Following WCW's closure in 2001, Goldberg wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) between 2002 and 2003, and for WWE between 2003 and 2004, becoming a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in the latter. After twelve years away from the company, he returned to WWE in 2016 and won the WWE Universal Championship for the first time in February 2017 and won it a second time in February 2020. Goldberg has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and WWE, including WCW's premier annual event, Starrcade (1998 and 1999). He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2018 the weekend of WrestleMania 34. Goldberg is a 4-time world champion in his professional wrestling career between WWE & WCW and is the only man in history to have been WCW World Heavyweight, (WWE) World Heavyweight and WWE Universal Champion.