@@WalkerChristopher11 start listening at 1:38:30. It's one of the best wrestling stories ever. I vividly remember watching this segment live as it happened, so that made it even better for me... knowing the backstory. Entertaining as hell 🤣
I love STW but this was a 3 hour hit piece on Goldberg. I know his first WWF run wasn't the best, but it wasn't all his fault. He was hot as hell going into Summerslam and the crowd was going crazy for him when he entered the chamber. He should have won the title then and there. The fans were never more behind him than they were during that elimination chamber.
Loss of Goldberg at ss 2003 bcoz of his refusal to do a foreign tour as a champion bcoz of hhh getting injured!!!also he don't want to work full time!!!
Listening to this makes me appreciate Goldberg's 2nd run in the WWE more. I feel that Goldberg and the WWE both realized the errors they made. From what I hear, Goldberg was more mature and approachable in the locker room. And the WWE realized they should really play to Goldberg's strengths: Keep the matches short and sweet.
The only mistake WWE made with Goldberg was signing in the first place. All show and no go. Now the standards are so low he doesn’t look quite as pathetic
his 2003-2004 run was awesome, i dont get why everybody including Goldberg himself complaining about his wwe run in 03-04, he was put over everybody, only time trips won was due to outside interference, his friendship with austin was awesoe as hell, those beer bashes were cool as shit, and he dominated everything, his wcw piers had a different treatment, Scott Steiner was buried like a motherfucker, booker t was never a big thing yet people say he shouldve won the title at mania 19, fuck man only Goldberg was a BIG REAL STAR out of all wcw, everybody was whack yes Sting included
I think everyone base their opinions on the Lesnar match. I’ve rewatched a lot of those matches from 03-04 and they’re dope. Yes, it could’ve been better but he was still learning the WWE style. He got better at selling, doing promos and wrestling longer matches. He should’ve gone to Smackdown after Wrestlemania 20. Imagine feuds with Angle, Benoit, Eddie, Edge, Big Show (again) and a better match with The Undertaker. (Also no Triple H to deal with).
Well, after hearing this episode, I have realized that since I'm bald and have a goatee, I should probably be MUCH more cautious about being hit by a car lol.
@@packpock4369 Mostly just wcw guys that were there during the monday night wars cause I mean guys like Foley, Taker, Triple H, Austin, Goldust, Sid, Razor and Diesel were all in wcw first.
Yeah well he shouldn't have been Universal Champion. They squashed The Fiend with an over the hill Goldberg. And they wonder why nobody take's the WWE seriously anymore.
Funny how Goldberg is paired with Jericho and Christian because they can make him look good. But the end all be all of this business Triple H couldnt do the same.
I know the shows are usually a profile of a wrestler or PPV show, but can you guys start doing Rivalries next? Just listened to the Hardy Boyz & Edge & Christian talk briefly about their series of 7 tag matches very briefly, would love a STW show on that
I know some people are going to see this as somewhat of a burial of Goldberg, but everything being told here sounds objective. I think, like Bruce said, both sides could have done things a lot better and differently. When you hear about all of the behind the scenes stuff, it all sounds like it was much worse than it actually appeared. As a big Goldberg mark from his WCW days, I was just glad to finally get to see him in WWE. I think sometimes too much is made of the whole Golddust wig thing. I thought it was a good way to make it seem like Goldberg didn’t take himself to seriously. There was quite a bit that wasn’t good, but there was also some stuff I enjoyed. I really liked the few times Goldberg got in the ring with Mark Henry. Henry was very believable as someone Goldberg would have to sell for, and I thought he did a pretty good job of it. It was kind of refreshing to see him in a match where he was outclassed strengthwise. I never thought the Brock match at WM20 was nearly as bad as everyone says. I thought he and Brock had some pretty cool spots, that showed just how evenly matched the two “big bulls” were. I think with both of them being as green as they were, they weren’t able to adapt and improvise when the crowd started shitting on them. And, like Bruce said, neither of them probably even cared at that point. Anyway, was glad WWE brought him back and got that nice little mini run out of him. 👍
Totally correct. Goldberg also sold for Kane and Shawn Michaels (even though Goldberg was hurt from a previous Mark Henry attack). I still rewatch those matches and enjoy em.
The only deeper burial of Goldberg would be if the Undertaker literally lowered his worthless carcass into the earth. I’m not sure anyone can say he deserves to be in the HOF after listening to this… He couldn’t wrestle. He couldn’t act. He couldn’t do promos. He couldn’t get along with his coworkers and he threw temper tantrums in the dressing room when he was expected to put other wrestlers over. This podcast confirmed what most wrestling fans already knew about Goldberg… he was nothing more than a cheap, Wish List Stone Cold knock off.
I keep hearing people blaming the crowd at Mania XX. "The crowd turned on them, that made them care even less." That match was almost 14 minutes and Brock and Bill literally stood around for about 10 of those. If they had actually tried, they could've turned the crowd around
What WWE did the second time around with Bill is what they should have done the first time around. Bring him in dot dot dot make him a monster dot dot dot make a bunch of money.
No bruh, his latest run was typical PG crap booking, the only good feud with good matches was against Lashley, his 2003-2004 run was perfect, his RAW matches were fun and really cool Ruthless Aggression Era style not to mention his WWE Theme song was perfect really badass and hard hitting and intense repping Goldberg explosive character better than his iconic WCW theme, I'm sure Goldberg felt not so comfortable in 2003 but what he did was really cool
Between you and OSW Review, I'm catching up on so much missed shit because of rural Arizona's lack of TV stations. Only had TBS/TNT until the early 2000s and by then I was into MMA. Love the show, dudes.
Joins in 2003.His first match,beats The Rock. His last match, beats Brock Lesnar. Never lost cleanly the whole year. Gets world title reign. Yep Goldberg was buried lmfao.
Honestly Goldberg's work buried him. Horrible promos, nonexistent in ring skills, and lousy attitude don't add up to Brett Hart, Shawn Michaels, or Richard Flair lol
VP Prepping & Survival you forgot Shawn also had a bad attitude lol. Same with Brett. That being said I admire Bill Goldberg more in his second run then his first. Smart fans can really hold a grudge more then actual wrestlers it seems lol.
Mario Maker correct buy they both could cut a promo and were great workers. Goldberg was significantly below average at everything required to be good professional wrestler. He buried himself
VP Prepping & Survival He may did when he first came to wwe but not his second run. I still respect the man and still say he is a hall of famer. But that’s just my opinion.
Listen to how they admit that the ‘boys’ like to keep stirring BS . Now you see why the ultimate warrior decision to stick to himself was nothing short of brilliant
All I heard was the burial of Goldberg and Prichard just covering the WWE on everything. You know how many other wrestlers have been in these situations and don't get buried like this. Sounds to me like alot of these situations weren't even Goldbergs fault. Everyone from that era was sick of seeing HHH as champ.
Goldberg is cut from the Warrior and Lex Luger cloth of wrestling. Its a business to him and a way of feeding his admiration of for his own physical capabilities. Nothing more,nothing less.
A Goldberg episode on the day he goes into the hall of fame the best way to honor him ...Does he deserve the honor? Of course he does this man is the definition of making a impact on a short notice...congratulations bill Goldberg the true master of the spear!!
I’m not sure anyone can say he deserves to be in the HOF after listening to this… He couldn’t wrestle. He couldn’t act. He couldn’t do promos. He couldn’t get along with his coworkers and he threw temper tantrums in the dressing room when was expected to put out wrestlers over. This podcast confirmed what most wrestling fans already knew about Goldberg… he was nothing more than a cheap, Wish List Stone Cold knock off.
Here's the thing, you have to understand the position that goldberg was put into. It wasn't his fault that he had the "IT FACTOR". he trained for a short period of time in the power plant to get the basics down and WCW needed new stars to compete with WWF that was making a comeback.they realized he resembled stone cold in his look and voice and threw him into the mix immediately. He was pushed to the moon faster than any other wrestler at the time when he wasn't ready yet. That isn't his fault AT ALL. was he supposed to say "NO I dont want all that money, fame, and championships. I want to be a midcarder for another 2 years first". Now I agree in that his attitude later on did not help him but that was also because people like Hogan, hall, nash all got into his ear and told him what to do and say and bill was gullible and vulnerable so he listened to them because why wouldn't he take the advice from the 3 biggest and highest paid stars in the entire organization? They also hooked him up with Hogans lawyer/attorney whonwas a mostly hated cut throat lawyer that would get his clients their money lol. But I truly believe it was 80% environment/surrounding people and 20% Bill himself that ended up hurting him and his career in the long run. Just my opinion, -Cheers!
Goldberg obviously won those matches in so short of time because hes the best wrestler of all time. I mean he was literally 254,092 and 0 at one point.
Heres my take. Goldberg treated wrestling like a business (which it is). bill wasnt enamored with wrestling or a mark for the wwe like many wrestlers are. I belive vince knew that he couldnt control bill like he could others since bill wasnt full of "passion" for wrestling. Bill didnt take the b.s like some other guys would and left on his terms. It sucks that we didnt get to see bill more, but at the same time I cant fault him for leaving after having a wig put on him.
"You just single handedly killed Bill Goldberg's career!" might be funniest recounting Bruce has told over the many podcasts. Perfectly told, I felt I was in gorilla to witness it.
the fear in Bruce's voice when he gets ahead of himself... I almost want to worry that Conrad is beating him in the background and we don't know it. #savebruce
And Conrad has to bring up Ric Flair in every episode no matter what they're talking about so he can blow Flair somehow...so...it works both ways I guess.
BEST BRUCE MOMENT: Conrad steps up and proves he is a better host+interviewe than Howard Stern, in this exchange we are rewarded for being so patient and we get a purely exceptional glimpse into Bruce and Conrad- who they are- their personalities. Conrad - again- asks another brilliant question- if we were watching stern, it would take an exhaustingly painful 4 hours to get his best question- which would be equal to Conrad's 20th best question. It's like if Nascar came to NYC and we raced them 20 vs. 20. Nascar would finish 16th and 19th- NY wins 1-15,17,20. So Conrad asks about compensation and Bruce proves to possess a moral compass. It's near 2.35.00 when they kick around Goldberg's tenure with both shops. BRUCE- GIVE IN A LITTLE ON THE CONTRACTS- there is no good reason to not share this- people get paid $11 an hour- with a college degree- entertainment includes hearing about how much money these brainless idiots make. They should invite Scott Steiner to the late night how ( who carees whih one they all suck- maybe conan is ok still), yeah bring Steiner in...get him alll excited til he finds out we just want to hear him answer questions ans show us how stupid he is. TY bruce and conrad!
Travis McDonald GOLDBERG aint no follower , its in peoples minds Just like when DMX Debuted , people thought he wanted to be like 2Pac , Hell no , if they kinda look alike , well thats their look they was born with it , Goldberg is raw & stone cold aint built like that , stone is more of a show nigga , speaking on the mic & shit , Goldberg kills
I like how they just ignore Buff Bagwell getting fired and Triple H and other A list WWE wrestlers completely squashing WCW guys, when talking about certain WCW being hesitant to sign.
2 moves. 3 minute matches or he got blown up, couldn't talk, ripped his look from Austin. Padded fake record was all he had for a gimmick to stand on. Goldberg was the shits. Also cared about winning like a fucking mark. (Enter Hogan and Nash and the finger poke.) They should just delete this episode.
Official Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard We all know Goldberg woulda killet steve , Steve is better on the mic than hand to hamd combat , Goldberg is that nigga , Goldberg would whoop steve & any other who wanted it , He has traps coming out of his ears , he was built for war , austin is built for show
The limo window was an accident from everything I’ve ever heard....not a temper tantrum. The window wasn’t “gimmicked”,and he thought it was as I recall. When it comes to his “drawing power”...WTF did the WWE expect after killing his character seemingly as much as they possibly could for months only to eventually have him lose to Hunter(like they did to EVERYONE that wasn’t his buddy backstage)????? They buried Sting,Booker T,DDP,Steiner(3 of those had Hunters involvement-SURPRISE!)...ANYONE who was a WCW made star. Anyone who tries to pretend this wasn’t the case is just ignorant or lying. I don’t blame Goldberg at all for getting pissed at these morons sabotaging him once they got him and burning truckloads of money. Bruce calling the belt a “prop” and acting like it’s suddenly not important is such bullshit...if it was really like that,explain the Montreal screw job...explain ANY time management said someone EARNED the belt....explain why they took the belt off Hunter,ONLY TO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GIVE IT BACK TO HIM??????? Typical hypocrisy of the WWE management- it’s only right if they say so,it’s only wrong if they say so. Historical revisionism and spinning the narrative is what they do.
Goldberg has admitted he was supposed to break the window with a sledgehammer and instead, got mad and chose to use his hand and arm. Goldberg struck me as the type that never really believed in the work side of things (for example, if someone said something about him in an interview it was 'real' to him). WCW didn't smarted him up in that respect and let the likes of Kevin Nash/Scott Hall etc get him riled up. Not coming from a wrestling background, I can't blame him to start; however, he never really wanted to study it and delve deeper. I truly believe Goldberg believe his own hype that WCW created. He was a monster of a character and I'm also truly glad he got into the HOF. A good day in my childhood was Bill beating Hogan for the title finally- it just felt so perfect when it happened. WWE's biggest mistake was Goldberg vs. Lesnar the first time at Wrestlemania 20--what a train wreck of a match.
“Did you see Nitro last night? Goldberg beat Joey Maggs in like 30 seconds! I can’t wait till next week when he fights Kaos!”/“You don’t have to wait. He’s fighting Mike Enos on Thunder!”/“Aw, man. What a badass.”
It’s called “the heroes journey” jackass...it’s a common literary plot. Someone comes out of nowhere to challenge the status quo(NWO at the time) and slowly works their way up to the main boss. It’s also what legitimate fighting sports world champions do. I don’t see your point other than being a fucking Goldberg hater. What a douche
This is amazing . Did you really just use the phrase “common literary plot” when talking about Bill Goldberg? For fuck’s sake. I am a Goldberg hater for multiple reasons. Number one, I’m not some simple minded idiot who thought he was cool because he was allowed to beat people in a few seconds simply to hide that he fucking sucked. Number two, he was a careless asshole who injured people and ended the career of, arguably, the best wrestler of all time. Number three, his idiotic fans, like you, that are too stupid to comprehend that he didn’t deserve what came to him and the business would have been better off without him. It’s not 1998, anymore. I’m sorry that you haven’t figured that out, yet. Goldberg sucks and always has.
Whats funny about the Austin rip off is Goldberg was shaving his head and had the goatee at the end of his football career 1994 95. Austin was in ecw sporting no facial hair and long blond locks at that time. The only thing goldberg ripped off was the trunks. Austin never wore mma gloves or elbow pads. There styles are completly different too so the rip off thing is amusing to me.
Wow! I actually have empathy with Bruce. Can't use him like his "Who's Next?" deal with WCW; can't make him look mortal. Almost better off not signing him at all.
WWE creative was whacked. How can the number one wrestling company in the world not know how to use Goldberg? I think the wwe creative was conflicted between what they could do what they couldn't do what they wanted to do and what they didn't want to do. With what they didn't want to do being the deciding factor in decision-making. I sense a certain degree of incompetence in WWE creative in how they handled Goldberg at this time. Goldberg had every right to feel paranoid because the creative was using him like crap. I also think some of the other wrestlers were dictating how they were going to work with Goldberg when they should have been told what to do with Goldberg. To me it seems easy it's Goldberg! have a sphere have a jackhammer have him slam people around the ring. that's what people wanted to see they wanted to see a good match. He didn't necessarily have to squash everybody he could have won by DQ he could have won by count out or he could have won by DQ or lost by count out. To say that they only had Goldberg for only a year is a lame excuse for not being able to use him in a properly creative way. I would have paid the creative 100,000 sandwiches to use Goldberg the right way. LMAO. "Boo hoo...we only had him for a year. We couldn't do anything with him." Nonsense! Bring him in put the belt on him. Let him go 1,000-0. If they had problems with his in ring work, just work with him.
I'm going to say Sting, just because of what he meant to the business overall. It's a fact that Vince wanted Sting for the longest time and was made to wait so long to finally get him signed. Only to have him job to HHH. It was very odd booking and took a lot of sheen off Sting being there in WWE. The next thing would be DDP, because he was an underrated talent and they clearly didn't know what to do with, except bury him. The invasion thing...I don't think they could've done much more, considering they didn't have all the WCW stars available at the time. Without Sting, Goldberg, nWo, and so on, it was mostly C-list guys like Stasiak, Jindrak, O'Haire, Palumbo, etc. What to do?
I love Bruce and Conrad. They are brilliant together. Even shows I wasnt especially looking forward to (Edge episode for example) were still really enjoyable. I am a little bit worried that the WWE endorsed second podcast will have a negative influence on the show. They, the WWE, may want to clean it up and make it as p.c. and squeaky clean as possible which, in turn, would almost certainly damage Bruce´s storytelling style and the chemistry between himself and Conrad. I hope Im wrong.
To me I loved listening to this episode because it makes you appreciate Goldbergs run in the wwe last year more. At the time I was questioning it but now after hearing this it makes me love it even more and it is a great story. Goldberg will always be my childhood hero in the old days.
Absolutely ... They had a monster and tried to turn him into puppy dog. It's like buying a shark and asking it to entertain at kids birthday parties. They totally wasted what he was ... and only now years later they finally figured it out and actually got some good stuff out of him.
You can hear how he answer almost every question with a negative subtle remark about Goldberg or undermining Goldbergs star power, not sayin Goldberg was an easy guy to work with but c'mon Bruce really like to throw shit on Goldberg
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Jericho saying Nash sitting in the corner like a giant praying mantis 🤣🤣
That excerpt alone made me go buy Jericho’s book.
Nash Mantis. With a big grin on his face.. stirring the shit.
"YOUUUUUU JUSSSST SMEEEEEEARED SHIIIIIIT ALLLLL OVERRR THE BUSINESSSSSSS."- I'm dead after that. Thanks Bruce!
I had to come back for this. Do you have the time stamp??
@@WalkerChristopher11 start listening at 1:38:30. It's one of the best wrestling stories ever. I vividly remember watching this segment live as it happened, so that made it even better for me... knowing the backstory. Entertaining as hell 🤣
7:07 is when Goldberg talk starts
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Just thinking of the rock vs rey mysterio in 2002 would have been insane
Just with the promos alone
STW gets me through my work day ... #ThankYou
James OMalley same here and my one hour commute to and from work haha
James OMalley you should be fired smh
James OMalley at work as we speak :)
Stooge Prichard is a liar, fraud and conman. He's been exposed and owned multiple times by pioneer and hall-of-fame Dave Meltzer.
@@MattSingh1did Dave create his own hall of fame so he would be selected?
"Goldberg walks out of a storage closet"
"THAT WAS HIS DRESSING ROOM" ....
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .... Brilliant.
I laughed so hard at the McMahon going off story, Prichard's impression is great!
I love STW but this was a 3 hour hit piece on Goldberg. I know his first WWF run wasn't the best, but it wasn't all his fault. He was hot as hell going into Summerslam and the crowd was going crazy for him when he entered the chamber. He should have won the title then and there. The fans were never more behind him than they were during that elimination chamber.
Kirby Puckett I quit watching because of that
Loss of Goldberg at ss 2003 bcoz of his refusal to do a foreign tour as a champion bcoz of hhh getting injured!!!also he don't want to work full time!!!
Listening to this makes me appreciate Goldberg's 2nd run in the WWE more. I feel that Goldberg and the WWE both realized the errors they made. From what I hear, Goldberg was more mature and approachable in the locker room. And the WWE realized they should really play to Goldberg's strengths: Keep the matches short and sweet.
iwantmeatloaf Agreed it seems like wwe has learned there lessons with Bill and the wwe draft.
Uh, he flipped out and recked everything backstage and was almost fired in WWE lol
The only mistake WWE made with Goldberg was signing in the first place. All show and no go. Now the standards are so low he doesn’t look quite as pathetic
@iwantmeatloaf how do you feel about goldberg since hes made a couple returns since your post?
@@whidoineedthis Goldberg’s [all] returns are trash 🗑
Goldberg is a modern Ultimate Warrior. They did it for the money. Both limited. But fans still loved them..
Thought his 2003 WWE run was much better than the 2nd half of his WCW run.
his 2003-2004 run was awesome, i dont get why everybody including Goldberg himself complaining about his wwe run in 03-04, he was put over everybody, only time trips won was due to outside interference, his friendship with austin was awesoe as hell, those beer bashes were cool as shit, and he dominated everything, his wcw piers had a different treatment, Scott Steiner was buried like a motherfucker, booker t was never a big thing yet people say he shouldve won the title at mania 19, fuck man only Goldberg was a BIG REAL STAR out of all wcw, everybody was whack yes Sting included
Anything would have been better than his 2nd half of his wcw run
I think everyone base their opinions on the Lesnar match. I’ve rewatched a lot of those matches from 03-04 and they’re dope. Yes, it could’ve been better but he was still learning the WWE style. He got better at selling, doing promos and wrestling longer matches. He should’ve gone to Smackdown after Wrestlemania 20. Imagine feuds with Angle, Benoit, Eddie, Edge, Big Show (again) and a better match with The Undertaker. (Also no Triple H to deal with).
@@antology7 no, he is trash.
@@hititdj are you a moron? Rewatch his wwe run is was bad
Well, after hearing this episode, I have realized that since I'm bald and have a goatee, I should probably be MUCH more cautious about being hit by a car lol.
Grumpy Old Biker please be careful 🙏
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They basically buried Goldburg a lot of the episode...now he is Universal champ!! 😆😆
They buried anyone from WCW.
@@packpock4369 Mostly just wcw guys that were there during the monday night wars cause I mean guys like Foley, Taker, Triple H, Austin, Goldust, Sid, Razor and Diesel were all in wcw first.
Goldbug
Yeah well he shouldn't have been Universal Champion. They squashed The Fiend with an over the hill Goldberg. And they wonder why nobody take's the WWE seriously anymore.
That Bill Goldberg and the security guard story had me rolling on the floor! Lol
Funny how Goldberg is paired with Jericho and Christian because they can make him look good. But the end all be all of this business Triple H couldnt do the same.
yeah i think raw was hard to watch when hhh was on. I was more of a Smackdown guy back then.
@@Marcelg13 facts!!! Thank you!!!
I know the shows are usually a profile of a wrestler or PPV show, but can you guys start doing Rivalries next? Just listened to the Hardy Boyz & Edge & Christian talk briefly about their series of 7 tag matches very briefly, would love a STW show on that
I know some people are going to see this as somewhat of a burial of Goldberg, but everything being told here sounds objective. I think, like Bruce said, both sides could have done things a lot better and differently. When you hear about all of the behind the scenes stuff, it all sounds like it was much worse than it actually appeared. As a big Goldberg mark from his WCW days, I was just glad to finally get to see him in WWE. I think sometimes too much is made of the whole Golddust wig thing. I thought it was a good way to make it seem like Goldberg didn’t take himself to seriously. There was quite a bit that wasn’t good, but there was also some stuff I enjoyed. I really liked the few times Goldberg got in the ring with Mark Henry. Henry was very believable as someone Goldberg would have to sell for, and I thought he did a pretty good job of it. It was kind of refreshing to see him in a match where he was outclassed strengthwise. I never thought the Brock match at WM20 was nearly as bad as everyone says. I thought he and Brock had some pretty cool spots, that showed just how evenly matched the two “big bulls” were. I think with both of them being as green as they were, they weren’t able to adapt and improvise when the crowd started shitting on them. And, like Bruce said, neither of them probably even cared at that point. Anyway, was glad WWE brought him back and got that nice little mini run out of him. 👍
Totally correct. Goldberg also sold for Kane and Shawn Michaels (even though Goldberg was hurt from a previous Mark Henry attack). I still rewatch those matches and enjoy em.
The only deeper burial of Goldberg would be if the Undertaker literally lowered his worthless carcass into the earth.
I’m not sure anyone can say he deserves to be in the HOF after listening to this…
He couldn’t wrestle.
He couldn’t act.
He couldn’t do promos.
He couldn’t get along with his coworkers and he threw temper tantrums in the dressing room when he was expected to put other wrestlers over.
This podcast confirmed what most wrestling fans already knew about Goldberg… he was nothing more than a cheap, Wish List Stone Cold knock off.
I keep hearing people blaming the crowd at Mania XX. "The crowd turned on them, that made them care even less." That match was almost 14 minutes and Brock and Bill literally stood around for about 10 of those. If they had actually tried, they could've turned the crowd around
I think Scott Steiner's WWE singles run was probably even worse than Goldberg's. But things couldn't have gone worse.
But yet the only good thing WCW had going at the end was Goldberg vs Steiner
So bummed that Steiner didn’t make it in WWE. Wanted him to have a better run
the dropped foot didn’t help
congratulations bruce being on the wwe network great show i already got the love for the podcast
WTH Bruce you’re gonna have a podcast on the wwe network!!!???? Lol holyshit! Congrats to both you and Conrad
WWE edited out the trip up from Goldbergs entrance at summerslam. Was looking forward to it haha
What WWE did the second time around with Bill is what they should have done the first time around. Bring him in dot dot dot make him a monster dot dot dot make a bunch of money.
No bruh, his latest run was typical PG crap booking, the only good feud with good matches was against Lashley, his 2003-2004 run was perfect, his RAW matches were fun and really cool Ruthless Aggression Era style not to mention his WWE Theme song was perfect really badass and hard hitting and intense repping Goldberg explosive character better than his iconic WCW theme, I'm sure Goldberg felt not so comfortable in 2003 but what he did was really cool
Dont know what I like more. Bruce Pritchard impersonating Terry Funk or "You just smeared shit all over the business!"
This podcast was longer than Goldberg's WWE in-ring time. Literally.
SmithCommaBenjamin Dude...this is like 2.5 hours longer than Gillberg’s WWE career!
Still got paid. Hate all you want his got it easy
I'll guess youd rather watch a Kevin lee match, seth rollins match, nxt match, or any women's match instead of a goldberg match?
Your Macho Man impression is almost as bad as Bill Goldberg’s Stone Cold impersonation!
😂😂😂
So bad!
I like the part where they talk about Goldberg.
MrRadical87- The same, here...
Between you and OSW Review, I'm catching up on so much missed shit because of rural Arizona's lack of TV stations. Only had TBS/TNT until the early 2000s and by then I was into MMA. Love the show, dudes.
OHHH MAN LMAOOO.. HILARIOUS VINCE STORY when Y2J paint on Goldberg car!!!! HAHHAHAHA
Joins in 2003.His first match,beats The Rock. His last match, beats Brock Lesnar. Never lost cleanly the whole year. Gets world title reign. Yep Goldberg was buried lmfao.
Goldberg actually didn't lose one singles match in 2003. He lost to Nash, Booker T (cleanly), and Bret Hart 3 times in WCW.
1:41:35 is around the Vince and bruce story 🤣
"You're mother's a goof!" Wtf Bill? lmfao
Goldberg is a "shoot fighter" that got choked out by a pro wrestler half his size 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This seems like a Burial of GOLDBERG!
AMAZING FANTASY SPORTS GAMING It’s not really his first run sucked so what do you want them to say? Lie and say it was great?
Honestly Goldberg's work buried him. Horrible promos, nonexistent in ring skills, and lousy attitude don't add up to Brett Hart, Shawn Michaels, or Richard Flair lol
VP Prepping & Survival you forgot Shawn also had a bad attitude lol. Same with Brett. That being said I admire Bill Goldberg more in his second run then his first. Smart fans can really hold a grudge more then actual wrestlers it seems lol.
Mario Maker correct buy they both could cut a promo and were great workers. Goldberg was significantly below average at everything required to be good professional wrestler. He buried himself
VP Prepping & Survival He may did when he first came to wwe but not his second run. I still respect the man and still say he is a hall of famer. But that’s just my opinion.
Jericho is the funniest dude to ever graduate The Dungeon. That may not be saying much, but he is goddamn hilarious.
Listen to how they admit that the ‘boys’ like to keep stirring BS . Now you see why the ultimate warrior decision to stick to himself was nothing short of brilliant
All I heard was the burial of Goldberg and Prichard just covering the WWE on everything. You know how many other wrestlers have been in these situations and don't get buried like this. Sounds to me like alot of these situations weren't even Goldbergs fault. Everyone from that era was sick of seeing HHH as champ.
Bruce & Conrad, could you do an episode on the greatest woman wrestler of all time, Sherri Martel?
Good stuff... let's get more ruthless aggression era vids. maybe a batista episode
Goldberg is cut from the Warrior and Lex Luger cloth of wrestling. Its a business to him and a way of feeding his admiration of for his own physical capabilities. Nothing more,nothing less.
Goldberg drew big money that is an undeniable fact
Goldberg wore black trunks. That’s an undeniable fact.
Your turn to list another undeniable fact that has nothing to do with the OP.
@@robgeezy708 no he didn't 😂 get over it
Imagine treating a business like a business 🤡
I love how Conrad, multiple times, doesnt say SPEAR. He called it a FEAR and a SPIN
A Goldberg episode on the day he goes into the hall of fame the best way to honor him ...Does he deserve the honor? Of course he does this man is the definition of making a impact on a short notice...congratulations bill Goldberg the true master of the spear!!
Javier Barajas YOUR NEXT JAVIER !!!!!!!
I’m not sure anyone can say he deserves to be in the HOF after listening to this…
He couldn’t wrestle.
He couldn’t act.
He couldn’t do promos.
He couldn’t get along with his coworkers and he threw temper tantrums in the dressing room when was expected to put out wrestlers over.
This podcast confirmed what most wrestling fans already knew about Goldberg… he was nothing more than a cheap, Wish List Stone Cold knock off.
Here's the thing, you have to understand the position that goldberg was put into. It wasn't his fault that he had the "IT FACTOR". he trained for a short period of time in the power plant to get the basics down and WCW needed new stars to compete with WWF that was making a comeback.they realized he resembled stone cold in his look and voice and threw him into the mix immediately. He was pushed to the moon faster than any other wrestler at the time when he wasn't ready yet. That isn't his fault AT ALL. was he supposed to say "NO I dont want all that money, fame, and championships. I want to be a midcarder for another 2 years first". Now I agree in that his attitude later on did not help him but that was also because people like Hogan, hall, nash all got into his ear and told him what to do and say and bill was gullible and vulnerable so he listened to them because why wouldn't he take the advice from the 3 biggest and highest paid stars in the entire organization? They also hooked him up with Hogans lawyer/attorney whonwas a mostly hated cut throat lawyer that would get his clients their money lol. But I truly believe it was 80% environment/surrounding people and 20% Bill himself that ended up hurting him and his career in the long run. Just my opinion, -Cheers!
Wish we could've gotten Angle vs. Goldberg!
Nah
Angle Eliminated Goldberg in the 2004 Rumble
Not even angle could have pulled a good match put of Goldberg
Not to mention Bill would’ve no sold the Olympic slam...
@@KamalaToe LOL
Goldberg obviously won those matches in so short of time because hes the best wrestler of all time. I mean he was literally 254,092 and 0 at one point.
Lmfao. Well played.
Bruce take your pills
Cracks me up every time 😂😂😂
Karma when you took 5 boosters
Conrad your podcast rock thanks for all you do
Doot Doot Doot fanny packs! Lol
I need one
I got one!!
Edges spear was better then Goldberg's fucking kidding goldberg was more brutal edges spear was more of a hug
Heres my take. Goldberg treated wrestling like a business (which it is). bill wasnt enamored with wrestling or a mark for the wwe like many wrestlers are. I belive vince knew that he couldnt control bill like he could others since bill wasnt full of "passion" for wrestling. Bill didnt take the b.s like some other guys would and left on his terms. It sucks that we didnt get to see bill more, but at the same time I cant fault him for leaving after having a wig put on him.
Very rational, objective assessment 👍
Goldberg was never anything more than a cheap “Wish List” Stone Cold knock off who wore out his welcome in wrestling… even before he sank WCW.
"You just single handedly killed Bill Goldberg's career!" might be funniest recounting Bruce has told over the many podcasts. Perfectly told, I felt I was in gorilla to witness it.
the fear in Bruce's voice when he gets ahead of himself... I almost want to worry that Conrad is beating him in the background and we don't know it. #savebruce
Those “old Apter magazines” were awesome-W.O.W “World Of Wrestling”. Used to love them
Those car stories are priceless.
Austin and Goldberg both ripped off Mike Tyson.
This Bruce guy gets really defensive whenever Conrad begins questioning him about Triple H. Makes you wonder.
Maybe cause Conrad brings HHH conspiracy theories up all the time to the point where it gets annoying
And Conrad has to bring up Ric Flair in every episode no matter what they're talking about so he can blow Flair somehow...so...it works both ways I guess.
BEST BRUCE MOMENT: Conrad steps up and proves he is a better host+interviewe than Howard Stern, in this exchange we are rewarded for being so patient and we get a purely exceptional glimpse into Bruce and Conrad- who they are- their personalities. Conrad - again- asks another brilliant question- if we were watching stern, it would take an exhaustingly painful 4 hours to get his best question- which would be equal to Conrad's 20th best question. It's like if Nascar came to NYC and we raced them 20 vs. 20. Nascar would finish 16th and 19th- NY wins 1-15,17,20. So Conrad asks about compensation and Bruce proves to possess a moral compass. It's near 2.35.00 when they kick around Goldberg's tenure with both shops. BRUCE- GIVE IN A LITTLE ON THE CONTRACTS- there is no good reason to not share this- people get paid $11 an hour- with a college degree- entertainment includes hearing about how much money these brainless idiots make. They should invite Scott Steiner to the late night how ( who carees whih one they all suck- maybe conan is ok still), yeah bring Steiner in...get him alll excited til he finds out we just want to hear him answer questions ans show us how stupid he is. TY bruce and conrad!
It wasn't the first time Goldberg was pinned. Bret Hart did it in WCW
It’s obvious here that Prichard hates Goldberg.
Travis McDonald
GOLDBERG aint no follower , its in peoples minds
Just like when DMX Debuted , people thought he wanted to be like 2Pac , Hell no , if they kinda look alike , well thats their look they was born with it ,
Goldberg is raw & stone cold aint built like that , stone is more of a show nigga , speaking on the mic & shit ,
Goldberg kills
"I will be like dog shit: Every where you look & go, I will be there!...".
--Bruce Prichard.
Goldberg was/is the drizzling Shits
1:14:47-1:14:51.; Good Terry Funk impersonation, there...
"GODDAMIT BRUCE. GODDAMMIT HE WENT THE WRONG WAY. YOU JUST SMEARED SHIT ALL OVER THE BUSINESS." Vincent Kennedy McMahon
Boy, they sure explained why Goldberg is in the HOF (sarcastically shaking head).
I like how they just ignore Buff Bagwell getting fired and Triple H and other A list WWE wrestlers completely squashing WCW guys, when talking about certain WCW being hesitant to sign.
OMG that Vince story.
14:31
Good podcast
The only thing faster then his push to the championship was how quickly he ended brett's career....lol
Too soon!
I think the verdict is that Bill Goldberg was a great pro wrestler but a bad sports entertainer.
Goldberg is my favorite wrestler but he's not a good wrestler he's an INTENSE GUY WHO WILL LITERALLY KICK YOO ASSS!!! #1XHallOfFamer
he was never a good wrestler . look at the guys that put goldberg over .
He was an attraction but not a wrestler or a sports entertainer
Goldberg is trash at almost every aspect of pro wrestling
2 moves. 3 minute matches or he got blown up, couldn't talk, ripped his look from Austin. Padded fake record was all he had for a gimmick to stand on.
Goldberg was the shits.
Also cared about winning like a fucking mark. (Enter Hogan and Nash and the finger poke.)
They should just delete this episode.
Goldberg should have went to smackdown he could have faced benoit, eddie, kurt angle, big show, hogan etc.
I feel like there's heat between Bruce and Conrad on this one... Maybe Conrad didnt get invited to "Some Else To Wrestle With:" on the WWE network?
Stw time yes yes yes
Keep up the great work
Are you seriously fucking kidding me? Break the fuckkng add
Official Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
We all know Goldberg woulda killet steve , Steve is better on the mic than hand to hamd combat ,
Goldberg is that nigga , Goldberg would whoop steve & any other who wanted it , He has traps coming out of his ears , he was built for war , austin is built for show
Nathan Cifuentes ok Nathan , seems like your a mark for Goldberg
My first wrestling memory was LARRY ZBYSCO trying to buy the GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTILING belt from MR. WRESTLING #1....
Bruce buried Goldberg's career confirmed.
The limo window was an accident from everything I’ve ever heard....not a temper tantrum. The window wasn’t “gimmicked”,and he thought it was as I recall. When it comes to his “drawing power”...WTF did the WWE expect after killing his character seemingly as much as they possibly could for months only to eventually have him lose to Hunter(like they did to EVERYONE that wasn’t his buddy backstage)????? They buried Sting,Booker T,DDP,Steiner(3 of those had Hunters involvement-SURPRISE!)...ANYONE who was a WCW made star. Anyone who tries to pretend this wasn’t the case is just ignorant or lying.
I don’t blame Goldberg at all for getting pissed at these morons sabotaging him once they got him and burning truckloads of money. Bruce calling the belt a “prop” and acting like it’s suddenly not important is such bullshit...if it was really like that,explain the Montreal screw job...explain ANY time management said someone EARNED the belt....explain why they took the belt off Hunter,ONLY TO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GIVE IT BACK TO HIM??????? Typical hypocrisy of the WWE management- it’s only right if they say so,it’s only wrong if they say so. Historical revisionism and spinning the narrative is what they do.
Goldberg has admitted he was supposed to break the window with a sledgehammer and instead, got mad and chose to use his hand and arm.
Goldberg struck me as the type that never really believed in the work side of things (for example, if someone said something about him in an interview it was 'real' to him). WCW didn't smarted him up in that respect and let the likes of Kevin Nash/Scott Hall etc get him riled up. Not coming from a wrestling background, I can't blame him to start; however, he never really wanted to study it and delve deeper. I truly believe Goldberg believe his own hype that WCW created. He was a monster of a character and I'm also truly glad he got into the HOF. A good day in my childhood was Bill beating Hogan for the title finally- it just felt so perfect when it happened.
WWE's biggest mistake was Goldberg vs. Lesnar the first time at Wrestlemania 20--what a train wreck of a match.
Goldberg debuted September 1997 and was under contract in March 2001. So that's three years and Seven months he did it in WCW.
“Did you see Nitro last night? Goldberg beat Joey Maggs in like 30 seconds! I can’t wait till next week when he fights Kaos!”/“You don’t have to wait. He’s fighting Mike Enos on Thunder!”/“Aw, man. What a badass.”
It’s called “the heroes journey” jackass...it’s a common literary plot. Someone comes out of nowhere to challenge the status quo(NWO at the time) and slowly works their way up to the main boss. It’s also what legitimate fighting sports world champions do. I don’t see your point other than being a fucking Goldberg hater. What a douche
zack u r so on point n sooooooooooo kooooooool ;---) ;-)
Thanks?
This is amazing . Did you really just use the phrase “common literary plot” when talking about Bill Goldberg? For fuck’s sake. I am a Goldberg hater for multiple reasons. Number one, I’m not some simple minded idiot who thought he was cool because he was allowed to beat people in a few seconds simply to hide that he fucking sucked. Number two, he was a careless asshole who injured people and ended the career of, arguably, the best wrestler of all time. Number three, his idiotic fans, like you, that are too stupid to comprehend that he didn’t deserve what came to him and the business would have been better off without him. It’s not 1998, anymore. I’m sorry that you haven’t figured that out, yet. Goldberg sucks and always has.
I LIKE TURTLES 🤪
Warrior,Luger,Goldberg....of those 3 i wonder who the most wrestlers could find something nice to say about.
thalrg22 how many times did you comment on this video lmao
Goldberg. Nobody liked Warrior and Luger wasn’t too well liked during his career, but they speak highly of him now since he’s turned his life around.
Kinda shitting on Goldberg Herr, but it's completely justifiable. Another great episode fellas!!
Rey Mysterio vs The Rock would have been awesome.
Ahhh Back when the ads were bearable
I really like when someone who's been in the businesses talks about it unlike some who ramble their B.S. to sheep
2:22:10-2:22:14.; What did Conrad Thompson mean by "Is this not the most formulaic booking, ever at this time?"?...
PLOWING! I must admit. I do like PLOWING! Were talking about snow right? LMAO!
Whats funny about the Austin rip off is Goldberg was shaving his head and had the goatee at the end of his football career 1994 95. Austin was in ecw sporting no facial hair and long blond locks at that time. The only thing goldberg ripped off was the trunks. Austin never wore mma gloves or elbow pads. There styles are completly different too so the rip off thing is amusing to me.
Wow! I actually have empathy with Bruce. Can't use him like his "Who's Next?" deal with WCW; can't make him look mortal. Almost better off not signing him at all.
This podcast is the cream of the crop! Oooooooooh yeah!!!!!!!
WWE creative was whacked.
How can the number one wrestling company in the world not know how to use Goldberg?
I think the wwe creative was conflicted between what they could do what they couldn't do what they wanted to do and what they didn't want to do.
With what they didn't want to do being the deciding factor in decision-making.
I sense a certain degree of incompetence in WWE creative in how they handled Goldberg at this time.
Goldberg had every right to feel paranoid because the creative was using him like crap.
I also think some of the other wrestlers were dictating how they were going to work with Goldberg when they should have been told what to do with Goldberg.
To me it seems easy it's Goldberg! have a sphere have a jackhammer have him slam people around the ring. that's what people wanted to see they wanted to see a good match.
He didn't necessarily have to squash everybody he could have won by DQ he could have won by count out or he could have won by DQ or lost by count out.
To say that they only had Goldberg for only a year is a lame excuse for not being able to use him in a properly creative way.
I would have paid the creative 100,000 sandwiches to use Goldberg the right way. LMAO.
"Boo hoo...we only had him for a year. We couldn't do anything with him." Nonsense! Bring him in put the belt on him. Let him go 1,000-0.
If they had problems with his in ring work, just work with him.
YOU SMEARRED SHIIITTTTTT ON THE BUSSINNEESSSSSS!!!!
Never had an issue with Goldberg. I didn't like the fact he hurt Brett and Taker. Two of my favorite wrestlers.
The line of the night/future t-shirt idea on the ProWrestlingTees web-site for Brice Prichard's podcast:
"1:14:29!".
Lol damn, Maybe Matt Riddle is right I never realized how truly awful Goldberg was
Angle would have embarrassed Bill
How come Conrad Thompson said "Roll, Tide!..." after saying "Worcester, Massachusetts." at 1:26:01-1:25:05?...
Here’s a good question- Which did WWE fuck up more? 1)The Invasion 2) Goldbergs first WWE run 3)DDP 4)Sting 5)CM Punks title run
I'm going to say Sting, just because of what he meant to the business overall. It's a fact that Vince wanted Sting for the longest time and was made to wait so long to finally get him signed. Only to have him job to HHH. It was very odd booking and took a lot of sheen off Sting being there in WWE. The next thing would be DDP, because he was an underrated talent and they clearly didn't know what to do with, except bury him. The invasion thing...I don't think they could've done much more, considering they didn't have all the WCW stars available at the time. Without Sting, Goldberg, nWo, and so on, it was mostly C-list guys like Stasiak, Jindrak, O'Haire, Palumbo, etc. What to do?
I love Bruce and Conrad. They are brilliant together. Even shows I wasnt especially looking forward to (Edge episode for example) were still really enjoyable.
I am a little bit worried that the WWE endorsed second podcast will have a negative influence on the show. They, the WWE, may want to clean it up and make it as p.c. and squeaky clean as possible which, in turn, would almost certainly damage Bruce´s storytelling style and the chemistry between himself and Conrad.
I hope Im wrong.
To me I loved listening to this episode because it makes you appreciate Goldbergs run in the wwe last year more. At the time I was questioning it but now after hearing this it makes me love it even more and it is a great story. Goldberg will always be my childhood hero in the old days.
1:17:20 This transition was so silly yet flawless I laughed out loud when I realized he'd said "Mattress FIrm"
Great episode
Bruce underestimates how popular BILL GOLDBERG was from 1998 to 2000.
WWE mishandled GOLDBERG hands down.
Absolutely ...
They had a monster and tried to turn him into puppy dog.
It's like buying a shark and asking it to entertain at kids birthday parties. They totally wasted what he was ... and only now years later they finally figured it out and actually got some good stuff out of him.
You can hear how he answer almost every question with a negative subtle remark about Goldberg or undermining Goldbergs star power, not sayin Goldberg was an easy guy to work with but c'mon Bruce really like to throw shit on Goldberg