There is no doubt that the
WWE Hall of Famer is
one of the most convincing personalities that the wrestling industry has had in the last 25 years, whether you like
Goldberg's intimidating persona or not.
The former NFL star created an incredible winning streak in WCW
after leaving the football field for the square circle in 1997
(173 consecutive wins, but the number is considered to be
inflated) and went on to become a WCW Triple, Crown
Winner.
In 2003-2004, Goldberg had a frustrating one-year stint in WWE,
resulting in a victory over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XX. Twelve years later, at Survivor Series 2016, the WCW legend made his comeback, where he beat Lesnar again in a contest that lasted only 86 seconds.
Since then, due to wins over Kevin Owens in 2017 and "The Fiend"
Bray Wyatt in 2020, Goldberg has been a two-time WWE World
Champion, and he earned his induction In 2018 at the WWE Hall of
Fame.
Goldberg has faced a variety of opponents throughout his
wrestling career, a man who often divides opinions, but he has
not always seen some of his colleagues eye-to-eye. Today, let's look at three WWE superstars Goldberg wanted to
work with as well as at three celebrities he didn't ask for work
with.
With Roman Reigns, Goldberg decided to work
Roman Reigns would have to be the guy. There’s no question about it. I like him and everything, all the comparisons throughout the years… how people can compare us through the years, we’re two completely different people.
In 2019, Goldberg returned to the ring against The
Undertaker and he was due to face Reigns at
WrestleMania
36 in 2020 when "The Big Dog" pulled out of the event.
Goldberg wasn't interested in working with Gillberg
With The Undertaker, Goldberg decided to work
That's right, that match was really something Goldberg desired for a long time at Super Showdown 2019. Goldberg told Digital Spy three months after his 2018 WWE Hall of Fame induction that, along with Roman Reigns, The Undertaker was also on his Superstars shortlist with whom he wanted to walk into the ring.
All I got to say is, it ain’t up to me. Whether it’s Reigns or ‘Taker, and, I don’t know, I’m not gonna say anybody else. Hey, Reigns and ‘Taker are the two guys on my list right now. I mean, obviously for two different reasons, but I’d be honored to get in the ring with either one of them. And I still owe Brock [Lesnar] one, but I’m two-and-one on him, so it’s all good.
Goldberg wasn't interested in working with Matt Riddle
Throughout his wrestling career, Goldberg had plenty of
detractors, but none of them were quite as outspoken as Matt
Riddle. Due to his lack of in-ring capabilities, especially after Super
ShowDown 2019 when he took to Twitter to mark the WWE Hall of
Famer "unsafe, risky,, and a burden" to his rivals, the former
UFC star has repeatedly called out Goldberg.
Matt who? I don't even know who that is. I don't answer questions about people who haven't made it yet. Riddle has a long way to go.
These remarks came shortly after the pay-per-view SummerSlam in 2019, where Goldberg assured Riddle that he was not his "bro" in a backstage conversation. Riddle has also explained that, while he does not rate Goldberg's job, in the hope of building hype for a possible match with the WCW legend, he does not make negative comments about him.
Did Goldberg want Brown Strowman to be his partner
God, who wouldn't I like to face that I haven't? I mean, Roman and Braun are two guys that I would like to test their mettle a little bit. Georgia [Goldberg] against Georgia Tech [Reigns] - it's kind of a built in rivalry.
Goldberg wasn't interested in working with Chris Jericho
In 2003-2004, Chris Jericho and Goldberg effectively collaborated together
on numerous occasions in WWE, but their WCW rivalry came to an abrupt end
five years ago.
As Jericho recounted on a 2018 episode of his Talk Is Jericho podcast, he
thought that when they were told to have two matches on a weekly television
instead of a high-profile match at a pay-per-view, he and
Goldberg was not offered a reasonable shot at WCW.
A PPV match may have been a "moneymaker" for WCW, Jericho said, but he felt
it was important to say a long-term tale to keep him from being just another
individual easily squashed by Goldberg.
I never, ever wanted to have a normal match. What I wanted to do was to just have Bill [Goldberg] kick the s*** out of me and, like I said, do this cool little squash match with all the bumps and bruises and stuff.
Eric Bischoff liked the premise of Jericho and also tried to use Judge Judy
as part of the plot, but Goldberg did not agree with the plan, and without
ending in a PPV, the rivalry ended.
When they wouldn't do that angle at the pay-per-view, as we know, as [Bischoff’s podcast host, Conrad Thompson] said, Goldberg canceled because he was going hunting that weekend and he wasn't booked for the pay-per-view, so he sort of skipped out.
Unlike Gillberg and Matt Riddle, both in 2003-2004 and in 2017,
Goldberg went on to work with Jericho in WWE.
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