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[DragonBallZ] I always see posts about this "Goku" fellow like he's hot stuff. How would he do against a REAL champ? You know, one like Mister Satan? The guy who defeated that Cell monster a few years back? If this "Goku" is so tough where was he then?
gpt
That guy disappeared.  Nobody has seen him for years.

You have to understand, there for a while the world martial arts tournament needed ratings, and so they brought in a bunch of pyrotechnic and special effects guys to liven things up.  For several years it was like professional wrestling.  Guys were breathing fire, and they had them set up on wires so it would look like they could fly around.

As a stage show, it must have been freakin' amazing.  But the quality of TV cameras being what they were (this was pre-HDTV), it was hard to follow the action sometimes and it didn't look quite right.  It didn't get the ratings that they hoped for, and that's why it was cut in future events.

The world martial arts tournament really got a big boost when Hercule Satan appeared.  That's serious muscle and martial arts ability.  

Now, that's not to say that Goku was a complete fraud.  Just look at pictures of the guy, he's obviously in fantastic shape.  But it's like asking how Rowdy Roddy Piper would have done in the UFC.  Great athlete, awesome entertainer, lots of charisma.  But those fights were fake.

Goku *the character*?  Oh, he'd have whooped Mr Satan and Cell together, with one hand behind his back.  But Goku the actual guy would have been sitting in his makeup trailer drinking a bottled water as he got his manicure.