ERIC BISCHOFF: "THIS is the REAL story of the GOLDBERG vs REGAL DISASTER!"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Eric Bischoff shoots on Bill Goldberg vs Steven Regal's infamous WCW match. Goldberg was supposed to destroy Regal, but somehow Regal and Goldberg had a terrible match where Goldberg, WCW's upcoming big star, was made the look awful.
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Regal's the type of guy that would beat you senseless, call an ambulance and shake your hand for the privilege of giving you a good hiding.
Regal's the type of guy to come up with the kiss my ass club.
Goldberg would destroy Regal if he decided to shoot, regal has no legitimate martial arts training and Goldberg is physically faster/Stronger than Regal
Well, he likes the to give people that impression
I mean those how those Euros are they're extreme gentleman
Top bloke is REGAL a brilliant technical wrestler so many classes above GOLDBERG
Regal basically got punished for being professional and way better at his job.
And for thinking Bill had basic level competence at his job and could do a couple of routines, but was obviously mistaken.
Oh, look at that. Regal was telling the truth the whole time. What a shock. 😏
😂 🤣
To quote Bret Hart, “fuck Bill Goldberg”
I never liked goldberg. I didn't get him. I didn't like warrior either. Same reason. No real talent or regard for the business.
@@michaelallen2060
Goldberg had more talent than Hogan and Nash combined
@@CurlyFromTheSwirly More talent for hurting himself and others maybe lol
To me William/Steven Regal is probably the most underrated, over-looked wrestler. Very sound and Entertaining in the ring. And on the mic. Since we're talking bout Finlay too, I would pay to see those two wrestle today.
I was one of those rare fans that showed up for, among others, Regal and Finlay. They represent wrestling to me far more than many of the more recognizable stars.
Totally agree, and a fantastic promo
@@jordanwillis542 Regal and Finlay had the skills to wrestle in any area and fit in.
Not just in the ring too. His comedy, facial expressions, laughing at himself etc. He was one of those guys who could play entertaining characters and was always happy to make people laugh.
It's a shame he had his drug issues if he was clean his whole career he definitely could have been a WWF champion at least once.
I have always loved William Regal wrestle 😁👍
Raven carried Goldberg to a 10 minute TV masterpiece for the U.S title on Nitro , so underrated.
Yes, was great. Raven is another guy that's way underrated for his in ring work.
@@robv4936 you rock Rob (high five) One of my fan matches ever, crowd was insanely hot. I loved Raven. He really helped Goldberg get to another level that night.
Raven and DDP both got great matches out of him.
@@kanedasrifle Everyone did their part, even Ron Reis served his role well.
@@cb3648 They were all better off in the flock , incredibly stupid breaking them up , especially as Raven & Saturn would reform and get the tag titles. WCW man.
The agent was Terry Taylor, the upset roster. LOL!
Rooster* Terry Taylor was an upset rooster, not an upset list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization.
Terry Taylor was a hell of a wrestler who honestly got held back from the top spot because of his lack of height and then his subsequent drinking as a result of being disgruntled with how he was being used. It's a shame, too, because in his prime he was as good as they come.
@@NXSProductions Yes, but... if Curt Hennig never came to WWE in the late 80's, Taylor would have been Mr. Perfect and had a legacy career. Pshhhh.
@@NXSProductions And his face. I'm not sure if the red rooster was as much of a rib as it was to get him out of the typical wrestler mold. Good looking with long blond hair. To many people that fit that description at that time that were already at the top. Red rooster was horrible but you need diversity in what their face looks like as well. Can't have to many people looking the same and his own natural look was already way oversaturated.
Didn't terry Tayler admit to murdering someone?
Regal always seems like an honest man. I absolutely believe him.
The fact nobody has named the agent makes me think it’s Arn.
Same. Eric does say "remains prominent to this day" And while many people are naming Terry Taylor, he isn't a prominent name in the wrestling business today.
SO glad to see Eric defending Regal here. I've always been on the side of Regal on this. He's always been consistent with his telling of the story, there's no reason in my mind to dispute it. He was told to have a "competitive" match, and not much else. It was WCW's fault that they didn't walk through the match, which thankfully Eric talks about here.
I always thought Regal and Eric were pretty close, and Regal always spoke well of Eric, as a Brit I do love Regal, great guy, double tough and great chain wrestler 👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧
Regal did nothing wrong. If he wanted to he could have made Goldberg look completely stupid. U can quite clearly see in the match Regal feeding Goldberg waiting for Goldberg to do something and he doesn't do anything. Regal didn't take liberties he was just in the ring with someone who had no idea what to do when he couldn't just squash an opponent.
Am I the only one who has never seen anything wrong with this match and still don't get the big deal? I mean, wrestling matches, mma fights, and sports competitions don't always look overly refined... and I like that. Am I the only one?
“wrestling matches, mma fights and sports competitions”
One of those is not like the others…
I'm with you... I saw it like I saw the Regal v Van Dan match. Two different styles coming together. I made this comment on another post too : I saw it as Goldberg eventually overcoming Regal's unique wrestling style. I loved the match.
I watched it a looooonnng time ago but I do remember Goldberg looking ‘lost’ a couple of times during the match….
it was mainly that if you had seen enough wrestling. you could tell Goldberg was like a dead stick. He didn't know how to react to any of the moves Regal was doing. Because all he had done was quick brawl squashes. It was like what Bischoff was saying. The main mistake made was booking him with a technical wrestler like Regal be fore he was ready. Goldberg should have been sent to the power plant on weekends to train with Arn and whoever else that could teach him how to work properly and let him develop those skills then he could work with guys like Regal. I never held it as a huge deal like some. but the match wasn't good. It also wasn't the worst thing ever saw either because Regal did the best he could with it.
Dude how long have you been watching? It was terrible
Regal makes me think about something that doesn't get talked about much in wrestling and that's how in both WCW and WWF in the 90s that even guys with a mid-card ceiling or at least occupied a mid-card spot for a long time were as important to the show and memorable as some of the bigger stars in some way or another which is starkly different in the industry today as opposed to back then. Regal was so great in his role even though you could argue he never climbed above mid-card at any point. Regal's career as a whole is comparable to Jericho in WCW where he was mid-card yet felt more important and entertaining than what he was being presented.
WCW cruiserweights.
I think what it is that being a midcard isn't bad at all, like how people wanted to put it. Nowadays, if a wrestler stays a mid card for more than 3 years. It is considered a disgrace. But back in the 80's to early 90's, a mid card was just as important as a main eventer. Things started to change when the NWO formed and the Goldberg undefeated streak. Those two things really helped devalue the midcard spot. The top guys from the NWO and WCW didn't want to work with the midcard talents, and Goldberg buried them by defeating them between a couple of seconds to 3 mins. WWE were still using that same formula that the midcard was worth something.
@philliplandry4139 i would argue the midcard is even more important. A solid midcard will sell payperviews foe a lot of people. However, you need good midcarders like regal, not glorified jobbers like gunther
periods and commas pal
Very true while everyone wants to be the mainevent there are plenty of spots on the card that are critical to keeping the machine going. From a television point of view when characters like Regal, Guerrero, Beniot, Jericho, etc when the solid foundation of workers who could get anyone over started to move to WWE you say the cracks in the product big time.
The funniest part is that Goldberg actually thinks people believe all of his botches are other people’s faults.
I still don't see anything wrong with the match. The fans didn't know anything was wrong. This is "the boys" making something out of nothing.
I thought it was WCW trying to show that Goldberg could wrestle a more technical match when he wanted to. The match was pretty good for what it was.
Natural reactions look better to us than a lot of the phony motions they go through. The problem is that some of those moves don't look as good realistically. Pros see that more clearly than we can.
In some ways I think it helped Goldberg. He was squashing everybody and people were starting to get suspicious that this was all his matches were going to be. But this match helped show that he can win hard fought matches, even if in retrospect it looks awful with all the broken kayfabe around.
I wanted to say the same thing. Back in the day when I saw this live on TV, all I remember thinking was "oh good, it's a real match." I didn't see Goldberg as exposed. If anything I thought that it was good Goldberg could wrestle in real matches where someone hits him and not just squash everyone.
All we really cared about when Goldberg was getting over was the spear and finish. It didn't matter how long it took to get there.
You are correct. It is something that Goldberg made up and is still whining about to this day.
To this day, I don't know why it's been made such a big deal. It looked like a shoot, Goldberg won, got a pop. Everything is ok lol
Not true at all. Stone Cold said it was "old school snug." Goldberg just liked to whine too much. At the end of the day, no one cared.
To me, it sounds like someone got in Goldberg's head and put an idea in his head that mutated into this guy fucked me over, fuck this guy. In reality, Goldberg is an attraction, not a professional wrestler. He eventually got to the point he could have a long match, but he did stupid crap like knocking himself out in a match with DDP or smashing a limo window and hurting himself. He was a rookie. If he came up in WWE, with the same push and buzz, this wouldn't be an issue.
Watching on TV at least, the commentators built up a narrative that worked well for the match so it all made sense. I would have never noticed anything was off.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
@@guywilliams6569😂😂😂
The fact that this is still a 'thing' in wrestling history is a bit silly. It should have been as simple as Eric saying "Yep, my bad - we wanted to push Bill toward longer matches because he couldn't just keep steamrolling everybody, but we asked for too much, too soon from Bill - and it backfired."
True, this was so long ago, and Bill should also stop being so bitter towards Regal. My man, you're pushing 60, let it go and bury the hatchet.
@@EddieHenderson92 same Bill is going to say this same thing to Bret Hart
As simple as that seems Eric is clearly not a “yep, my bad” type of guy and needs to place the blame on someone.
This is bills ego, he don't want to look green or useless, so he laid it at regal
"A right bollocking" how us English say we got told off good 'n proper 😂
It was the match that needed to happen for Goldberg at that time. Bischoff was pissed because it exposed Goldberg's weaknesses EVERY fan knows that Regal had far too much experience to not find and exploit his opponent's weaknesses.
The match was great for Goldberg. It showed he wasn’t invincible, but could overcome an obstacle like Regal. It was a good way of showing weakness of sorts for Goldberg. Regal sure as hell wasn’t going to do anything he wasn’t told to. Regal could have a match with a broom.
100% Agree, Match was great. Don’t know what the F Bischoff is talking about. Agent Arn or Terry Taylor..
We know different Regals. Regal is still working interviews, he's old school, take everything we a pinch of salt
In real time I absolutely thought the same. I enjoyed the match. It helped on realism, as sometimes somebody just has your number on a given night. Or has a style a green wrestler might not have encountered, or maybe Regal just did some good scouting to keep it actually competitive.
I thought it was great, subtle storytelling--something unfortunately in short supply in wrestling, most of the time.
Regal could have a GOOD match with a broom before, sadly, losing.
it doesnt matter if it looked ok, it goes against what the company wanted and was done to expose their future star, vince mcmahon would have done the same, he yells at people for much less imagine what he would have done if someone tried to sabotage his future star
if regal doesn't know that wcw doesn't want their future star exposed then he should be fired because he didn't know
The traditional telling of the story from Regal is that he was told by the agent (Believed to be Terry Taylor) to have a six minute competitive match. When things went wrong, Bischoff got hot at Regal, Taylor got quiet and Regal wouldn’t give up Taylor. Even though it was mainly Taylor’s fault and he knew it.
Yeah, Taylor's fault for putting on a good match.
I assumed it was Terry Taylor
I don't think I'd take orders from a rooster😂
did taylor or whoever it was tell regal to stop co-operating? like if goldberg shoots him into the ropes he should immediately stop, turn around and go back to attacking goldberg?
a 6 minute competitive match doesn't mean no selling and being all over him, of course if he did the same to bret hart, dean malenko, chris benoit or whoever they would also be confused and not know what to do
reading these comments i have a feeling people believe wrestling is real and they are really performing moves on each other
@@MrRodzillaRegal was trying to have exchanges with Goldberg. But Goldberg wasn't reacting to anything and just took Regal's beating. Instead of just standing there Goldberg could have instead, you know, hit back. As Regal said about the match "I can't hit myself".
Regal gave Goldberg lots of easy counters and Goldberg would just stand there doing nothing, so Regal ended up going on a pretty relentless offense
Regal has no reason to lie
His version has always stayed the same.
his second move in the match was a hard kick to the back...he was clearly shooting on him for real
Exactly. Hes a man, a real mans man
Ive lied before without any reason to , or am i lying?
Nice logical fallacy you have there. Anyway saving face or just not remembering because he was off his rocker on drugs are 2 easy ones. I recommend you watch the Wrestle Me youtube show on this match. You can clearly see Regal was shooting and being uncooperative and not "giving a competitive match".
This is a great conversation because Bischoff also explains why WCW had so many production miscues. They never really had the wrestlers on the same page with the director in the truck, so certain big moments in matches would be missed
No, it's horrible.
It should be him saying he messed up.
But he never takes responsibility.
Just like the question of who killed WCW, it was Bishof, cause he mismanaged it.
People may not like Eric Bischoff. But you can't take away from the fact that he's actually an honest smart man. Who has class and brains. I know I use to be wrong about him.
Actually, there WAS a time when Eric was an A-Hole, and he was actually Humble before that ... according to Greg Gagne, which was where Eric got his start and learned the most about the biz.
I watched this match live and never thought twice about it. They make such a big deal about it. Regal gave Goldberg a challenge but Goldberg still won. The end.
Watch the interview with Stevie Ray, who says "we all knew that Regal was going to do this". Regal didn't want to be a chump on the end of a squash match and instead of making Goldberg looking strong, he almost immediately reverses every one of Bill's moves. Bill follows as best that he can, but it exposes the fact Bill can't do a traditional wrestling match and over-relied on a chain of power moves.
What I’m not understanding is WHY Bill didn’t train more and during his stint in WCW? Like was he just egotistically deny that he wasn’t a good wrestler out the gate, or did he have too many yes men around him saying it wasn’t needed? Or both?
We may never know the truth, but with the proper training and being humbled in some way, I don’t think anyone could’ve denied that Goldberg could’ve not just been good, but GREAT!
Kind of sad man.
@@jacks1bonnielass I think it was people in his ear not yes men just the wrong kind of people unfortunately and some of them regret giving him the type of education like a Hall and Nash giving Bill Berry Bloom's number to be his agent. But I imagine Hogan had a hand for that old school protect your character at all costs especially if you're on top. You put that together with a very competitive individual which Bill was and it pretty much created a monster of a human to deal with. Bill away from the industry is a great person in the business there is a mountain if evidence he can be a Godzilla level monster.
“I wish that none of the bad history that we had-had ever happened. I wished I’d never left for WCW because I probably wouldn’t have had a stroke and I probably wouldn’t have had to wrestle Bill Goldberg.” - Brett Hart.
I think this match was refreshing! I was getting tired of seeing Goldberg crush his opponents. We thought Regal was going to get crushed in this match and at one point we thought Regal had a slight chance of winning and that's what kept me watching.
Eric says all the time that he wanted the show to be full of surprises with unforeseen events… well, there it is! Why does no one thought to make a story out of this situation? It would have been captivating!
Salutations a tous!
"Why does no one thought to make a story out of this situation?"
Look at what they did with the story Chris Jericho set up for them with Goldberg. Chris had literally gone on TV, provoking the daylights out of Bill, fully intending to get squashed in the end.... nope. "Chris, you better knock that off! Bill says it 'doesn't work for him, brother.'"
WCW could screw up boiling water.
🤦🏽♂️ there’s dozens of guys who are tougher than Regal that swallowed their pride and got squashed by Goldberg, Regal is not the guy to go toe to toe with Goldberg 🤡
Yeah, that would have been a interesting storyline. I was thinking: Finally, something new and original in this Goldberg steak “story”.
@@volcanicwinter4417 Yeah, apparently Goldberg thought it was "beneath him" to get roasted by Jericho week after week during the build-up, then get 5 minutes to kick the living crap out of him on PPV.
Then again, no one ever accused Goldberg of being a genius.
@@IggyStardust1967 Right!
The thing that's in nobody's version of the story except Goldberg's, is the no-sells. Regal No-sold quite a few moves, so it's unfair to say Goldberg refused to fight back. I think it's all a lot of fuss about nothing. The match has a nice flow and tells a nice story. It's supposed to be Goldberg's first time trying to figure out a technical wrestler. The fans knew Goldberg was inexperienced. The announcers mentioned it quite a lot.
I remember watching the Goldberg vs Regal match and knowing something was off, but couldn't figure out what exactly. They just seemed not to be clicking during the transitions.
The thing that has been left out by Eric is that, while he touched on the fact that Steve Regal was from the old school of thought that the heel leads a match.
He DID say that Regal was the more experienced of the two and that he was expected to lead the match, but the problem was that Goldberg was never taught how to FOLLOW a match.
Not Goldberg's fault, not Regal's, thr management's fault.
Regal is a damn Legend this is not going to effect his history as all.
Respect for not shitting on Regal here.
I was like 14 when this match happened . Watched it live . I thought it made goldberg look even tougher . Dude took a butt whipping and that jackhammer looked like he dead lifted him
I saw you on the A.W.A. Unleashed channel yesterday. I was so impressed by it, best show you ever had in my opinion. I absolutely misjudged you as a person. You should show that side of yourself more often.
Whats so funny is that this was ONLY a big deal behind the scenes. Bill I'm sure was embarrassed in front of "the boys", but I guarantee the only thing fans watching cared about at the time was the finish, which left every one of them happy.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
No blame for Goldberg being a crappy wrestler and not working on getting better
Golberg didn't need to get better
As long as he spent 20years beating people in 1 minute and never losing or doing "comedy" which he hated
That definitely wouldn't of gotten old quick
He had been wrestling for less than a year at the time.
@@arthurrimbaud7287 Kurt Angle was main eventing in 6 months. Logan Paul is having 20 minute bangers after 90 days.
@@nunchuksteev9811 Logan does a match once every two months that are relentlessly choreographed. Kurt Angle was trained for a year by Dory Funk and Tom Prichard.
@@arthurrimbaud7287 and Goldberg had zero legitimately good matches......ever
Why are we dancing around Terry Taylor's screwup?
Cause Easy E. Likes guy's named Terry.
How do you know its Terry Taylor? Honest question. Several people are saying that in the comments but no one is saying how they have that knowledge. Have Regal or Goldberg said it in some interview? Has Terry admitted it himself??
@@liquidamerican8543 Honest questions don't have multiple follow-up questions prior to a response. And honestly, my first thought is it was Mike Graham.
@@hitmangfx7162 you are implying my question was dishonest because I included realistic ways the poster could have received that information. You aren't right. My question is still an honest question.
@@hitmangfx7162 wait you are the actual OP lmao. So you have no answer to my question of how you know its Terry Taylor and now you are changing it to say you think its Mike Graham??
Regal had a match against then Rey Mysterio Jr that should be the definitive master class in being a heel. He had this group of guys in first row frothing mad as he jibbed back at them throughout the whole match. Which was the perfect distraction/sell of a near win for Rey for the TV title. Classic, for all the shit talked about WCW at 45 I still look up some of those old matches and series for the best.
Someone didn't share the script with the cat! YOU'RE FIRED! 😂❤
Or the dog, which is what walked in.
@@ssheldon1616 stupid auto correct. 😆
I am guessing the agent was Terry Taylor or maybe even Arn Anderson. Arn is super respected & I could see why nobody would want to throw his name out there
Oh god Bill Goldberg. He’s surrounded by top wrestlers and never picked up anything. It’s like being bad at woodworking with Ron Swanson in the room. Take a peak once and while at what old Ron’s up to.
The match was fine, Bill didn't look bad at all in it. It was a nice change of pace to see Bill showing he could wrestle a non-squash match.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
Bill always looked bad. period. terrible match. You simply know nothing of wrestling if you place goldberg on par with anyone with actual talent. it's insulting to pro wrestling itself.
@@Cheeselord83 I know plenty about wrestling, his match was fine. He did some nice reversals and Regal did a good job of leading him through it. You just sound like a hardcore Bill Goldberg hater.
Eric said the agent is prominent to this day.
Ondorff has passed.
They criticize Terry Taylor by name on a regular basis.
I say Arn Anderson.
that where am leaning too. Who ever it is. It is someone eric does not want to have heat with. That what rules out Taylor cause he has no issue having heat with him
It was exactly my first thought.
I'm pumped for this. As a kid, I recall watching this live and legit just thinking, WTF.
It's been discussed a thousand times at nauseum. You mean to tell me you haven't heard the story 100 times already?
Regal is correct and facts on that and he is right
Would you kiss my ass if I were Lord Regal?
no from what i remember regal said he wasnt fighting him, but his second move in the match was a hard kick to the back...he was clearly shooting on him for real
Watch the wrestle me youtube video on the match. It is clearly that Regal is full of shit. It has just gone down in memory in the ICW as Regal being right as we like Regal and Goldberg not so much. Regal F'n no sold an irish whip! He just stopped dead in his tracks turned around and elbowed Goldberg in the face.
That sounds like what Regal would say "I cant hit meself Eric" 😂
I love Eric saying..Feeding him People to Eat! here and the A&E documentary..
i noticed that too XD
“Steve Regal does not lie. That I’m 100% confident in.” That is the most beautiful thing one man has ever said about another. That is something to strive for in both sides. Everyone should strive to have someone in their life that they know will not lie to them, and everyone should strive to be the Steve Regal in someone else’s story.
Regal put on the right kind of match. Realistically bill is power regal is technical. It would be bills kryptonite. Problem is Goldberg should have stll been training at the power plant not on TV.
I've seen so many videos where Regal is blamed for this mishap but what's dsicussed here feels much closer to the truth. Thank you to Eric for the honesty here. Clearly Bill was barely ready for even a 3 minute match at this time and he shouldn't have been put in that situation.
Some people acting like this match should have looked beautifully choreographed like ballet. Isn't a realistic competetive match supposed to look chaotic?
It's funny how the people involved, don't want to name the agent. The agent screwed up, and people should name names. The match happened almost 25 years ago, just name the guy and move on. I get that Regal and Bischoff both want to be professional but none of this was their fault. They just need to name the guy so that guy can give his side of the story.
Is it just me, or did this match only highlight how much of a beast Goldberg was? Regal was right there with Henning when it came to who he could defeat. When Regal walked out, I actually thought it might be the end of Goldberg's streak. The way the match played out lent itself to such a narrative and when Goldberg dropped Regal with the Jackhammer, I was a believer in Goldberg afterward.
This was an ok match. I just rewatched it before typing this. I think alot of people have made a big deal out of nothing.
yep
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
@@guywilliams6569 wasnt his career basically well past peak? Watching the match as a 13 year old I thought it did it job. watching it as an adult now I see its sloppy in moments but also did its job. The only thing really off was bill never punching him.
@@phoenix21studioslike someone just said it affected someone career
The main problem is Goldberg wasn’t ready for a 6 minute match. He needed a few 3 minute matches, maybe some gimmicky handi-cap matches that made him look strong, but also slowly added different skills to his repertoire.
Terry Taylor. Regals told the story with the name of the agent.
After seeing how vulnerable Goldberg was, they should have put him under a mask, dressed like the Assassin, and had him go out to all of the house shows and learn how to work and sell. They could have had him do his tv routine and still promote him.
👍 I loved Regal's humble telling of this (to steve austin). And i'm looking foward to Eric Bischoff's perspective!
There is nothing humble about this situation 🤦🏽♂️ Goldberg was the top guy and Regal went into business for his self. Haku was going to hurt Regal for trying to bury Goldberg but he was saved after getting fired rightfully
@@horsekfobster7823 Bullshit, Goldberg was like bambi in the headlights, completely clueless. He was a paper bully, a big mass of muscle with no clue how to fight.
@@locusmortis 🤦🏽♂️Goldberg is a professional, his only other option was to legitimately assault Regal for going off script. Regal doesn’t even have legit wrestling experience clown 🤡
@@locusmortis 🤦🏽♂️ Goldberg is a professional, his only other option was to legitimately assault Regal for going off the script. So he decided to go along with the boring technical stuff that nobody cares about
@@locusmortis Like I said, Haku was good friends with Goldberg they were in a Little Cesar’s commercial together. If Regal didn’t get fired then Haku would confront him for trying to bury Goldberg
From 98-99. I was with a lot of fans where Goldberg was concerned. My first issue with him was the heat he was catching from the veterans (Everyone's story about Jericho and him), second issue was his first run with the WWE, what made me turn on him was the match with the Fiend,"...don't think I should lose...". I was done with him at that moment but what made me utterly hate him? His spouting off about Bret Hart (who I was never a fan of-personally I always thought his matches were boring at best despite his incredible skills). Goldberg bough this own hype as if he was LITERALLY 173-0 like it was the UFC.
I thought the match made Goldberg look kind of like he knew what he was doing. It looked like he was countering a lot of Regals wrestling holds. This match didn't hurt him any.
It was probably Goldbergs second best match after DDP
I do think the match helped him grow a lot
His best match. Only one that made sense to me as a teenager.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
The dog(I can’t remember its name)crashing the podcast
Eric needs to train him to shut the door behind him though 😂😂
This match wasn't horrible. I watched it live that night and it was a good match. Only after all these years and hearing the shoot interviews and re-watching it could I see the flubs.
same and he was fighting a non jobber so it made sense the match was not a 1m match as regal was well established veteran and a hard nose fighter.
Thanks for clearing this up I always wondered the real story behind this because Regal was always blamed..
Seems like Conrad was wondering why the "unnamed agent" has to remain "unnamed" after 25 plus years since this incident. Instead of answering that question, Eric "misunderstands" and answers a totally different (non-asked) question of why Regal would "still care" about this match after all this time. Instead of clarifying his question (why the "unnamed agent" remains "unnamed"), Conrad allows Bischoff to rant about the non-asked question. This has been a recurring problem with AD FREE SHOWS. A hot question is asked, the show's star either legit misunderstands the question or "pretends to misunderstand" and gives an answer to a related - but different - question. Conrad rarely interrupts and says, "OK, you misunderstood me. What I'm actually asking is , Why does the AGENT have to remain unnamed after all this time?, not why is Regal still cross about it." So an attuned audience member picks up on the fact that the "real question" never got answered (or blatantly got dodged), but for the sake of "nice-nice" we just move on. So we don't really get much further into the truth of these matters than we did with Sean Oliver 15 years ago or RF Video 20 years ago.
Connie podcasts are lame. He’s a bad host. Spoiler, I think it was double… first letter of alphabet.
@@rondorthecruel124 Overall, Conrad is great in my opinion. He has just softened with these guys because he's become so friendly with them he's forgotten how to grill them like he did 7 or 8 years ago.
and folks still pay for this lol
Proper Englishman - honest, forthcoming and gentlemanly but can also fight. Well respected by all.
I love how Regal made Bill look like the amateur he is.
He was building a star
that was actually a decent match; I have no problems with anything that happened. Regal was told to make this last 6 minutes and that's exactly what he did. William Regal is one of the best pure wrestlers of all time, deserves to be in the HOF.
17:42 *_"Good LORD... why are you encroaching on my abode??"_*
_"I'm sorry Mr Regal, I wanted to make you dinner."_
**Regal sneers**
Arn, his liver spot and his dawg Spot were probably a bit tipsy and busy making sure Mongo got his rails to put a decent match together.
Terry Taylor
well Cock-A-doodle doo
Eric has been critical of Terry before. Why would he protect him here?
How do you know this?? Several people are saying its him but no one is saying how they know.
@@imfreviewsDifference between calling someone out in general vs calling them out for something specific
I think Eric owes Regal a public apology because he did all he could to get Goldberg over and Goldberg fucked it up. The agent in the match should have been fired and Goldberg should have been suspended.
Who the f was the agent for that match
It was Terry Taylor.
Hollywood Hulk Hooooooooooogan
We don't know, but most seem to think it's Terry Taylor, though I haven't seen any actual evidence yet
Looks a good match in Goldberg's progression when you look back
I like Conrad when he’s not simping for AEW
Not me.
At least he's not openly fellating WWE. Y'all got your mouths open for anything Hunter gives you.
@@moderndancingfool Hi, Conrad!
It was meant as a compliment. Maybe I should have said gaslighting for AEW.
or for his father in law WOOOO
14:23 - Door opens, dog walks in.... "Hey, dad... are you talking about chickens again? I like chickens. Can I haz chickens for lunch?"
(I honestly didn't know TT was the "unnamed agent" for this.... only learned it from other comments, so to you guys, I say "Thank you!" especially since it allowed me to make this particular joke when the dog entered the studio unannounced.)
i do not think it taylor cause eric did not name him. him and taylor dont get along all that well so am figure it was one of the other guys and one that he still consider a friend
as a kid I didn't see a disaster here. For me it was just another Goldberg win that took a little bit longer than usual.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!
@@guywilliams6569Based.
@@guywilliams6569 He saved Regal's career. If Regal had still been in WCW when the 2001 buyout happened, he would have gotten BURIED like the rest of WCW or ended up in WWA or TNA (which was even worse).
Here’s the real issue, why are you putting him of live television without the proper training in the first place? You do that off camera behind the scenes so shit like this doesn’t happen in the first place.
Blue Bloods greatest tag team of all time. Still together to this day, shaping the future of wrestling. Because it can’t be trusted to the unwashed masses, as all things shouldn’t be.
Love Bischoff's podcast, the most honest of the bunch. He's the only 1 who ever takes responsibility and says, my fault I should have done things differently
When WCW was at its peak, Bill Goldberg got more pop than a fleet of diabetic kids. You may not like his brand of whiskey but it was electric as anything on TV at the time.
Goldberg was already getting booed while WCW was at its peak. People look back and say Nash wasn't the right choice to beat him....but the pop the crowd gave, even with the ridiculous ending, when Nash pinned him was huge. Arenas literally chanting Goldberg sucks when he'd come out.
I'm a big fan of Regal, not so much of Goldberg. really glad to hear Regals story get corroborated.
Excited for this!
I remember that match as a kid. I had no issues with it. In fact I thought it was like a "test of stamina". How long can he take punishment before he hulks up.
Kevin sullivans shoot interview of this match where he said and was not 100% certain but thinks Mike Grahem was the Agent at this time is The closest we have got to this supposed "Booker/Agent both William Regal and Bish keep non disclosed - makes sense when both say "out of respect" thus Mike Grahem going through the personal issues that led up to his suicide - although the only contradictive of this is a latter youshoot interview with Regal he claimed the guy knew who he was and should or has yet to come forward "post" Mike Grahems death which would make the presumtion that the agent in all this is still with us???
It’s WCW’s fault that Goldberg wasn’t trained to be able to have a basic match… Not Regals or the agent..
Ah good ol Terry Taylor
cock-a-doodle-do
I always felt this was the best match Goldberg ever had.
This is where the fake news internet community comes in.
They have been trying to rewrite history when it comes to this match. The HBK Hogan match (which I also felt was Hogan's best match ever & even JR was quoted at the time as saying it was Hogan's best match ever). That was the prevailing opinion in 2005-2010. Then somewhere along the line, it magically changed after Hogan & TNA came around & he had bad press.
There are a few other moments in history getting rewritten as well but obviously I can go through them all.
WrestleMania X7 vs X8
Hogan vs Rock storyline.
Sean O'Hare push.
WrestleMania 39 already being forgotten as to how good it was in favor of 40 due to everyone wanting to push the HHH era despite 39 being superior to 40 in every single way.
Most of the PG era being pushed as better than it was.
The Ruthless Aggression era being considered "good" when in fact it was the era that lost 75% of wrestling viewership.
HBK & Roman Reigns being the 2 lowest drawing Champions ever & the 2 most hated Champions ever.
Those are just to name a few.
Oversaturated conrad looks like an unmade bed! In fact, he looks like Amber Heard's bed!
Well, first of all... it never should have ever gotten to that point. Bill should have been trained to be able to do a baseline 5 minute match from day 1. Period.
Yeaaaaahhhhhhh, they're talk-in 'bout the Roost-er-er.....AWWW YEAHHH!!!!
Any idea who is the agent?
Bill's matches got better eventually. Even though they were squash matches, but whenever he was on a Saturday night taping. He had a wider repertoire.
Regal was so good. I remember the match they're talking about. That match made Steve one of the greatest in my mind.
Terry Taylor?
There is no "Terry Taylor", only The Red Rooster.
It’s sad that AEW is making all the same mistakes as WCW when they could just hire Bischoff.
Conrad PLEASE….. don’t get up
One thing i could be remembering wrong. Was this originally booked as a typical Goldberg squash, but Hugh Morrus got hurt in the opening bout of the show? They then need to find five minutes somewhere and hit upon the idea of Regal the veteran who would know what to do stretching Golberg out to six minutes. If i am right in remembering that, this was what caused the chain of events?
In the microcosm of the one match, yeah, blame the agent. Greater truth is, Goldberg should have spent more time training in the art of Pro Wrestling before he made the main roster. Pushed too far, too fast. Period. I will always put the blame on whoever decided to put Bill on TV before he was ready.
Formats & Formulas - a t-shirt idea
I never got the big deal about this. To me, Regal actually comes off looking worse to the casual fan.
Because GOLDBERG trashed him and took no responsibility... like a typical j-w and it affected Steve's career!!