1 00:00:16,930 --> 00:00:23,830 I didn't invent the squash match, but I invented my own type of squash match. 2 00:00:26,370 --> 00:00:32,990 It was a direct show of domination, reminiscent of growing 3 00:00:32,990 --> 00:00:34,630 a human to the life. 4 00:00:36,309 --> 00:00:41,510 You had to keep your eyes open the entire time because you didn't want to 5 00:00:41,510 --> 00:00:42,510 anything. 6 00:00:46,430 --> 00:00:49,910 And every one of you will be lying if you said you didn't want to see it. 7 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:10,270 The fact is I was born to be a football player. I grew up having two older 8 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:11,810 brothers that played Division I football. 9 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:13,710 My father played football. 10 00:01:14,570 --> 00:01:18,630 Everybody I knew played football. The only thing I ever wanted to do was play 11 00:01:18,630 --> 00:01:19,630 football. 12 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:27,230 I literally had to be in the hospital to be kept from playing any game. 13 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:31,810 Once I got the helmet and pads on and I was able to hit somebody. 14 00:01:32,979 --> 00:01:36,500 that was one of the best feelings I've ever had in my entire life. 15 00:01:36,820 --> 00:01:40,980 And it's a feeling that I could replicate play after play. 16 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,360 At times you think, you know, hey, is it worth it? 17 00:01:46,020 --> 00:01:49,680 Later on in life, am I going to be able to walk like a normal human being? 18 00:01:50,020 --> 00:01:53,500 Am I going to age much, much faster than anyone else? 19 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,080 It's worth it. 20 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,580 Fourth preseason game in the line of Falcons, playing across a name. 21 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,240 John Runyon. 22 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:06,020 Beat him on the outside. 23 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:11,300 I took a step towards him, and the next thing I know, I got air -holed by 24 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:12,300 Runyon. 25 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:18,280 I landed very precariously, and I ripped my abdomen off of my pelvis. 26 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:22,000 You know, unfortunately for me, that was the beginning of the end. 27 00:02:23,980 --> 00:02:27,760 The fact is, I wasn't an all -pro defensive tackle. 28 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,640 I had to fight practice after practice to keep my job. 29 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,940 Though football was the only thing I ever aspired to do, I fell short. 30 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,920 I had to figure out a plan B. The only problem was I had no plan B. 31 00:02:55,630 --> 00:02:59,150 So I had nothing to fall back on. The only thing I aspired to be was a 32 00:02:59,150 --> 00:03:03,390 professional football player. When that got taken away from me, I was completely 33 00:03:03,390 --> 00:03:10,270 lost. I had no desire to do anything except lift and lift and 34 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:11,270 lift. 35 00:03:13,750 --> 00:03:18,890 I worked out of Main Event Fitness throughout my entire career at the 36 00:03:18,890 --> 00:03:20,310 for four years. 37 00:03:20,810 --> 00:03:24,790 And I'd run into Lex and I'd run into Sting and I'd run into Bagwell. 38 00:03:26,550 --> 00:03:31,490 So I'm training and I hear somebody making fun of me in the background and I 39 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:32,710 look and it's the three of them. 40 00:03:32,930 --> 00:03:34,610 I'm a sensitive guy also. 41 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:40,870 And so I exploded instantly and I just turned and I looked at him and I said, 42 00:03:40,910 --> 00:03:45,030 blow it out your ass. And I was waiting for any one of them to step to me 43 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:47,890 because I would have ripped their face off at that point. 44 00:03:48,550 --> 00:03:52,490 I was not anything but someone to stay away from. 45 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,900 First time I met Bill Goldberg was actually in the Gold Club, a gentleman's 46 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:04,900 club. 47 00:04:05,740 --> 00:04:08,600 And I was actually with Eric Bischoff at the time. 48 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:10,600 And I'm talking to this guy. 49 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:15,580 And back then, Bill had a full head of hair. I'm like, man, this guy's money. 50 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:20,800 I go, Eric, meet this guy. They start talking, and I'm like, dude, you need to 51 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,800 do this. 52 00:04:21,820 --> 00:04:25,680 So I made the decision. I picked up the phone, and I called Eric Bischoff. 53 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,540 I'll never forget what I told him. I've decided to wrestle, and I'm not going to 54 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:35,740 be one of those $500 throw -around -the -ring pieces of shit. 55 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:38,460 I'm going to make a difference. 56 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:43,280 Bold statement from a guy who'd never been in the business, but a bold 57 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:46,500 from a guy who has a lot of confidence in what he could bring to the table. 58 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,640 Bill, it started showing up to Nitro. 59 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,240 doing a couple of matches where the television cameras aren't running, just 60 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,480 we got a chance to see what he was capable of. 61 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,100 The vision for the Phil Goldberg character wasn't clear in anybody's mind 62 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,039 that time. 63 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,700 We knew we had something. We didn't know what, but we knew that there was just 64 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:07,500 an innate, natural charisma there. 65 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:16,720 When he shaved his head and put the tattoo on, I said, dude, what are you 66 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:19,700 That's like Austin's the shaved head guy. 67 00:05:21,020 --> 00:05:24,960 And he went, well, you know, I really think this is who I am and this is what 68 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,060 I'm going to be and I'm going to make an impact. I'm going to be different for 69 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:31,460 him. And Goldberg just reeked confidence. 70 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,580 And I said to him, you know what? 71 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,320 You might be right. 72 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:46,300 The WCW Power Plant, the number one wrestling facility in the world. Call 73 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:47,300 set up a trial. 74 00:05:49,550 --> 00:05:51,850 We're looking for guys that have great heart. 75 00:05:52,490 --> 00:05:58,450 We're looking for guys that want to be cut above everybody else as far as 76 00:05:58,450 --> 00:05:59,450 athletes are concerned. 77 00:06:00,630 --> 00:06:06,550 First day you walk in the power plant, you see a guy running wrestlers from 78 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:08,130 to rope, post to post. 79 00:06:09,230 --> 00:06:13,430 Sarge is one of the most intense individuals I have ever met. 80 00:06:13,890 --> 00:06:17,870 He has quite a reputation. 81 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,760 as a drill sergeant down at the power plant. 82 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:31,720 Sarge, Buddy Lee Parker, he was instrumental in Goldberg. 83 00:06:32,340 --> 00:06:35,040 He helped me formulate this character. 84 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:41,920 I was going to be a 295 -pound bruiser Brody, Mike Tyson, 85 00:06:42,220 --> 00:06:45,880 and Goldberg the human being times five. 86 00:06:47,850 --> 00:06:53,050 Really no difference between the two, except for the character gets away with 87 00:06:53,050 --> 00:06:56,230 lot of things that the normal human being would be thrown in jail for. 88 00:06:58,210 --> 00:07:03,770 Jody, the assassin, was the godfather of the power plant. 89 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:06,570 He goes, what's your finish? 90 00:07:06,830 --> 00:07:11,170 I said, I don't have one. He says, well, whatever you do, make it impactful. 91 00:07:11,870 --> 00:07:15,870 I'm walking around the ring, and I look at Manny. 92 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,060 And I said, spread your legs and tuck your chin and kiss your ass goodbye. 93 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,660 I did it. And Jody's mouth was on the floor. 94 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,700 It's like whatever you just did, you do that every single time. 95 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:35,140 He's really the originator of the spear. A lot of guys made it hot. But Bill, 96 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,040 he's really like the first to really get that move over. 97 00:07:39,380 --> 00:07:44,480 So we got the setup move taken care of. And I remember I was talking to Sarge. 98 00:07:45,260 --> 00:07:49,700 and he had the idea of standing suplex but rotating on. 99 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:54,080 So I started doing the jackhammer to every single person down at the power 100 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,360 plant. And I'd get in there, and I'd work with him, and I just knew that 101 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,300 intensity he had. 102 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:05,600 You can't really teach that, especially in the beginning. You either have it or 103 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,500 you don't, and he did. 104 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:15,390 Goldberg came along at a perfect time. It's when the stars, the moon, and the 105 00:08:15,390 --> 00:08:18,590 rest of the solar system was all aligned perfectly for him. 106 00:08:19,270 --> 00:08:20,270 Okay, we ready? 107 00:08:20,390 --> 00:08:23,370 So this is going to be basically Stroll Down Memory Lane. 108 00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:24,610 Cool. 109 00:08:26,030 --> 00:08:32,950 In 1997, WCW is the number one wrestling company in the world for the first 110 00:08:32,950 --> 00:08:33,949 time ever. 111 00:08:33,950 --> 00:08:34,950 You want a war? 112 00:08:35,970 --> 00:08:37,190 You're going to get one. 113 00:08:40,210 --> 00:08:43,570 Hulk Hogan has betrayed WCW. 114 00:08:45,670 --> 00:08:51,590 You can call this the New World Order of Wrestling, brother. 115 00:08:53,030 --> 00:08:56,070 As I always like to call it, we were the 69 Mets. 116 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,050 We had that one year. 117 00:08:59,350 --> 00:09:02,470 Rating -wise, we were doing better than the Yankees up in Connecticut. 118 00:09:02,790 --> 00:09:05,050 It was cutthroat. It was dog -eat -dog. 119 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:07,290 And that made it fun. 120 00:09:11,010 --> 00:09:13,050 That's when Bill Goldberg walked into the picture. 121 00:09:16,910 --> 00:09:21,130 It was Salt Lake. I showed up like I'm asked to do. 122 00:09:21,690 --> 00:09:26,850 Hugh Morris will face a newcomer here in Bill Goldberg. 123 00:09:27,810 --> 00:09:34,110 I was 12, 13 years old as he's starting to make his rise, and you didn't see any 124 00:09:34,110 --> 00:09:36,770 vignettes about him. He just showed up on Nitro. 125 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,620 A man we know absolutely nothing about, Mike Denae. I certainly pride myself on 126 00:09:43,620 --> 00:09:47,220 knowing the background of the wrestlers. I don't have any information on Bill 127 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,220 Goldberg. 128 00:09:48,620 --> 00:09:51,140 Mike Denae, he would bring you the facts. 129 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:54,880 If you stump the professor, I'm immediately intrigued. 130 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:59,060 Get this roll -up. Nicely done by Goldberg. 131 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:02,780 Going up on the top. 132 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:05,780 Here's his move. Oh, he connects it. 133 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:16,040 I wanted to get in that ring. I wanted to show the universe what I'd been 134 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,040 working. 135 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,420 Anything that would get me excited, you know, I'd want to do. 136 00:10:26,620 --> 00:10:30,340 I wanted to prove that at 290 pounds, I was still very athletic. 137 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,240 You know, I want to see anyone my size do that. 138 00:10:38,089 --> 00:10:39,250 Mom, I'm waiting. 139 00:10:41,550 --> 00:10:42,810 We're going to pick him up again. 140 00:10:44,130 --> 00:10:45,990 Morris was 300 pounds. 141 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:51,570 And he just picks him up like he's 120. 142 00:10:52,910 --> 00:10:56,930 It really made you feel like, wow, I don't want that guy to grab me. 143 00:10:57,930 --> 00:11:00,630 I know I felt that a couple of times. Like, whoa. 144 00:11:12,430 --> 00:11:14,070 What a debut for Bill Goldberg. 145 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:17,990 I'm going to try to find out something about this big man. 146 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:22,390 A gentleman the stature of Hugh Morris, and you absolutely got in there and 147 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:23,390 manhandled him tonight. 148 00:11:25,510 --> 00:11:27,390 Sir, I've got to get a little bit more than that. 149 00:11:28,050 --> 00:11:30,110 This gentleman just walked in away from me. 150 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:34,070 The interview, I think, set the stage for the character. 151 00:11:34,370 --> 00:11:35,370 It was organic. 152 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:37,450 He blows off me in jeans. 153 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:42,070 So now, from the minute you've seen this guy, You're intrigued. 154 00:11:42,350 --> 00:11:45,590 I can't wait to see him next week. Very impressive. 155 00:11:46,030 --> 00:11:47,930 But who is this guy, Goldberg? 156 00:11:49,290 --> 00:11:53,970 Wrestling fans, it's hard to get their respect, and it takes a long time. 157 00:11:54,890 --> 00:11:57,470 And now, going up against the Barbarian here. 158 00:11:59,390 --> 00:12:02,030 Bill Goldberg is 2 -0. 159 00:12:02,770 --> 00:12:08,210 There are very few exceptions to that rule, and that's The Rock and Bill 160 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:09,210 Goldberg. 161 00:12:14,260 --> 00:12:15,260 Aggressive, man. 162 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,800 Goldberg has wrapped him in. Wasting no time. 163 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,260 Goldberg had that hit factor. 164 00:12:25,180 --> 00:12:27,620 He had the look. He had the explosiveness. 165 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,340 Give him a few victories and they were already starting to go, okay, who's this 166 00:12:32,340 --> 00:12:33,340 guy? 167 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,580 Bischoff saw, like, okay, let's start to put this guy at a different level. 168 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:58,860 Here he comes. 169 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,900 Getting the guards and knocking on the door. 170 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:07,660 Like, whenever you see anything in UFC or anything on a big fight, you know, 171 00:13:07,660 --> 00:13:10,480 walk and the guards coming, and then he comes out. 172 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:16,900 And Bill... 173 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,160 He's breathing that stuff in his body, which I would have never done, but it's 174 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:23,160 Bill Goldberg. 175 00:13:25,140 --> 00:13:28,900 He starts into that, you know, hooking and people were out. 176 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,320 He wasn't pandering to anybody. 177 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,500 He was on his way to kick your ass. 178 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:39,800 You're not going to find any man in any walk of life, in any sport, more intense 179 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,800 than Goldberg. 180 00:13:41,380 --> 00:13:44,560 The crowd told us what to do with Bill Goldberg. 181 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,480 He'd step into the ring, he'd hit you, he'd hit you again, he'd spear you, he'd 182 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,160 jackhammer you, and he'd be in the locker room seven minutes later, and the 183 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,160 crowd was going nuts. 184 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,120 Okay, that works. 185 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:58,800 Disco Inferno better have a strategy against Bill Goldberg. The strategy 186 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,120 Goldberg is pretty simplistic. 187 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:01,440 Stay away from it. 188 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,420 Did the bell ring in this matchup? I don't know. 189 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,460 The match has not even started. 190 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,520 Glacier will begin things. 191 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,460 Goldberg just ran through Glacier. 192 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:18,610 Goldberg has been running through. A lot of people wonder where the streak came 193 00:14:18,610 --> 00:14:22,770 from. Obviously, Bill was racking up all these wins, but then it became a number 194 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:26,230 that was tracked, and it added to that aura. That was Mike today. 195 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:29,170 Mike grew up in Southern California. 196 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:36,110 The streaks that were ingrained in his brain, the Lakers, UCLA, it 197 00:14:36,110 --> 00:14:42,050 made you think of those teams and made you believe because they were bigger 198 00:14:42,050 --> 00:14:43,530 everybody else. It was more. 199 00:14:44,090 --> 00:14:45,130 than just the game. 200 00:14:45,350 --> 00:14:47,910 Bill had a legitimate sports background. 201 00:14:48,330 --> 00:14:53,230 Pushing the streak and giving it credence only added to that. 202 00:14:53,450 --> 00:14:57,770 Well, Jerry Flynn is obviously a match for Bill Goldberg, especially, well, at 203 00:14:57,770 --> 00:15:00,350 least to that point, when he just overpowered him. 204 00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:02,830 Goldberg dominates again. 205 00:15:03,630 --> 00:15:08,230 And this has to be among the stiffest pants yet for Goldberg. 206 00:15:08,510 --> 00:15:10,950 And I don't know, that may have just got Goldberg. 207 00:15:11,450 --> 00:15:13,650 A little bit more angry than he usually is. 208 00:15:15,850 --> 00:15:19,550 How about that? Regal kicked him in the face as he was backing up. 209 00:15:22,430 --> 00:15:23,430 Jackhammer time. 210 00:15:23,450 --> 00:15:25,850 I believe Mr. Goldberg has come alive. 211 00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:31,990 I'll never forget. Bischoff was standing in a doorway and I was behind him and I 212 00:15:31,990 --> 00:15:38,250 came up and I put my hands on his shoulder. And I said, bro, don't let 213 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:39,250 this up. 214 00:15:39,610 --> 00:15:42,830 And this is another chapter in the legend that grows. 215 00:15:45,690 --> 00:15:47,270 Nailed it. Planted it. 216 00:15:47,530 --> 00:15:53,530 Earthling's health and Chase Tatum has become victim number 54 on Saturday 217 00:15:53,530 --> 00:16:00,450 night. There was no one besides 100 and Giant to go 30 218 00:16:00,450 --> 00:16:06,390 and 0, 50 and 0, 100 and 0. He was cast perfectly for that role. Why? 219 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:10,750 Bill Goldberg was about as believable as it can be. 220 00:16:10,950 --> 00:16:16,830 I'm kind of one of those really stupid, idiotic wrestlers that it has to make 221 00:16:16,830 --> 00:16:22,050 sense for me. And if you're 1 -0 and then you come back after six days and 222 00:16:22,050 --> 00:16:26,150 you're 11 -0, and I know I only wrestled on three shows and I was on all of 223 00:16:26,150 --> 00:16:27,410 them, it's just kind of bullshit. 224 00:16:27,770 --> 00:16:30,530 I think he beat Hugh Morris like 30 times. 225 00:16:31,210 --> 00:16:33,490 Hugh Morris makes his way out. 226 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:37,910 I know a lot is made about the inflation of the numbers in the streak, and guess 227 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:41,210 what? I don't know how many times Goldberg would win matches on the 228 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:44,870 that we didn't see, at live events, at house shows. Heck, if you told me Bill 229 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:48,970 Goldberg won eight matches over the weekend, would that be really that hard 230 00:16:48,970 --> 00:16:49,970 believe? 231 00:16:54,010 --> 00:17:00,830 So I don't care what the number was. Of course, it sounded better when it 232 00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:03,290 goes to 174 -0 and all that. 233 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:07,660 But it was very believable that he could get to that number because all we saw 234 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,859 Bill Goldberg do was win. 235 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:18,480 73 -0 for Goldberg as he goes into this matchup. And tomorrow night at Nitro, he 236 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,040 will challenge for the U .S. title. 237 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:26,579 Kidman trying to interfere, does interfere, and is deposited right on top 238 00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:27,579 Saturn. 239 00:17:58,280 --> 00:17:59,720 So I turn around, and there's Reese. 240 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,340 He's only 6 '10", 400 -and -something pounds. 241 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:05,720 Now the big man Reese is down. 242 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:08,780 Let's go, Berg, up. Let's go, Berg, fight back. 243 00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:10,620 Raven is still down. 244 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:14,880 Oh, God, he's going to try to pick him up. You've got to stay focused here on 245 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:15,880 Raven. 246 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,120 That's a 10 on the Richter. 247 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,800 So, boys and girls, remember, make sure you can do the finish on everyone, 248 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,720 because you never know, you could be jackhammering every person. 249 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,820 Now, I remember this. 250 00:18:49,220 --> 00:18:53,680 And it might have been 30 -0, 35 -0, maybe 40 -0. I don't know. 251 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:56,380 But I knew that. 252 00:18:57,790 --> 00:18:59,930 levels a little bit of heat backstage. 253 00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:05,510 Like, who's this cat to go 40 -0 and keep going? 254 00:19:05,770 --> 00:19:08,990 I can honestly tell you there wasn't a time that I felt accepted. 255 00:19:12,410 --> 00:19:19,190 I think a lot of that was my own doing, but nothing was put 256 00:19:19,190 --> 00:19:20,950 forth to make me think any other way. 257 00:19:22,790 --> 00:19:27,010 Goldberg was very hard for Bill Goldberg to... 258 00:19:27,290 --> 00:19:29,290 to be outside of the ring. 259 00:19:30,110 --> 00:19:33,930 There's a lot of us, man, that were just trying to help. And we were really good 260 00:19:33,930 --> 00:19:36,450 at doing it and having a good time. 261 00:19:36,870 --> 00:19:38,390 Sorry you weren't there for the ride. 262 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:45,990 Trying to push the ledger to 99 -0. It's Goldberg, and he'll have Chavo Jr. 263 00:19:46,330 --> 00:19:47,330 Watch out. 264 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:48,390 Low bridge! 265 00:19:59,180 --> 00:20:03,340 So as the numbers continued to grow, you knew he was on an undefeated streak. At 266 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:07,920 the time, WCW didn't have that top -tier babyface. 267 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:12,440 DDP was on his way. You had Lex Luger. You had some of these other guys. 268 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:18,600 But there was a star in the making that you went, hey, if this keeps up, maybe 269 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,520 this is the guy that beats Hulk Hogan. 270 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:22,440 This one's for you, Henning! 271 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:36,620 In my career that has gone 100 matches without a defeat. 272 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,780 When Bill Goldberg was on his rise, I was the guy. 273 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,220 I was the leader of the NWO. I was, you know, on a roll. 274 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,920 Bill was at the right time, right place. He, you know, sooner or later had to 275 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,580 have a run -in with the main event, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, because I was 276 00:20:54,580 --> 00:20:56,200 game. I was running the show back then. 277 00:20:56,860 --> 00:20:59,760 To all the NWOites! 278 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:07,140 that worship Hollywood Hogan, welcome back to the house that Hollywood 279 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:11,560 built. I just called Eric Bischoff up, and I said, we're going to Bill 280 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:17,360 Goldberg's hometown, Atlanta, and we all need another A player to work with. We 281 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:22,000 need another Hulk Hogan. We need another Sting. I'm sitting at home watching 282 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,880 Thunder on Thursday. 283 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:29,240 Breaking news, you know, at WCW, and J .J. Dillon comes on and he says, 284 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:35,460 Hollywood, Hulk Hogan, the WCW champion, is contractually 285 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:42,420 obligated to defend the WCW heavyweight title belt against 286 00:21:42,420 --> 00:21:48,860 what I feel is the number one contender, Goldberg! Oh, yeah! 287 00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:59,660 I obviously hadn't heard anything about that. I was like, holy. 288 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:05,840 I mean, Georgia Dome in front of my fans. 289 00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,160 I'm wrestling Hogan. 290 00:22:08,820 --> 00:22:11,980 Oh, my God. I don't think I slept the entire weekend. 291 00:22:26,190 --> 00:22:28,230 it is my dad, he's going to be Hogan tonight, definitely. 292 00:22:28,850 --> 00:22:29,850 Without a doubt. 293 00:22:34,830 --> 00:22:37,290 The buzz around Atlanta was crazy. 294 00:22:37,530 --> 00:22:43,510 I got a little chills from this because, you know, in the Georgia Dome, for him 295 00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:48,730 to be there in front of 44 ,000 people, they oversold that. 296 00:22:51,130 --> 00:22:55,310 And Bill was over everywhere, but here especially, he was white hot. 297 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,680 being in the locker room. 298 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,220 And the last time I'd been in that locker room, I had dressed for the 299 00:23:02,220 --> 00:23:04,680 Falcons. And it meant a lot to me. 300 00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:08,080 Georgia Dome was a really cool place. I hated the turf. 301 00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:12,080 It ended my career, but it was a really cool place, and it meant a lot to me. 302 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:16,480 You know, the fans meant a lot to me. Being in Atlanta meant everything to me. 303 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,040 Well, that night in Atlanta before. 304 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,200 I went to the rink. The whole place was screaming Goldberg. Every sign in the 305 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,920 building was Goldberg. It was his town. He played football for Atlanta. 306 00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:29,200 And that was the atmosphere in the building. 307 00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:34,320 Not to mention I had to wrestle Scott Hall earlier in the night. 308 00:23:36,140 --> 00:23:39,760 And that kind of went wrong. 309 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:48,360 And like during the match, he looks at me and he goes, man, you're messing it 310 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,360 up. 311 00:23:49,679 --> 00:23:52,760 What are you doing? And I'm like, I ain't doing it on purpose, dude. I'm 312 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,760 terrified. I don't know what's going on. 313 00:24:03,460 --> 00:24:10,360 Walking out there in front of 40 ,000 314 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:11,440 fans, it was surreal. 315 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:16,100 What's going through his mind right now? 316 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:31,920 It was an emotional day. 317 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:36,280 It was a taxing day. It was so stressful. 318 00:24:36,740 --> 00:24:41,420 But it was the culmination of everything I'd worked for my entire life, I 319 00:24:41,420 --> 00:24:42,420 believe. 320 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:47,540 Atlanta, which was the perfect storm for Bill. I mean, this is his hometown. 321 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:51,440 I did it in, you know, San Francisco, California, L .A. 322 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:53,800 And he wrestled me. It wouldn't be the same. 323 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,780 Goldberg has answered every challenge to date. 324 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:03,080 This is the biggest one. That heightened sense of anticipation is now over. 325 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:04,820 Let the match begin. 326 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,140 Gentlemen, start your engines. 327 00:25:07,460 --> 00:25:09,260 The fans erupt at the bell. 328 00:25:09,820 --> 00:25:12,220 I've never seen that. Never heard that in our sport. 329 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,520 Hogan was great, man. Hogan's Hogan. I've always looked up to him. I've 330 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,280 aspired to be as successful as he was in the business. 331 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,660 I was honored and privileged to be in the same ring as he was. 332 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,940 I had 100 % trust in him as a businessman. 333 00:25:28,010 --> 00:25:29,130 Mr. Icy Hot. 334 00:25:32,370 --> 00:25:39,270 We lock up and the first thing he 335 00:25:39,270 --> 00:25:43,210 does, pull me into a headlock and he puts my head in his armpit and he's 336 00:25:43,270 --> 00:25:45,410 Icy Hot, I can't see the rest of the freaking match. 337 00:25:47,370 --> 00:25:54,270 I know you 338 00:25:54,270 --> 00:25:56,130 did that on purpose, but... 339 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,320 It's a good cover, you know, with your age. 340 00:25:58,740 --> 00:25:59,880 I get it. 341 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,120 But I still think he did it on purpose. 342 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,320 But it's funnier than hell. It makes for a great story. Now here I'm saying it 343 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,320 500 years later. 344 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:08,760 I still love you, Terry. 345 00:26:09,020 --> 00:26:09,799 And he's back. 346 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:10,800 And Hogan's down. 347 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,240 And Hogan knows where he's at. He rolls out to the floor. 348 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,640 He's going to take as much of that crowd as he can. 349 00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:21,700 Oh, so dangerous is Hogan driving Goldberg. 350 00:26:28,650 --> 00:26:31,050 He's in there with what he's heard about his whole life. 351 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:33,390 He's ready. 352 00:26:39,530 --> 00:26:46,390 He's calling for it. 353 00:26:47,110 --> 00:26:48,110 This is it. 354 00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:49,310 This is it. 355 00:26:58,480 --> 00:26:59,480 Tony, pick him up! 356 00:27:38,860 --> 00:27:40,760 And I've said it 15 ,000 times. 357 00:27:41,420 --> 00:27:46,140 But the coolest part of that night for me as a human being, as a football 358 00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:49,780 player, as Goldberg, was not beating Hulk Hogan. 359 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:56,760 It was after we went off the air, NWO beat my ass, and who 360 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,900 comes to my rescue? 361 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:00,860 My teammates. 362 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,560 My Atlanta Falcon teammates. 363 00:28:03,820 --> 00:28:06,060 And that almost brings a tear to my eye. 364 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:08,140 Because that was life. 365 00:28:08,490 --> 00:28:09,490 coming full circle. 366 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:18,210 I may not have done everything right in my life by any stretch of the 367 00:28:18,210 --> 00:28:23,010 imagination, but I'd done something good enough. I was a good enough person to 368 00:28:23,010 --> 00:28:26,070 be rewarded at that time by a dream come true. 369 00:28:26,370 --> 00:28:31,490 And that dream was unbeknownst to me. It was something I never thought was going 370 00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:37,190 to happen. The dream was not me making it to the NFL. My dream, it turns out, 371 00:28:37,610 --> 00:28:44,090 was being the world heavyweight champion and having my idols, 372 00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:49,730 the guys that I have bled with, cried with, gone to war with, 373 00:28:49,910 --> 00:28:55,430 in a setting that I aspired to be in my entire life. 374 00:28:57,450 --> 00:29:02,910 At that moment, those guys wanted to be me. Not Goldberg the football player, 375 00:29:02,970 --> 00:29:05,690 Goldberg the wrestler, the guy that they put up here. 376 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,220 You know, they could beat everybody's ass. It was whatever. They just wanted 377 00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:11,620 be me for five seconds. 378 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,100 I just, I sat in the corner and I just soaked it in. 379 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,700 I can never replicate that feeling again. 380 00:29:35,630 --> 00:29:40,630 was clearly popping up in other places. And this seems like ancient history now, 381 00:29:40,770 --> 00:29:45,010 but if you got on TV Guide, you were a big deal. You're going to check out for 382 00:29:45,010 --> 00:29:49,550 groceries. You see Bill Goldberg. He's taking batting practice with Mark 383 00:29:49,550 --> 00:29:51,330 McGuire. He's on a credit card. 384 00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:58,990 It's the official WCW Mastercard. And he is popping up as a pop culture icon. 385 00:30:05,130 --> 00:30:08,250 And it might have made a lot of people mad in that locker room. But guess what? 386 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:12,770 Goldberg was making WCW money. He was the cash cow. 387 00:30:12,990 --> 00:30:14,850 Why wouldn't you ride that wing? 388 00:30:15,450 --> 00:30:19,490 Bill was the company at the time. They were going to be on Entertainment Weekly 389 00:30:19,490 --> 00:30:22,950 and the great, great Superman pose. 390 00:30:23,390 --> 00:30:24,390 Love that. 391 00:30:25,010 --> 00:30:26,290 He was white hot. 392 00:30:27,970 --> 00:30:32,190 If you're marketable, if you fill the seats, then that's your job. 393 00:30:41,629 --> 00:30:43,230 I wanted to make people smile. 394 00:30:57,340 --> 00:31:02,040 I wanted to take them away from their normal lives for 15 seconds or 15 395 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,360 and let them enjoy themselves on a bath. 396 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:08,140 That's where you make the connection. 397 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,720 Who's better than Canyon? 398 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,520 Oh, there is your answer. 399 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,460 There's the man. 400 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:24,280 Damn right I took the character seriously because it's freaking me. 401 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:31,230 I took it very seriously. And anybody who has an issue with that, I'm really 402 00:31:31,230 --> 00:31:33,670 sorry you're not passionate about your job like I was. 403 00:31:34,210 --> 00:31:36,530 And by golly, it's one jackhammer. 404 00:31:39,290 --> 00:31:40,290 Let's go. 405 00:31:41,250 --> 00:31:43,070 One, two, three. 406 00:31:43,570 --> 00:31:44,570 It's over. 407 00:31:46,970 --> 00:31:48,310 145 and zip. 408 00:31:49,310 --> 00:31:50,790 Canyon, you made the list. 409 00:31:51,070 --> 00:31:53,710 Goldberg was absolutely huge at the time. We know that. 410 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:59,700 But I want to tell you this right now, because as a fan, Diamond Dallas Page 411 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:04,600 on that level. I've got a lot of favorite matches, but the match with 412 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:10,840 at Halloween Havoc, without question, one of my top three matches of all time. 413 00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:14,500 When I went out there in that ring with him, it was a fight, you know? 414 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,540 It was a fight, and that's what I really love about that match. 415 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,680 He comes to us from the Jersey Shore. 416 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:28,540 By the way of the school of hard knocks, DDP Diamond Dallas 417 00:32:28,540 --> 00:32:29,840 Hayes. 418 00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:35,880 You've heard a lot of stories about Dallas. 419 00:32:36,660 --> 00:32:37,680 They're all true. 420 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,600 All the positive ones. 421 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,460 Because they don't make a better human being than DDP. 422 00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:47,380 You always help me. 423 00:32:48,090 --> 00:32:53,170 He was always an open ear if I had a question, had advice for me, would come 424 00:32:53,170 --> 00:32:54,170 with ideas. 425 00:32:54,530 --> 00:33:00,750 He cares about every aspect of every part of the match, whether it's a very 426 00:33:00,750 --> 00:33:04,050 small detail or it's a very intricate spot. 427 00:33:06,030 --> 00:33:12,170 And to be able to wrestle him in a main event, 428 00:33:12,410 --> 00:33:16,190 I mean, what an honor to be in the ring. 429 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,280 With such a tactical guy. 430 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:31,020 If you look in that 431 00:33:31,020 --> 00:33:34,320 match, he's a giant Tasmanian devil. 432 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:41,880 That was just sheer brute 433 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:42,880 power. 434 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:50,440 When he comes running, he is coming to spear me in that corner. 435 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:57,720 And as he's right there, I literally kick my feet up, and he just keeps 436 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:05,960 The post ain't moving. 437 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:08,760 And he ended up hitting his shoulder really hard. 438 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,239 And don't forget with Goldberg, if he's got a bad shoulder now, he can't pick 439 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,560 the man up for his finishing maneuver. 440 00:34:16,340 --> 00:34:22,600 And when I turn around and there he is, if you watch as he's coming down, 441 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:28,280 his head hits before my body does. 442 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,679 So Bill speared himself. 443 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:40,179 I knocked myself out in that match, which was a lot of fun. 444 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:52,389 He goes to pick me up, and he's doing it with one arm because his shoulder hit 445 00:34:52,389 --> 00:34:53,389 that pole. 446 00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:55,050 He can do it with no arms. 447 00:34:57,870 --> 00:35:02,590 Oh, first time he hasn't been able to that I know of. I'm like, what the hell 448 00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:05,370 he doing? I'm thinking something must be wrong here. 449 00:35:05,650 --> 00:35:07,310 I don't know this is a shoot. 450 00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:13,290 Boom, he picks me up, and I drop behind and spin him and catch him with the 451 00:35:13,290 --> 00:35:14,290 cutter. 452 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:20,460 Without question, one of the biggest pops, personally, I had ever heard. 453 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,080 And, 454 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:33,340 like, it really comes out loud over the TV, but it was nothing compared to how 455 00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:36,940 loud it was when you were there in the arena. 456 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,300 I woke up as I was jackhammering him. 457 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:21,520 bro, what the... And he goes, bro, I don't remember 458 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,920 anything after Spear. 459 00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:29,660 There's certain guys, and Bill was absolutely one of them, that no matter 460 00:36:29,660 --> 00:36:31,860 was going to finish the job, he came there to do. 461 00:36:32,780 --> 00:36:37,360 Looking back, there's no question that that was the best match I've ever been 462 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:41,820 involved in. And it was 100 % due to DDP's experience. 463 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,560 and his way of going about business. 464 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,400 Bill Goldberg was a cyborg. 465 00:36:47,620 --> 00:36:49,260 I mean, he was a beast. 466 00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:56,500 You believed him from 20 ,000 people up right down to 467 00:36:56,500 --> 00:37:03,300 row one or being in the ring with him because the 468 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:04,600 cat was the real deal. 469 00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:38,060 I think people had seen me squash guys in two minutes or less enough. They 470 00:37:38,060 --> 00:37:39,100 wanted something different. 471 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,460 How are you going to get sympathy on this character? 472 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:53,500 How are you going to make me chant for him if all I ever do is watch him lay 473 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:54,500 dynamite? 474 00:38:00,710 --> 00:38:05,590 You get past DDP and Kevin Nash was coming up. That was a big deal. Kevin 475 00:38:05,590 --> 00:38:06,590 was cool. 476 00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:12,110 And here's where I started to learn about the wrestling business in that, 477 00:38:12,110 --> 00:38:16,030 know, you got to swerve people. You got to give them what they want and then 478 00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:19,170 take it away and then give it to them again. And I'm just learning. I'm 479 00:38:19,170 --> 00:38:20,170 learning. 480 00:38:20,890 --> 00:38:22,870 I had no control over anything. 481 00:38:23,110 --> 00:38:28,010 I don't give advice. I don't give ideas. I show up and I do my job. 482 00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:33,650 And now, the moment the world has been waiting for. 483 00:38:34,090 --> 00:38:41,010 The mandatory match for the heavyweight championship of the world. 484 00:38:42,190 --> 00:38:46,650 You look at Starrcade, it's like a prize fight. It has that prize fight feel. 485 00:38:46,970 --> 00:38:49,010 Everything's at stake here tonight. Everything. 486 00:38:49,790 --> 00:38:50,790 Goldberg's streak. 487 00:38:51,190 --> 00:38:52,190 Goldberg's title. 488 00:38:52,670 --> 00:38:54,050 Nash's reputation. 489 00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:55,790 All on the line. 490 00:39:10,860 --> 00:39:13,020 So during the match, we're going back and forth. 491 00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:26,180 Bill's close to 6 '4". He's every bit of 6 '3 1⁄2". And Bill's probably 305 to 492 00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:27,180 315. 493 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:32,960 And I'm legitimately at that point about 330, maybe 325. 494 00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:41,010 And Bill is a very strong man. 495 00:39:43,690 --> 00:39:45,270 Look at that power of that man. 496 00:39:45,630 --> 00:39:47,010 Up onto the shoulder. 497 00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:49,790 A guy the size of Kevin Nelson on the shoulder. 498 00:39:51,210 --> 00:39:52,510 One, two. 499 00:39:55,530 --> 00:39:58,810 When you're out there and you're, as we call it, dancing. 500 00:39:59,910 --> 00:40:06,410 You see something, you just do it. 501 00:40:08,910 --> 00:40:10,530 I said, I'm going to fall back on armbar. 502 00:40:11,130 --> 00:40:13,050 And I did it, and the crowd reacted. 503 00:40:14,150 --> 00:40:18,730 The second the crowd reacted, he pulled his arm out like it was, like, in molten 504 00:40:18,730 --> 00:40:20,810 lava. I knew what I was going to do. 505 00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:26,930 Like, I had a piece of wrestling art that I was going to paint, and all of a 506 00:40:26,930 --> 00:40:29,750 sudden, Jackson Pollock threw up on the corner of my canvas. 507 00:40:31,350 --> 00:40:33,130 So it was just like, you're killing me, dude. 508 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:49,760 It just jumps to where I think it's one of the greatest finishes of all time. 509 00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:55,320 Let's run in Disco for no reason. 510 00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:59,840 Just run him in. We'll put a Wolfpack shirt on him. He's not officially a part 511 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:00,840 of it. 512 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:06,720 He only deserves this. A spear for Thorburn. The Bam Bam Bigelow run in. 513 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:11,680 Remember, this is no disqualification. Absolutely it is. 514 00:41:12,090 --> 00:41:17,170 And Bigelow, once again, uninvited. Not supposed to be here. 515 00:41:17,390 --> 00:41:19,270 Send him to jail. 516 00:41:19,550 --> 00:41:22,650 So I'm laying on the ground saying, like, is the clown car next? 517 00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:30,870 Give me a break. 518 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:35,030 Truth be told, the cattle prod was not the first idea. 519 00:41:38,050 --> 00:41:40,090 The first idea was a taser. 520 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,980 The first idea was the one that the policeman would deploy. He would fire 521 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,300 and it would shoot, and it had barbs, and it would stick in your, wherever it 522 00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:52,080 hit you. And then the tether would light you up. 523 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,000 That's what I wanted to have. 524 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,540 I wanted him to shoot me with it and light my ass up on national television. 525 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:02,300 Because that was the only way you were going to take me down. 526 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:08,840 The way that it ended up diminished the value of me being a monster, I believe. 527 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,200 But it was safer. 528 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:19,520 You're not allowed to hit a human being with the taser that's real, 529 00:42:19,660 --> 00:42:25,240 that knocks down 1 ,200 -pound or 2 ,000 -pound cows. 530 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,320 Oh, no. 531 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:47,700 Wait a minute. 532 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,280 Did this be it? 533 00:42:52,860 --> 00:42:55,240 One, two, three. 534 00:42:56,540 --> 00:42:58,380 And we have a new world champion. 535 00:42:58,860 --> 00:42:59,980 The streak is over. 536 00:43:00,980 --> 00:43:03,840 173 -1 and a new world champion. 537 00:43:04,140 --> 00:43:07,880 Kevin Nash is crowned world heavyweight champion. 538 00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:14,040 walked in and said, let's do this. I think we should do that. 539 00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:18,680 That's what bookers get paid for. I get paid to go out and fulfill their 540 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:19,680 requests. 541 00:43:19,860 --> 00:43:24,880 So that night I went out and I fulfilled their request to be beaten for the 542 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,320 first time at Starrcade by Kevin Nash. 543 00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,580 So I don't know if anybody knew it was my birthday. 544 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,600 I don't think anybody cared it was my birthday. 545 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:37,220 It's Bill's birthday, December the 27th. 546 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,800 that he got beat because he came and told me that day. But it's also the 547 00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,540 anniversary of my mother's death. 548 00:43:44,740 --> 00:43:45,800 December 27, 549 00:43:46,980 --> 00:43:52,040 1994, the day my mom died of cancer. I think I topped you. That's real. 550 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:54,760 I just walked away from him. 551 00:43:55,460 --> 00:44:00,540 Kevin Nash had been assigned to the booking committee, I think a month prior 552 00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:01,540 something like that. 553 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,440 The booking committee came up with the idea of me losing in Starrcade to Kevin. 554 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,140 We're going back and we're talking about history, so this is history, so I'm 555 00:44:09,140 --> 00:44:13,100 going to go into it in a different... I don't have any problem with Bill. I like 556 00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:20,000 Bill. I like him, but it's just like... To this day, you can roll this too. 557 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,340 He thinks I was booking when I beat him. 558 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:33,940 You know, as far as I'm concerned, since everybody just makes up, I think Hogan 559 00:44:33,940 --> 00:44:34,980 and Bischoff... 560 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,120 We're sitting around drinking beer one night, and they said, hey, let's just 561 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:39,120 beat Goldberg. 562 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:44,260 Because I know I wasn't there, so I just make something up like everybody else 563 00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:49,620 does. I don't know who's to say whether it was time, who's to say whether that 564 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:53,200 was the way to go about it, who's to say whether he was the right guy. 565 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:58,360 I didn't know what was in store. I didn't know whether it was all coming to 566 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:03,560 screeching halt. I didn't know the business enough to know what was next. I 567 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:04,560 didn't know what's next. 568 00:45:05,940 --> 00:45:10,420 The 462 days of the streak, that was an era. 569 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:17,540 And that era is about a guy in black trunks walking in, mad as hell, getting 570 00:45:17,540 --> 00:45:21,000 victory, looking as intense as ever, and walking out. 571 00:45:21,420 --> 00:45:24,780 Bill Goldberg's era was lightning in a bottle. 572 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,260 No, it's got to be about something. 573 00:45:30,460 --> 00:45:31,419 What's your name? 574 00:45:31,420 --> 00:45:33,580 William. William, guess what? 575 00:45:34,250 --> 00:45:40,330 That's my name. In all honesty, the number one thing that I garner from the 576 00:45:40,330 --> 00:45:46,770 streak, it gave me the ability to be someone larger than life for kids who 577 00:45:46,770 --> 00:45:51,450 need somebody to look up to that's larger than life. 578 00:45:52,630 --> 00:45:54,230 You tell them who the man is. 579 00:45:54,530 --> 00:45:55,990 There you go. 580 00:45:56,590 --> 00:45:58,030 It's my man right here. 581 00:45:59,210 --> 00:46:01,290 To be able to make them smile. 582 00:46:04,750 --> 00:46:06,010 Once. Look at this guy. 583 00:46:07,270 --> 00:46:11,770 You can't put a price on it. You can't put a value on it. 584 00:46:13,030 --> 00:46:14,890 And it's really hard to explain. 585 00:46:15,390 --> 00:46:18,930 Let's just say it's the coolest thing you're ever going to experience in your 586 00:46:18,930 --> 00:46:20,690 life. Give me something, man. I like that. 587 00:46:20,950 --> 00:46:21,950 I like that. 588 00:46:22,150 --> 00:46:24,690 Come on, let's go to the ring. I was there when you won that championship. 589 00:46:25,230 --> 00:46:26,230 There you go. 590 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:36,000 Everything about Goldberg was reality -based. 591 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:42,600 And that's why it worked for that whole Monday Night Wars run. 592 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,060 That's why it worked when he first got to WWE. 593 00:46:48,460 --> 00:46:49,140 And 594 00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:55,940 then he 595 00:46:55,940 --> 00:46:57,840 came back when he was in his 50s. 596 00:46:58,860 --> 00:47:00,140 It still works. 597 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:12,920 Goldie, I want to tell you, man, going back to that day at the Gold Club 598 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:19,560 or that night and literally feeling that you just 599 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:26,360 belonged in our business and for you to actually come in and rise to the ranks 600 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:32,320 as fast and just like a meteor blasting across the sky. 601 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:38,900 And then 20 years later, you still have your hand in all this, bro. 602 00:47:39,180 --> 00:47:45,300 And still have the Goldberg impact, man. 603 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,720 I am so proud of you, man. 604 00:47:56,180 --> 00:47:58,520 Bill Goldberg is... 605 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,080 Man, I'm a very complex individual. 606 00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:13,400 I'll boil it down to the basics. I just try to treat people the way I want to be 607 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,720 treated. But when I turn into Goldberg, there is no boundary. 608 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:24,020 I am a perfectionist. 609 00:48:24,580 --> 00:48:25,580 I'm a husband. 610 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:27,800 I'm a father. 611 00:48:30,580 --> 00:48:31,800 And hopefully... 612 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,320 I'm someone to set a good example for those who come after me.