Long as he was getting paid, nothing else mattered. But this time, he came a different man. He was more mature. He was a husband. He was a father. Goldberg said it was his duty to come and be someone the kids could look up to. He was a superhero. Truth be told, if it was not for the WWE Network, many kids may not know who he was. But when he returned, he was perfect for that demographic. I did not like him when I was 12 years old like many others did, but at 31, I can appreciate him and look back at his work and enjoy it knowing he would return a better ambassador for the pro wrestling business.