>>111117265Except he was. Everything since the beginning of DBZ has lead up to that final fight with Freiza.
Raditz comes to find Goku because he is one of the last Saiyans alive
Apparently the Saiyan home world was hit by a meteor
Raditz who completely outclasses Goku and Piccolo, apparently works for someone so strong he has other strong fighters doing his dirty work
Goku dies, plans to be resurrected by the dragon balls
Vegeta and Nappa come to Earth
They work for the same person
Piccolo dies, have to go to Namek and use their dragon balls
Eventually find out about Freiza
Eventually find out he was the one that killed the Saiyans
Eventually find out he killed them because of the Super Saiyan legend
Goku turns Super Saiyan and kills him
The rest of DBZ was a massive cluster fuck of Super Saiyan abuse, deus ex machinas such as fusion and the time chamber, and villains who were just simply-
"Stronger than the last villain, but weaker than the next Super Saiyan level"