At a live Inside The Ropes show, we asked Goldberg about working with Bret Hart. This leads to Bill discussing how he feels about the kick to Bret's head, his response to Bret's criticisms of him and his regret about the whole situation. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
Inside the Ropes i loved watching Bill and how he was as a wrestler and how he is as a professional. He was an idol of mine. He gave you that super man gimmick. He made it believable, Bill made me believe that I could do anything, Bill was the one guy that did entertain me. I put him up there with Hulk , Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Ric Flair and many others, I eventually became an asst basketball coach at a small college cause I looked at Bills professionalism, he made me be who I was as a human being and made professional as a person. And I've never met the guy.
He also pointed out usually when you kick someone in wrestling you bend the knee even if its just a little. Because either the leg or the other wrestler will have to give and it shouldn't be the other wrestler and that Bill was lucky till that point no one got hurt. He also pointed out that Bill didn't even look back to see if he was ok and that was the part that Bret took more of a problem with.
Ummm Brett wrestled several matches after this including a hardcore match against Terry Funk. Brett was and always will be a great wrestler. but above all else he will always be a pre Madonna that cried when he couldn't get his way. He couldn't handle being put out to pasture plain and simple. Goldberg did nothing wrong. Brett just needed someone to blame for the company moving on without him.
@@timbeeson9818 You're being an idiot. Goldberg is my all time favorite pro wrestler ever but he screwed that kick up big time and he has admitted it himself. He was nearly 300 pounds of hard muscles and did some kickboxing training. He went way too hard on that kick, Rob Cahil is right, he should have had his knee bend and simply not put full force into it. He was reckless, he was way too big to pull off a quick kick with that kind of speed. It's not real fighting, he forgot that. And Bret's the one who had to suffer for it.
In Brets book he talks about how WCW not really giving him the medical attention he needed after the match. The concussion was bad but WCW allowing him to continue to work and take bumps made it a whole lot worse!
@@joesmith7304 I was just about to say that. If he was that concerned about his health he would have stopped wrestling and said "hey I'm not well I need time off"
I don’t think he knew the scale of it until the chronic migraines started the next day. At the time, there was no talk of CTE or concussion protocol. And then the doctor told him it was over. In fairness, Bret was 42 and in the twilight of his career. He was banged up already.
As a pro wrestler, Bill Goldberg has always been notoriously unsafe to work with. Ended Hart's career and nearly ended Taker's too. As a pro wrestler it is your job to ensure your opponent's safety.
He is a competitor not an entertainer. So naturally he was in the WCW/WWE not UFC... what a joke lol. Honestly. Vince should never even have BEGUN to consider putting him in the ring with the Undertaker. Undertaker was the ENTERTAINER. The very thing Goldberg IRL appears to think is irrelevant and unworthy in wrestling. I am surprised Undertaker didn't permanently quit then and there. If you put anyone in the ring with Goldberg just because of Goldberg's mindset about this stuff then you need someone who can still take an extreme beating physically because of how stiff and unsafe Goldberg is going to be. More then they seem to understand Undertaker's rest of his life and retirement were at risk that night just because of how foolish Goldberg's mindset really is. That is why he was likely also given to people like Kevin owens around that time because Kevin has a very self sacrificial mindset kind of like Flair often had or Mick Foley had.
Woah woah if that was true then he wouldn't have the respect that he has you don't here sting saying he was dangerous, Hogan, the giant, ddp, raven, Kevin Nash, hall , Orton, hhh, Batista none of these guys would say that this man had strength like no other two of the most powerful moves in wrestling and he studied MMA and those who talk bad about him are haters ok a choke slam hurts and a man running with speed to hit your chest area hurts it's not his fault some weren't trained to take that move
@@kabilan the only person who got judged like that and was sloppy with his moves and probably did hurt you on purpose was Ryback that's why he's not wrestling now
I like Goldberg, but justifying hurting Bret by saying "I just wanted it to look real" really isn't any sort of viable excuse. You're supposed to make it "look" like it hurts, whilst also making it safe. He could be a bit more contrite here
When he says that he’s a competitor and not an entertainer, he’s telling us one thing. He won’t accept that it’s entertainment. He’s such a competitive person that he just can’t help himself, and feels an impulse to show his ‘rival’ who’s boss in the ring. He’s that kid at school who trips you up on cross country runs just to get ahead of you.
If he wanted competition should've gotten into boxing or mma not entertainment such as wwe. He'd be ripped into pieces there. Goldberg talks as if that kick is the only thing he botched. He's a serial botcher, God knows why he got much opportunities when he's that unsafe. A trained pilot accidentally causing a plane & an inept who can't fly properly crashing the plane is different.
I would be bitter also Goldberg hurt alot of guys in the ring not only Bret... They should have made him go back to wrestling school he was absolutely horrible in the ring and he had a big head... The only reason his matches were 2-3minutes bc he couldn't wrestle! That's why William regal exposed him bad in a match Goldberg had a bitch fit about it to...😂
Hes not bitter...jst fucked off how vince the devil screwed him...despite bret showing him respect in staying with wwf even tho he was offered stupind money by the better wcw....wwf/Wwe screwed bret and his allbfamily ..caused his bros death...stiched the fight in canada making him loose to a egotistical shawn..need i go on...im sorry if someone did this to me id more than punch him in his face in the locker room!!!
@@lmuriilo5803 What wrestlers did Goldberg hurt besides Bret Hart? I been watching since the early 90s and I never heard of any other story of him hurting someone. Atleast nothing to the point of their career being in danger of being over after said match with him. Goldberg wasn't perfect but he wasn't bad in the ring at all. His purpose was to be a Beast, so it wouldn't make sense for him to be out there having back and forth 20 minute long matches with anyone even if he was capable of doing so.
@@PatrickPierceBateman Good. Hart is a bitch and was already a millionaire. But nice and smart on his part to take part in a hardcore match against Terry Funk and sustain a couple of hard, unprotected chair shots to the head after the kick in the head.
@@AlexYBITW Right and the kick is what screwed him up, nothing to do with those chair shots. Brett again, always complaining about everything. I never seen a wrestler who would win bitch moan and complain like him.
@@wilsonsmanz I don't know the guy personally and he DID have a rough go of it through his career like the screwjob, then being misused by WCW, his brothers death, and then his career being ended. However, he does come off as having been a guy even before all of that who would have been the buzz kill of a party.
"I'm a competitor not an entertainer..." Well, entertainment wrestling isn't about competition unless your talking about popularity or say in the storyline. In WWE and WCW you were an entertainer as the winner was already fixed.
@DCI Gene Hunt this guys an idiot. Im sure he's a nice guy to his fans (as I've heard) but he's considered one of the most dangerous wrestlers to work with. Funny how Hart was put in the ring w him as he was considered one of the safest wrestlers.
I get what he’s saying though. He works matches to look more like brawls. Bret hart is a pure pro wrestler. Ric flair is such a character, not that he’s a really good wrestler too but his matches are… him. Rey mysterio is a luchador. Current day Brock constructs his matches like damn near ufc fights. Goldberg is saying his mentality and approach to wrestling… is what it is. Up to you if that’s right or wrong, but he got his money.
I think you missed the point. He wasn’t being arrogant. He was a former football player so he would have killed Bret in a real flight it’s just the truth. I’m not a Goldberg fan but it was a simple accident
Goldberg was bigger than Bret which was an issue for Bret with most of the people he fought. It means he was the one more likely to be hurt. Second Bret was getting old at this point his reflex's weren't as good.
I love when these guys say "I'm a competitor!" as if this is a professional sport with an undetermined outcome. Say "I'm a great performer!" instead. Makes way more sense.
Obviously their competing! Vince keeps a close eye on whose performing the best, so in that game you have to be rutheless against the others to show that your worthy of being there, because if your not vince would have your ass out the door in two seconds. Your entire career boils down to how you compete in each match and how the crowd is drawn to you. Take the rock as a great example, that man put his heart and soul into every match, to ensure he'd put on the best match/show possible. If he didn't then he would never be where he is today.
Bret said he wasn't mad at him over that so much as he waited a long time to say anything to Bret about it, like an apology. Accidents do happen. People get overzealous. Bret was hit so hard that the part of his brain that controlled happy didn't work properly, so he wasn't in his right mind for a while.
@@nathanwanner..44 Oh, I know. I was just saying that from Harts perspective he was more mad at the fact that Goldberg didn't say anything to him for a long time, til it was too late.
2:09 “That’s one thing I’ll forever be remorseful for, is the misplaced kick, and he did kind of know it was coming”. Even in the attempts at an apology there is still the diffusion of responsibility and rationalization of what happened to Brett in that statement.
Because he didn't end his career. Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
I saw an interview with Hart after the various problems, in which he said: "You couldn't meet a nicer guy than Bill Goldberg". I'd take some of this with a few grains of salt. Accidents do happen, and nobody knows it better than wrestlers.
Hart has gone back and forth one week Goldberg is a great guy it was an accident, the next week Goldberg was a jackass who did it on purpose. Bret has never had a consistant story on this which is why I dont value what he says.
I don't care how nice you are, if you aren't professional and make careless dangerous mistakes in the ring, you don't belong there. Congrats on being an Ultimate Warrior clone. "I didn't set out to be a sideshow..." but YOU ARE!
Goldberg has apologized numerous times and Bret keeps bringing it up and harping on it and acts like Goldberg did it on purpose...Bret needs to just move on
@@dandybrian Brett holds a grudge so he can bring it up all the time to stay somewhat relevant. Which he isnt. Its always the has beens that are the most bitter.
Lol. Tries to apologize, but ends up insulting and burying Bret Hart and Ric Flair. Now I know why this idiot didn’t talk in WCW. ‘I’m a competitor!’ No. U were a pro football player that got hurt, made the transition to wrestling, never learned how to wrestle and was pushed to the moon. He can’t carry Bret or Flair’s jockstrap. Take urself too seriously much?
@@CaptFreedumb I really don't understand how people can defend Goldberg. He seems to be well known for stiff shots because he never bothered to really learn how to wrestle. This bs about "Accidents happen just let it go" is real rich when he complained not too long ago about Regal kicking him in the back of the head even though in that match at the time Regal was laying down and Regal is a million times the wrestler Goldberg is so I can just about guarantee you it was controlled. Goldberg even severely hurt himself when he tried to punch through a limo window because he's a bull-headed idiot. Now if he wants to apologize and leave it at that then do that. Don't say this complete crap about how Hart would've never gotten up if Goldberg didn't want him to. He's just a dickhead whose career is an insult to other wrestlers who have actually put the time in and aren't just in it for the money.
@Ziad Khaled So if I said "Americas do x" then that would be racism? Don't confuse nationality with race just because I hurt your little feelings, moron. See you're the one who started this by calling someone you don't know an idiot so don't dish it out if you can't take it, but I can see how you wouldn't understand how rude it is for Goldberg to say for no reason that he could've killed Bret since you don't seem to understand what a dickhead you are. If he doesn't want to apologize anymore he could've moved on from the question, but instead he just added fuel to the fire completely unnecessarily. Your opinion on Goldberg being a decent wrestler is likely nostalgia. He was well known for being extremely limited in moveset which is why most of his matches were very short and why he got really pissed when Regal forced a long match on him. Regal is now a coach for NXT and known as one of the greats when it comes to technical wrestling. If you don't believe anything I'm saying then just Google it. I think it's obvious on its own, but go check the general consensus if you want to be stubborn.
When anyone is trained to wrestle, the first and foremost thing that needs to be embedded in your head is "ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR OPPONENT!!" Always. Anyone who can't learn this rule has no business being in the business, period.
AJ Styles was a great example of this. His Styles Clash had the potential to really hurt someone if things went wrong. There was a time when he did the clash to someone and adjusted his move mid-air to avoid having his face go into the mat face first and possibly hurting the guy's neck.
From what I've seen from other wrestlers at the time. Goldberg was awful to work with. Not skilled enough to wrestle at that level. Dangerous. This is a good example of fears coming to reality.
You've probably just heard from Kevin Nash or other NWO members, it's not surprising because they always teamed up on him and people like you don't even feel bad for the NWO trying to ruin his career.
Nah that's just WWE nonsense. Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
@@namikstudios I take it you dont know how that move is executed then? To do the figure 4 on the ring post your opponent has to hold your leg in place so that when you leave the ground to put your other leg up you don't smash the back of your head on the ground. Goldberg let go of brets leg when he lifted his second leg up which mean bret has nothing to us as leverage so he falls to the ground and smashes his head on the ground. Bret suffered 3 concussion during that match with Goldberg and all of them were Goldbergs fault. Also you don't have a clue about fighting a superior wrestler will 9/10 best a someone who rely on pure strength. Al bret would have to do is tie Goldberg up in a hold then wait while he tired himself out then go to town on him while he's gassed. Mma is dominated by this tactic
Also take into account that Goldberg didn't talk so whoever was wrestling him had to do 100% of the work for the rivalry, promoting the match was up to everyone else. Goldberg is only who he is because of everyone else raising him up and having to work to his very limited strengths which are basically hes strong and he looks good. So they gave him a stupidly long and over the top entrance and a few power moves then had him squash everyone because everyone knew the longer he stayed in the ring the faster people would figure out hes actually crap. Only person who got a good match out of him was ddp and that was because ddp layed out the match step by step and made him practice it for weeks leading up to the match till it was ingrained in him. The fact Goldberg thinks he's some self made superstar is embarrassing. He was dragged kicking and screaming to where he got too.
Goldberg has apologized a bunch of times but bret need to get over it and I'm a Bret Hart fan but wrestling people get injured all the time on botched moves It's not like Goldberg said yeah I'm a kick this dude and ahead and give him a concussion on purpose.
@@pp3k3jamailGoldberg didn’t apologize until months later so Bret has every right to be mad..Not only did Goldberg end his wrestling career he did real damage to his life..When DLo ended Droz career with his neck injury DLo apologized immediately and paid off the hospital bill
@@pp3k3jamailHis apology was meaningless because his actions Show he deliberately The choice not to invest in training. He did not take pro wrestling serious And Is nearly paralysed the undertaker
Amen to that. Goldberg is a completely reckless individual, who shouldn't have been allowed in the ring. He knew what he did, I believe it was intentional, even if Brett doesn't!
He looks way bigger here than he did during his interview with Austin that just went up on the network the other day. This must be fairly old. He didn't tease shit during that interview, matter of fact I came away from it thinking that it seemed fairly obvious he wasn't planning a return.
@@jjj2619 and im coming from a wwe fan who cheered for goldberg when i was young before i realize how unsafe he was when i got older. Dude should have gone to indie mma circuits. Dude not only injured bret and taker, but he also injured himself on his pre match ritual. Some competitor that is.
@@rovicjanrafaelroa8296 MMA wasn't that popular back in the day, and now everyone knows wrestling is scripted that's why they don't enjoy it anymore. He made the fans happy by making it look real, in today's wrestling everyone knows it's scripted that's why they miss the old matches where it used to look real, Goldberg wanted his matches to look real so that the fans enjoy it.
It is hard to imagine how hard these performers work to make the moves believable without hurting each other. The timing and choreography that prevents more serious injuries is impressive.
It is said Jericho being the technical wrestler that he is he was he got Bil in a crossbow stranglehold and Goldberg choked. I do not quite remember what happened next but it seems Goldberg may have fainted
Goldberg is still a mark for himself lol. You would think the defeat at the hands of Jericho would have humbled him. The whole point is that he was dangerous in the ring, when he was supposed to protect his opponent.
Every wrestler is a mark bro! There isn't one wrestler that desires to have a career just to job others. Wrestling in itself is dangerous. Goldberg wasn't the first stiff guy in the business. The Steiners, Rude, Dr. D, Brody, and so on were all stiff workers and potentially dangerous. Bret was probably the most technical wrestlers in the business and deserves praise and respect. However, if you think Goldberg is a mark, Bret is ten times the mark compared to him.
@@bladey_0_10 exactly is lasted 5 seconds if that lol. I’m pretty sure Jericho even said if they actually squared up and fought Goldberg would probably win
"If I really wanted to hurt the guy..." Already lost me. People get hurt by other people not because they want to hurt them, but because they don't care, or don't have the professionality/competence to do anything about their technique.
Nah, Goldberg makes a great point.. what happened was an accident, he's Apologized a thousand times, and has shown plenty of remorse in countless other interviews.. However, Brett Hart along with his fans can't ever forgive and move on. So I can see how Goldberg is fed up with it all. And tired of apologizing. Also, It's true, If Goldberg legitimately wanted to hurt Brett Hart, Brett wouldn't not have gotten up off that matt..
@@DGS_1992dude basically admitted here that he didn't pull the kick yet you still saying it was an accident... can't be both, you realize that right? Also, how do you know who hurts who in a real fight? You just need to not live under a rock to see most of the champs in real combat sports are not the most muscular or have the bodybuilding physic.
@@yunloy so brock lesnar, Francis Ngannou, Mike tyson, Evander Holyfield, jon jones must just be the rare exception of muscular imposing fighters being the top athletes for combat, eh?
@@DGS_1992 Francis got beat by Stipe, a man 50 pounds lighter. Jones is exactly the physic I'm referring to, which leads me to think if you know what you are talking about... in lightweight he was a skinny, slender fighter with skinny legs. In heavy weight, he's all bloated and looks soft. Have you seen any of his fights? My guess is not, you just went quickly to take a peek at his Instagram.
@@DGS_1992 Wilder got beat by Tyson Fury. Paolo Costa, Joel Romero both huge muscular guys got beat by skinny Israel Adesanya. If it wasn't recorded in a real fight and it was fake wrestling, you probably say that if "Paolo or Romero really wanted to hurt Adesanya, he would have had no chance"
Goldberg says if I wanted to hurt him for real he ( Bret Hart ) would have never gotten up! Goldberg looks tough but remember Lord Steven Regal completely schooled him & made Bill his bitch, so what would happen if Bret had wanted to be as unprofessional as Goldberg was & still is? Bret Hart would have wrapped Bill up like a pretzel
@@alexh8613 regal was grappling goldberg and confusing the fuck outta him. It looked like a half shoot where he showed golberg couldnt really grapple. It was not scripted and regal got fired for it.
@@Curt-iy7ck Regal got fired over it because it was supposed to be a typical Goldberg squash match and Regal went completely against that, making it appear to be a very even match. WCW wanted Goldberg to look monsterous. Goldberg was confused because the match was scripted to go one way and the person that was most likely calling out the match did something completely different.
Thing is, Bret can count on one hand the amount of serious injuries he inflicted on opponents in his entire career.....Goldberg hurts opponents almost every match he has. He may be bigger and stronger than Bret....but when it comes to skill and pure talent, Goldberg couldn't wipe Bret's ass. :)
@@deltawhiskey1398 Does that mean Stone Cold Steve Austin is also an overrated wrestler?.....because their styles were very similar. They both weren't exactly known for their high flying abilities but were more than able to put on an entertaining show. :)
Bret Hart injured 0, so yes in one hand XD the men was the Excellence of Execution because he did everything perfectly never hurting anyone, true pro wrestler.
I hate the way Goldberg uses this opportunity to boast about how tough he is by saying that he could have killed Bret if he wanted to. Really man? What kind of apology is that? You did not execute the move properly and as a result Bret got hurt.
Man never stepped into the cage which infuriates me the most. Like if Brock Lesnar talked like Goldberg, he'd still be a dick...but he'd have somewhat of a point. But Goldberg talks like he's a proven shoot fighter...he very much could of always trained MMA....but training and competing is a whole other level.
Jerico seen how he fights for real, talks about it in his book. Grabbing peoples throats, running at them with his head down, grabbing hair . I doubt he could do real mma as he kind of got exposed backstage for real. No one took him as serrious as he made out after that .
terry mcginnis "at least hes always been remorseful about it you can always tell" So is Nick Hogan, but John Graziano still suffers from massive brain damage. Fuck-headed wrestling is just as bad as drunk driving. And I don't hear much remorse when he brags "if I WANTED to hurt him, he'd never get back UP."
@@SovereignStatesman okay you are comparing a wrestler injuring another wrestler with a dumb ass who purposely was speed and under the influence of booze with this?.....seriously they are not the same
@@illm8434 i can understand some hate with scott hall when you have someone addicted to pills and booze shows up to work smelling like booze i dont blame ppl for not wanting to work with him
@ihate names Not at all, go back and watch that match, Owen and Austin were giving a technical masterpiece before the piledriver, Stone Cold even says so himself as well as stating that it was a fluke accident, that he no longer blames Owen for. Comparing a stiff af, 4 move Goldberg, who hurt a lot of others besides Bret, to a skilled guy like Owen who never hurt anyone else besides Stone Cold, and who could pretty much do it all between the ropes, is absolutely ridiculous.
Brett Hart the most technical wrestlers of all time, from a family of wrestlers, experienced! if he says you aren't skilled enough, smart enough, have enough experience when it comes to wrestling then you don't. Period! He said Goldberg was reckless, he's right!
Bill was a power house slam and bam type of wrestler he was the face and Bret hated that talking about skills and charisma was there any of that when he wore a steel plated vest in a match with bill where was the safety there
Goldberg was a super hero who could anni annilate his opponents in seconds kinda like Mike Tyson in boxing the fight didn't last the first round but it wasn't like he didn't have other big man in there too. Accidents happen it's the business in Sports
Great technical wrestler or not, Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
@@namikstudios Or..... clearly you do not know how kayfabe injuries work in wrestling matches. They do not have to make sense, they do it to sell a bump in a match to make it more entertaining.
People are getting the wrong idea of what he means by “I’m a competitor not a entertainer” he was talking about how he wanted his character to be believable saying he doesn’t want to be like Ric Flair saying woo and running around the ring being goofy not wanting to entertain the crowd like that but wanted to be presented as a serious competitor to make the matches feel real and he’s right guy like Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley are like that and the fans like wrestlers like them but still guys like them have to be careful with his opponents
i forgive him, and i loved goldberg for a time, but he really took this shit way to serious. "im a competitor" and i know its his angle, but he does believe it to a point and held onto it to much. if he really wanted to compete he should of gone into MMA because without a real fight, whos to say who would win, goldberg talks all this shit about being able to kill everyone and its annoying, we know you were a pro athlete but there are a number of guys in the locker room who could kick the shit out of goldberg if they tried, but they never let something like that effect their emotions
"I'm a competitor, not an entertainer." That's not what you were hired to do Bill. You weren't hired to "compete", you were hired to entertain the crowds in a professional wrestling show. If Brett Hart, or any of the other great wrestling entertainers you worked with wanted to hurt or injure you Bill, you think you'd still be walking around? Brett Hart and Undertaker were two of the very best wrestlers that ever worked in the business and you nearly killed them both...by accident. They weren't "competing" against you, they were working *with* you to put on a show.
Imagine if you were in Bret's situation. Upon having his stroke, Bret underwent intense rehabilitation when he was hospitalized. He had no choice but to retire from wrestling. If I'm not mistaken, Bret has to take some type of medication to decrease the risk of his having another stroke or anything related; thankfully he's been stroke-free for 17 years. Though I'm sure that Goldberg feels remorse for the botched kick, unfortunately he's not suffering the consequences of it. It's easy to say, "Let it go" when it hasn't happened to YOU.
Damien Jones whining ? Lol . Goldberg was a fake a Money pull . Never had his own identity. A stone cold knock off . Couldn’t wrestle if his life depended on it .
Damien Jones Lol See you getting defensive I asked you a question an you buckled up . Your boy Goldberg was hot trash buddy . Bret was actually a wrestler . Goldberg was a juiced up bum that had no moves your worried about brets glasses worry about all that junk Goldberg was shooting up his ass. No one to this day considers Goldberg a wrestler . Except clowns 💯
Damien Jones lmfao only Goldberg fans are idiots . What truth people love Bret they hate Goldberg I can even have this convo buddy you don’t have any sense 💯👑
I think a huge part of this is Bill probably being upset that he made a huge mistake that really hurt someone and they had to suffer for it. It's gotta be hard for a green wrestler to go 100 mph and not screw up.
@@anitarikard7038 taking care of another wrestlers finances isnt his responsibility. Thats the companies. Alot of wrestlers get hurt by other wrestlers. Look what D'Lo Brown did to Droz. Look what Owen Heart did to Austin's neck TWICE. Look what Undertaker did to HBK in their casket back and how that was the final straw for HBK's back for 6 years. Getting hurt comes with the job and yes accidents do happen. Thats why the wrestlers have insurance.
I appreciate Goldberg for keeping his cool and remaining respectful. The man made a big enough mistake that he regrets to this day. What else can he do?
@R H because he's a danger to the other performers. Always has been. He almost killed the Undertaker with a jackhammer and almost killed himself by not tucking his head for the tombstone piledriver. Goldberg has been KNOWN for stiff shots and such
For Bill Goldberg to say "I'm not an entertainer, i'm a competitor" Dude, competitor or not, you're in the entertainment business. Your opponent's safety as well as your own need to be priority #1.
Well tbh physically speaking, who could "survive" 10, 15 or 20 minutes against such a beast, especially when He was in his prime It wouldn't have make sense for the opponents to last that much vs a huge powerhouse like Goldberg.
Crazy thing is if Bret wanted to be a “ competitor “ he would’ve snapped bills arms and legs within 5 minutes. Is sad cause bill still doesn’t understand how much Bret was carrying him during their time in the ring
I’m glad he said he regrets it, but could be a lot more remorseful about it. The point of wrestling is to make it look as real as possible without hurting your opponent. That being said, Bret did have some serious head shots against Terry Funk after this match so it’s hard to pinpoint for sure what ended his career. It was likely more of a cumulative effect.
Golberg "Im not going to complain, im going to go and do my job Golberg the day of the saudi arabia paperview: "I want my character to be a superhero, so I want to go over The Fiend"
He literally just performed the match as it was booked. If you want to shit on someone for wanting to be booked like a superhero and never put anyone over, Bret Hart is right over there.
@Ankit Singh Goldberg was the drunk driver of wrestling. He just barged in as a dumb Brute and injured people, then said it's okay because he didn't mean to.
He says he was remorseful, not professional enough to pull the kick , wanted to make it believable, etc. I have heard many, many wrestlers say that they always watched out for the other guy , and by Bill’s own words , he did not do that ! Very disappointing!
@@collinsmith4492 I would rather Bill had been brought up slower so he would know better than to risk hurting the other guy in order to make it look good ! What he said meant less than what he did , and someone is responsible for his lack of training in the ring . Someone messed up and because of that a wrestler got hurt . These guys are weapons , they need to be handled with care, loaded with blanks much like a prop gun . So the better question is who is responsible for putting Bill in that ring with full rounds ?
I went and found the full match on the dailymotion website, and watched it. I will say that, Goldberg never really appeared to try to hurt Hart, and in fact, Goldberg flung Hart into the ropes earlier in the match and gave him that very same side kick, which in both instances Hart had to "come into it" off of the ropes with 2 small , quick steps, but the first time Hart protected his head with his forearms, the second time he did not get his arms up for some reason. NOW, the MAIN THING, was DEFINITELY when Hart drug Goldberg's to the ringpost from outside of the ring, wrapped one of Goldberg's legs on either side of that ringpost, and then, tried to apply a sharpshooter with Goldberg's legs hanging down onto the ring apron, he totally disregarded the fact that his head would hit the concrete, and the padding on the concrete was minimal at best, and his head struck the concrete HARD when he fell backwards and down to the floor, which had to be the cause of the most severe injury in that match, you can clearly see him dazed beyond normal for minutes, and was totally Hart's fault. I think when Goldberg did the second rope fling - side kick incident happened, Hart was still stunned from his head trauma and that's why he didn't get his arms up to protect his head. The rest of the match, Hart was thrown onto the announcers table, and metal partition, and was easily given a chance to protect himself from injury, which he did well, but putting himself into the position of striking his head that hard on the concrete is 100% on Hart.
@@bigpoppapump4060 it was actually twice during a match and in the licker room. One tine they had a real shoot fight during a match that continued later on after the match off camera in the LR. Apparently Jericho won both tines as reported by multiple witnesses.
@ScyberPsylock This. Sting drew WCW's biggest ever buyrate (Starrcade '97) and was hot for longer than Goldberg was. When Sting faced Goldberg during the latter's much-touted undefeated streak, the company massively protected Sting, giving him the visual win then having him lose only due to Hogan interference. It also speaks volumes that fans are *still* rabidly discussing potential Sting matches against the likes of Undertaker, Michaels and Cena, while groaning loudly every time Goldberg tries to wrestle.
@@jpalvarez4972 said like a delusional sting mark. I mean I like sting too, but at least I'm not delusional. before sting's and goldberg's recent comebacks, who were the fans clamouring for? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't sting. the fans of nowadays always turn on the old legends after the initial excitement of the comeback has faded.
Why should Goldberg be remorseful for something he didn't cause? Bret gave himself the concussion when he put Bill in a figure four around the posts and smashed the back of his head on the ground in the process. Go and watch the match, it's as clear as day.
Fact is accidents happen d’lo and droz Seth and sting and Goldberg and Bret. These are all bad things and it sucks they happened but people blaming Goldberg is to me bizarre.
Not true, numerous wrestlers from WCW were talking about how dangerous Goldberg was being in the ring and thats what prompted Bret to say to him before their match, whatever you do, dont hurt me out there. And ofcourse he still managed to do so.
frizzy red This right here. It would be one thing if this wasn’t common, but just like Seth Goldberg just wasn’t so safe and even if these were accidents it doesn’t change how unsafe these guys were if they were injuring so much talent.
@@dominiquesmith7680 It also doesn't change that it was an accident either and that people like you need to let it go. It wasn't you who career he injured and he still didn't want to hurt the guy.
It was true that Goldberg did hurt wrestler's. If you think it through Goldberg use to play NFL years ago I know for a fact that NFL Players hit very hard. Batista admitted in his unleashed book that Goldberg would never intentionally hurt anyone he was just a big strong physical guy and a lot of his moves looked real. Batista did confirmed in his book that goldberg's moves were in fact real.
@The Searcher this is true however bret wrestled more matches after the goldberg mathc im not blaiming bret or goldberg my point was accidents and injuries happen in wrestling it sucks that they do but its a harsh reality
"Accidents happen." Says the guy with WAY more accidents than a lot of other people. At some point you just have to accept that YOU'RE the problem, Bill.
@@dagameplayer I agree, even back 1998, I always though undertaker could be the one to beat Goldberg but I would reather see 1994 undertaker vs 1998 Goldberg. Both were just unstoppable back in these days so it interesting to see who would really win set for both got up from almost everything.
Bret put Bill in a figure four around the posts but smashes the back of his head on the ground while he does it. That's what really caused his concussion in that match, not Bill's sidekick. You can actually see him in agony holding his head on the ground after the figure four - there's no kayfabe reason for Bret to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission hold around the posts, so he was clearly in real pain. If you watch the match you can see it as clear as day. It was never Goldberg's fault but he's been wrongly blamed for it all these years, even by Bret himself. Go and watch the match, it's obvious as all hell. Watch how Bret is in agony after smashing his head on the ground. That was it 100%.
I agree with you 100%. I found the entire match on dailymotion, watched it, and Hart took that same rope throw / side kick before he slammed his head onto the concrete, and was given the space by Goldberg to raise his arms to block the kick from his head, Hart also had to walk into that kick a few short steps as well, both times, and after his head SLAMMED into the barely padded concrete, where you could clearly see he was terribly stunned, Goldberg did the same thing with the rope throw / side kick the second time, Hart took 2 small steps off of the rope, but was still dazed enough that he did NOT get his arms up when he went into Goldberg's foot. Before the concussion onto the concrete, and the infamous "kick", Goldberg was throwing Hart around outside of the ring, head onto the table and railing, but both times Goldberg gave him the chance to protect himself properly with his hands and arms as he did, and it was Hart's choice to do that leg lock / sharpshooter like he did, tragically not thinking his head would impact concrete, HARD, like it did, so that was 100% on Hart, not Goldberg. If anything, Hart should have told Goldberg " I am hurt, let's end this" , but he stubbornly continued, and didn't seek proper help afterwards.
Goldberg "If I wanted to hurt the guy, he would not have got up" Like dude, that is the point. Any pro wrestler could go out and hurt guys. The fact that your skill set can't live up to more than 90 seconds squash matches, proves you and Hart were never in the same league. Your legacy is built on squash matches, and Brets was built on quality wrestling story lines.
There are plenty of guys you can say that about though in all honesty. Warrior was the king of squash matches. He was a terrible wrestler. There are very very very few Bret Harts out there. That’s why we are still talking about him.
Goldberg was never malicious. He just wasn’t very good at his job. Every match: punches, crappy leg lock, punches, power bomb, get other guy injured, spear, end.
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
what I don't like about fans is that they like to have double standards and are very passionate about their flawed point of view. for example: look at how many people don't like goldberg, call him an asshole and say he can't wrestle for ending bret hart's career. now look at how many people say the same thing about sasha banks for ending paige's career? or seth rollins for ending sting's career? yeah there was some backlash but they got not even half as much hate as goldberg.
I say goldberg can't wrestle since day one not because he broke Bret hart's neck only 2 moves all his matches are squash matches making real legends looks like jobbers like triple h the rock sting anyone he thinks he can handle anyone even Lesnar yeah at the end he got destroyed by Jericho in real life he also has no charisma he has never had a match longer than 10 minutes because of his cardio even in his prime no great matches at all and returned to burry great wrestlers like Kevin Owens and dolph ziggler and then dissapeared
I feel really bad for Bret Hart regarding this. But on the same token, I've seen and heard countless interviews over the years since that incident where Goldberg has shown remorse and regret for that incident. At the end of the day, it's an unfortunate incident that happened. No point in crying about it now because it's already done. Just have to move on from it.
Goldberg had a responsibility in the ring to protect his opponent. During many matched he was far too rough and did genuinely hurt his opponents. Goldberg seemed to forget that these guys were also his colleagues.
Spider Man He’s great when it comes to squash matches and when he’s creating hype since he fits that but it’s a different story if he actually has to “wrestle”. He had to wrestle regal one time and he looked pretty embarrassed.
Goldberg was the only thing I didn't like in WCW, thinking back I kinda like how it worked and how the fans went with it, cos it would likely never happen now, still not a fan of his work as a whole but if wrestling is about moments then he created a few
I don't think Goldberg was out to maliciously hurt people. He was just built like a rock. If he holds back and gives you a lovetap, it would probably hurt.
Exactly add to that the fact that Brett was equally responsible for protecting himself and timing the incoming kick so he could fall back, or away from it. Goldberg didn't thrust that sidekick full force or Brett would not have gotten back up. But the momentum of Goldberg putting his leg out there combined with Brett running straight into it made the impact a lot worse than it needed to be. Brett obviously shared responsibility in what happened. Brett also decided to come back and bring this topic up again, after he had originally gotten over it years ago. So the only malicious act is Brett trying to resurface this again just because Bill returned to wrestling. But the reality is Brett is equally responsible for what happened, watch the kick.. Brett runs right into it.
@@DJYC21215 Because they were never built as squashers. They were built as monsters. Look at Brocks matches in 2002. He was hard on many wrestlers. He had to do that because that would make him look legitimate. He was instructed by Vince to do that. Obviously Vince told Brock not to be so hard that the wrestlers end up going to the hospital. Goldberg was so the same but he was a babyface while Brock was a heel.
@@bourbon646 They had quite a few squash matches that ended in under 3 minutes. It was common in the Attitude era, yet they never hurt anyone. I get what you are saying, but it seems like when people are fans of certain people they tend to create excuses to justify inacceptable actions. You can squash people, and be believable, without ending people's careers.
I admire Goldbergs honesty regarding the matter to be honest... he's stated numerous times he was never a wrestling person like the majority are... I agree if he wanted to he could have done more than give Bret a concussion
Anybody can hurt anyone in the wrestling business if they wanted to. That's not the point. The point is, as a professional wrestler in the entertainment business, you're supposed to "perform". Anyone can throw a real punch and knock out someones teeth, but your skill should be able to throw what LOOKS like a real punch but NOT hurt your partner. Goldberg is KNOWN to harm his in ring partners. It wasn't just Bret. He almost permanently injured Undertaker, he almost broke Haku and Jimmy Hart's necks in the same match by dropping them both straight on their heads, broke Scott Steiner's orbital bone with a botched punch, and others. This is just shows a level of professional wrestling incompetence.
Lets try to separate the facts from the rumor and innuendo: To begin with I cannot recall an interview where Bret Hart stated that Goldberg sought out to maliciously hurt him or end his career. In fact I have an interview somewhere in my collection where Hart expresses regret that his career had to come to an end at the hands of someone as good-hearted as Bill Goldberg. Hart's criticism of Goldberg over the years has had more to do with the lack of experience that Goldberg had in the ring at the time he wrestled him and that he didn't understand the psychology of the business in that he approached his matches as if his opponents were tackling dummies rather than human beings who could get hurt. In fact Hart references in his book that he was trepidations about working Goldberg at the Starrcade PPV and made a point to tell him prior to the match to be careful not to hurt him. Hart also mentions a spot in the match that took place prior to the head kick where he had Goldberg positioned for the figure-four on the post and Goldberg injured him during that spot as well. The reason being that in order to execute the figure-four ringpost spot, Hart needed his opponent to hook his ankle as he was applying the hold thereby delaying the upper portion of Hart's body (in particular his head) from rapidly hitting the arena floor. Goldberg didn't do this and as a result Hart's head hit thwack against the arena floor at full momentum as soon as he applied the hold. So the bottom line is Goldberg wasn't looking out for Hart during that match either due to inexperience or oversight or both.
I know the very interview. The shoot interviewer I think started it by insinuating Goldberg was pissed off about the blame being laid on him. Bret said he never knew Bill felt like that.
Met Bill in Edmonton while he was filming Santa Slay. Great guy, very humble and down to earth. Stuck around and played pool with us at the wrap party, smoked some with us, really one of the best celebrity encounters I've ever had. Don't dwell sir, accidents happen, you've apologized, it's all in the past now.
Bret Hart remains my best in the ring and I still love and respect him so much till date. But Goldberg has taken responsibility of his mistake and apologized, he has never denied nor argued against what happened and I think that is what a real man should do. Let Bret throw that mistake behind and move on with life, he still has people as fans and I am one of them. He buried the hatchet with Shawn Michael he can do the same with Goldberg.
“If I really wanted to hurt the guy he wouldn’t have got up” Umm Mr. Goldberg I think the point is you’re injuring people without knowing you’re being reckless
Bill just sort of proved Brett's point. "If I wanted to hurt him." The point the Brett is making is the Goldberg hurt him bad and those were not Goldberg's intentions. When you are NOT trying to hurt somebody and you hurt them anyway on a move as basic as a kick, then you are not a very well train the in art of professional wrestling. You are dangerous not because of your intentions, but because of you lack of ability.
Preacherman exactly! And lack of ability translates to YOU DIDNT TRAIN ENOUGH TO MASTER YOUR CRAFT? and he sits there arrogantly talking about being a competitor? Taking a small jab at ric flair being an entertainer aswel.. I’m having mixed feelings about Goldberg lol
Goldberg has always talked like he was some legit shooter or martial artist when he has never done anything remotely like that in his career. If he ever decided to venture into professional MMA he would have made CM Punk look like Jon Jones.
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
@@eastwaters4082 No, pro wrestlers doing comedy gimmicks is not subjective. They are clowns who drive away 1000 times more potential viewers than they attract. The numbers do not lie. The only comedy gimmick to ever draw any money was HTM and even then he actually was a big guy who looked the part even though he acted like a wimp. You could buy him cheating his way out of every title loss, but a little midget like Orange Cassidy even lasting 30 seconds against Rick Rude or Randy Savage? Yeah, right!
My biggest thing is maybe Goldberg wasn’t the easiest guy to talk to outside of the ring, but when it’s about safety and about a good show, I don’t understand why more people didn’t try and help him become a WRESTLER
BRET came from a wrestling family and learned the ropes (so to speak) from his Pops. Number 1 rule was - don't hurt your opponent. Goldberg came from a football background where you try to hurt people. He didn't LOVE the biz they way that Bret did. Was Goldberg careless in the ring? DAMN RIGHT, HE WAS.
Actually, I never thought of it that way. U have a point. Running the ropes at full speed w/ a big strong guy who was still green.....might have been risky on Bret’s part. Goldberg probably had a hard time pulling his punches and kicks in wrestling, b/c in football u hit as hard as u can all the time. Goldberg probably needed more ring training and maybe Bret expected too much. Hard to say.
@@MrBlack252 Jericho never choked Goldberg, all he did was put him in a front face lock and then people broke it up. It's like in hockey when two guy's "fight" but in reality are just holding on to each other. Only difference is Jericho is acting like it's a massive achievement lol.
@@JiggityJack well it is a massive achievement because that was back then when Goldberg was supposed to be this killer and Jericho was just considered a "smaller" guy so yeah it was a big deal
@@MrBlack252 The thing is getting someone in a front face lock isn't the same as winning the fight. Watch UFC, there are many times where people will get the other guy in a submission and still lose the match ultimately. Essentially the fight just got broken up way to fast and Jericho tried to claim victory.
Enough time has passed now that Brett should be able to enjoy his legacy as the greatest and accept that his career was ended by an accident and not by malicious intent.
@@jafet7965 so being great means you should be able to get over a traumatic end to your siblings life possibly due to careless prep. Or being forced out of three biggest wrestling company dishonorably? Or the fact that because of those choices his family is basically being dragged through the dirt for decades by WWE? Or the fact that he had to retire basically cause he was booked to wrestle a very inexperienced unnecessarily rough wrestler in Goldberg who gave him a concussion. Not to mention the stroke that messed his motor skills up. He is the greatest at technical storytelling and one of the greatest ever period but that doesn't make him not human. He's effected just as much as anyone else by trauma, depression and/or mental illness.
@giftofgab247 I never said Jericho was a shooter or a tough guy either. Oldberg however never was. Would have broke your little heart if William Regal snapped and choked him out on live TV wouldn't it?
@giftofgab247 I'm not about "what if" whatsoever. Just Goldberg's attitude his entire career and the fact that he says things like "If I wanted to hurt you, you wouldn't have gotten up" what a backhanded thing to say during an "apology". And I used Regal as an ironic example because when he caught Goldberg stiff a couple times ole Bill moaned about it, and had Regal genuinely wanted to lay him out he would have done so easily.
Jericho has even said he was holding on for life Goldberg would have fucked him up. People forget the guy trains martial arts and was an actual pro athlete not a fake wrestler
Owen Hart prematurely ended Stone Cold Steve Austin's career, but you don't hear Austin whining, moaning, bitching, complaining and trying to tarnish the legacy of Owen Hart, he doesn't even talk about Owen.
Reading some of these comments, makes me wonder if I watched the same interview. Goldberg sounds like he didn't try to injury Bret Hart. Sounds like he has lots of respect for pro wrestling. Lastly, I feel people are taking Goldberg comments out of context when he says he is a competitor, not an entertainer. I believe he doesn't mean he's a literal competitor, but that's what he does in his mind. Does it match up with his actual matches? Hell no. But, that what he does.
Most of the people commenting are McMahon marks who have been conditioned to believe that WCW = EVIL. Bill didn't even cause this concussion. Bret gave himself the concussion when he put Bill in a figure four around the posts and smashed the back of his head on the ground in the process. Go and watch the match, it's as clear as day.
The sad part is that Brett Hart had easily 3x the skills that Goldberg had. But with that being said I can feel both side's arguments. However, I could never blame Brett Hart for the way he feels about the situation. Totally justified... I suspect it would be like having the world in your hand and having the carpet pulled out from under you by someone else. When wrestling has a tragedy, it is always heartbreaking. I feel as if most of these wrestling performers really put their bodies on the line for us, and for that, I have great respect for them.
Bret thinks the business is real, too. Nash said in a shoot that he asked him if he’d rather have $5 million a year as a jobber OR $250k as the world champion and Bret said he’d rather be champion. Lol
I always looked at it as an unfortunate accident. They happen. Goldberg's kick was no less of an accident than Owen breaking SCSA neck. And according to Bret, Harts took pride in not hurting ppl in the ring. Grudges don't do anything but make you bitter while the person you hold it against is just living their life probably not thinking about it
Goldberg thought he was such a real life tough guy and thinks he's now an MMA expert but never had the sack to step into a real fight. MMA was around plenty back then with crossovers Shamrock and Severn, etc and the whole shoot fighting presentation emerged from Japanese pro wrestling in a lot of ways with many MMA federations around the world. Nah, dude just wanted to beat up on fake wrestlers and never lose lmao. At least CM Punk had the balls to step in there and take a beating. Goldberg still thinks he's the legit toughest guy that ever lived but too much of a chicken 💩 to ever get in there with someone.
Agree but CM wasn't brave. 1) He got paid a sh*t ton of money (anyone would get in the octagon for for the money he made) And 2) He was a 37yr old delusional douche who didn't know his limitations lol
@@dwanewalker5551 Dude so bad! And the people training him did him no favors. They kept telling him he was a beast when Ray Charles himself could see that he was god f*cking awful P.s Punk
darkphoenix00001 Do your research bud. Plenty of people on steroids at ages like this. Famous actors who need to play a role of a certain movie or character will take low doses and you won’t ever know. This man needs to be in perfect shape in the ring and out. Especially in his early stages of wrestling, which means the doses of whatever he was taking an anavar, dbol, tren, or testosterone made him look like this since stopping a cycle or slowing down a cycle impacts everyone differently . So short answer is that he took steroids, stopped or lowered the doses, and now is now 100% on some sort of cycle
@@vicvvs6189 except he has 0 reason to destroy his body and health to be in good shape at this age. he's rich af, got a good family, and dude is a fitness freak. if you had done your research bud, then you would know he admitted to taking some sort of drug for a brief period early in his career but then quit because it's a bad influence on youngsters. there are no reports (apart from the ones coming out of your arse) that indicate otherwise.
golberg delivered that kick many times before and it was fine. bret was injured in the ring. it happens. owen hart broke steve austin neck. they both called that spot. if bret did not trust goldberg with the kick, he should have called for something else.
"If I wanted to hurt the guy, he never would've gotten up" Clowns who think they're tough just because they're big are hilarious. If you're such a tough, athletic virtuoso, you wouldn't be relegated to 3 minute matches that feature a grand total of 2 moves. The shit that went on in Stu Hart's dungeon bred a lot more toughness than a weight bench does.
Goldberg choked him, then Jericho put him into a headlock, and Goldberg picked him up while still being in a headlock, and he did a run with Jericho through a backstage door full of fans, and other wrestlers pulled them apart. That's it. Even Jericho said that "I was afraid to let Goldberg go because I knew he would kill me."
His story was he was told to do 6 minutes and use technical skills to make Bill look like an actual wrestler instead of a brutish squasher. Bill didn’t have the right sense to keep the same momentum that Regal brought. At the end of 6 minutes Regal took the Spear and the Jackhammer and made full on his promise.
If Steven Regal and Goldberg had fought, Regal would probably still be laying there, to this very day. That match has been exaggerated as Regal dominating Goldberg in some sort of ADCC grappling match, when it was just Regal having a more technical match than Goldberg had ever wrestled and Goldberg couldn't transition as smoothly and didn't look as good.
@D core Known by who? Regal himself and the secondary guy from Harlem heat? The only reason casual wrestling fans buy in to that bs is because everyone who watches any wrestling shoots gets recommended the video of Stevie Ray exaggerating another story to get eyes on his podcast like every other old guy does. If it weren't for Brawl for all exposing half of wrestling's "tough guys" as giant bodybuilders who can't throw a proper punch and blow up after 30 seconds of straight physical exertion, you'd probably be arguing whether or not Dr.Death and Steve Blackman could've won UFC gold, considering the yarns most wrestling legends spin. William Regal was just some out of shape british guy with the same wrestling background as 75% of the roster who had one sloppy match with green Goldberg and blew it up into something else entirely. Goldberg was a super athlete, while Regal was pretty much an average guy but a fair bit taller. Iron Mike Sharpe was supposed to be some awesome tough guy too but Billy Jack Haynes destroyed him and everyone else he fought off of just a minor stint in amateur boxing. Being a wrestling tough guy means jack shit, while Goldberg's size, strength, and natural athleticism are actual proven pieces of evidence. Watch Batista's mma debut. Batista's beat an actual mma fighter off of being such a far superior athlete. The gap in strength and athleticism is simply too great for Regal's out of shape ass to surmount.
In Bret Hart's book, he stated that Goldberg said "Watch out for the kick," before he threw him into the ropes. Well, Bret Should've watched out for the kick. Also, Bret was already considering retiring in 1997 anyway. It was just a freak accident, Goldberg apologized to him multiple times, and professional wrestling is not ballet. Atleast Goldberg never wore a shirt that said "Goldberg Excellence of Execution, I Just Ended Bret's Career!" Similar to Owen Hart's Owen 3:16 shirt.
A couple things 1. Brett stated in an interview that it took Goldberg 8 months to apologize for it. 2. Brett was planning on retiring, but he still wanted to continue wrestling for a couple more years. If he really wanted to just stop wrestling, then he would have just taken the WWF deal as that was essentially setting him up for retirement, and not as a wrestler. The rest are good points.
Goldberg looks like he has quite a few ass kickings and bad ass spears and devastating jackhammers in him. He looks in great shape. Age isnt nothing but a number for him. Still wanna see him mix it up with roman or lashley. Maybe we will see it maybe we wont... Who's next?
What was weird is that Bret worked and wrestled for months after this match. I always wondered if there was more than Goldberg's kick that caused Bret's stroke as he had many head shots before and after this match.
It was the kick. It caused 3 entire concussions. Of course, Bret wasn't aware at the time. So he still wrestled. Which worsened the condition. However. Goldberg himself was known for delivering stiff shots and harming people for real in WCW and WWE because he wasn't that good at wrestling. Which is also why most of his matches were short. WCW attempted to lengthen it, but the result was what happened to the Hitman
Roids ... Bret was juicing and it screwed him up Dudes maybe 5'11 and was almost 240 all muscle he even credited steroids for saving his career Roids are known to cause strokes
@@hitek9too255 I know I actually want to be really honest ... I don't really have much of a issue with Brett my issues always been with him fanboys they act like he never did anything wrong and it's annoying I get it Canada doesn't have as much legendary wrestlers as the US so they really cling on to the few they have but in the US even someone like Hulk isn't immune to being called a dick when he's obviously being a dick
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all.
Goldberg would have been crying for his mommy in a real fight against Brett. Hell Stu Hart would have made Goldberg shit himself, and the Dynamite Kid would have had him for breakfast.
@@johndawhale3197 now sure... Brett had a freaking stroke, but if they were both in their prime Brett would kill him. Goldberg is just a well marketed ex football player....that's it....nothing more. Brett is a legit shoot wrestler and would be snapping limbs and choking him unconscious.
@@bladey_0_10 you must be insane! Goldberg had maybe a 5 yr career in wrestling whereas Brett had over 20 years in the business. Brett earned more for the WWF, WWE AND WCW than Goldberg could ever dream of.
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#InsideTheRopes did yall see when #BillGoldberg was on the #BrokenSkullsession interview with #StoneColdSteveAustin? (Live)
How old is this?
Brett holds grudges..
Inside the Ropes Goldberg is the man merry Christmas to you
Inside the Ropes i loved watching Bill and how he was as a wrestler and how he is as a professional. He was an idol of mine. He gave you that super man gimmick. He made it believable, Bill made me believe that I could do anything, Bill was the one guy that did entertain me. I put him up there with Hulk , Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Ric Flair and many others, I eventually became an asst basketball coach at a small college cause I looked at Bills professionalism, he made me be who I was as a human being and made professional as a person. And I've never met the guy.
Bret never said he had malicious intent, but simply that he wasn’t trained or skilled enough to be a professional wrestler at that level.
He also pointed out usually when you kick someone in wrestling you bend the knee even if its just a little. Because either the leg or the other wrestler will have to give and it shouldn't be the other wrestler and that Bill was lucky till that point no one got hurt. He also pointed out that Bill didn't even look back to see if he was ok and that was the part that Bret took more of a problem with.
Exactly
Ummm Brett wrestled several matches after this including a hardcore match against Terry Funk. Brett was and always will be a great wrestler. but above all else he will always be a pre Madonna that cried when he couldn't get his way. He couldn't handle being put out to pasture plain and simple. Goldberg did nothing wrong. Brett just needed someone to blame for the company moving on without him.
@@timbeeson9818 You're being an idiot. Goldberg is my all time favorite pro wrestler ever but he screwed that kick up big time and he has admitted it himself. He was nearly 300 pounds of hard muscles and did some kickboxing training. He went way too hard on that kick, Rob Cahil is right, he should have had his knee bend and simply not put full force into it. He was reckless, he was way too big to pull off a quick kick with that kind of speed. It's not real fighting, he forgot that. And Bret's the one who had to suffer for it.
@@timbeeson9818 Goldberg is a trash wrestler, a 2 min match shit show and should have never been put in the ring with Bret Hart.
In Brets book he talks about how WCW not really giving him the medical attention he needed after the match. The concussion was bad but WCW allowing him to continue to work and take bumps made it a whole lot worse!
O well
Why didn’t he go to the hospital his self ?
@@joesmith7304
I was just about to say that. If he was that concerned about his health he would have stopped wrestling and said "hey I'm not well I need time off"
I don’t think he knew the scale of it until the chronic migraines started the next day. At the time, there was no talk of CTE or concussion protocol. And then the doctor told him it was over. In fairness, Bret was 42 and in the twilight of his career. He was banged up already.
To me imo Bret is just bitter he is bitter
This video was longer than a goldberg match lol
Just as shit though
This meme is dead now
I am Groot it’s not a meme it’s factual
but not longer than his entrance 🤣
Ever see Goldberg vs Raven, or Perry Saturn? Just saying you're wrong.
" If I wanted to hurt the guy, he wouldn't have gotten up"- that statement sums up Bill Goldberg
Got double legged by a 5 foot 10 190 pound guy lol trash bag
Where is Chris Jericho?
Yeah, Goldberg is such an untrained and irresponsible ****
He would’ve been destroyed by Bret hart lol he is a real wrestler Goldberg can’t wrestle Bret hart will break him
@@MLKloathing yes
“I’m a competition not an entertainer”. Guess Scott Hall was right when he said Goldberg was the biggest mark for himself.
yeah this is the wrong attitude, this is how you hurt people.
Scott hall was also an alcoholic drunk
@@MIGUEL-fe4uu yeah he was but goldberg has a worse reputation for hurting people lol
@@Motoko1134 i think hes just saying he's trying to be the best has nothing to do with hurting people
Bill you do know its pre-determined right?? No competition its already been decided..
As a pro wrestler, Bill Goldberg has always been notoriously unsafe to work with. Ended Hart's career and nearly ended Taker's too. As a pro wrestler it is your job to ensure your opponent's safety.
💯 right! As a wrestler it’s all about safety not just hurt and try to boost your character at someone else’s expense
He is a competitor not an entertainer. So naturally he was in the WCW/WWE not UFC... what a joke lol. Honestly. Vince should never even have BEGUN to consider putting him in the ring with the Undertaker. Undertaker was the ENTERTAINER. The very thing Goldberg IRL appears to think is irrelevant and unworthy in wrestling. I am surprised Undertaker didn't permanently quit then and there. If you put anyone in the ring with Goldberg just because of Goldberg's mindset about this stuff then you need someone who can still take an extreme beating physically because of how stiff and unsafe Goldberg is going to be. More then they seem to understand Undertaker's rest of his life and retirement were at risk that night just because of how foolish Goldberg's mindset really is.
That is why he was likely also given to people like Kevin owens around that time because Kevin has a very self sacrificial mindset kind of like Flair often had or Mick Foley had.
Yeah and Owen ended Austin’s. Injuries happen. Everything is unsafe when you have 250lb + men jumping around in a ring.
Woah woah if that was true then he wouldn't have the respect that he has you don't here sting saying he was dangerous, Hogan, the giant, ddp, raven, Kevin Nash, hall , Orton, hhh, Batista none of these guys would say that this man had strength like no other two of the most powerful moves in wrestling and he studied MMA and those who talk bad about him are haters ok a choke slam hurts and a man running with speed to hit your chest area hurts it's not his fault some weren't trained to take that move
@@kabilan the only person who got judged like that and was sloppy with his moves and probably did hurt you on purpose was Ryback that's why he's not wrestling now
I like Goldberg, but justifying hurting Bret by saying "I just wanted it to look real" really isn't any sort of viable excuse. You're supposed to make it "look" like it hurts, whilst also making it safe. He could be a bit more contrite here
Proof that Goldberg was a sociopath, and in reality all his matches sucked cause he Had zero training, zero skills, and zero ability to work.
@@patrickohearn3442 Goldberg has had good matches
If he wanted it to look real maybe he should have tried selling his opoonents offence once in a while.
Yah that's messed up I thought Goldberg was better than that
@@louissmith5298 he could have fought in ANY combat sport if he wanted to prove something...ease to ruin guys whose job is to sell your moves
When he says that he’s a competitor and not an entertainer, he’s telling us one thing. He won’t accept that it’s entertainment. He’s such a competitive person that he just can’t help himself, and feels an impulse to show his ‘rival’ who’s boss in the ring. He’s that kid at school who trips you up on cross country runs just to get ahead of you.
I wish a real fighter in there like Kurt or Brock taught him a lesson
No, he is saying he wants to be about action, not promos and being on the mic as much.
@@BonVoyage861 brock lesnar did already
Goldberg is a good guy. He made a mistake. Both him and Bret took themselves very seriously
If he wanted competition should've gotten into boxing or mma not entertainment such as wwe. He'd be ripped into pieces there. Goldberg talks as if that kick is the only thing he botched. He's a serial botcher, God knows why he got much opportunities when he's that unsafe. A trained pilot accidentally causing a plane & an inept who can't fly properly crashing the plane is different.
Bret has had a very difficult time since the accident: strokes, divorces and so forth. One can't blame Bret for being bitter.
Hammer332 I don’t think he’s bitter he just calls it like he sees it and how he feels about it
I would be bitter also Goldberg hurt alot of guys in the ring not only Bret... They should have made him go back to wrestling school he was absolutely horrible in the ring and he had a big head... The only reason his matches were 2-3minutes bc he couldn't wrestle! That's why William regal exposed him bad in a match Goldberg had a bitch fit about it to...😂
I would be bitter too.
But holding the past to blame for his problems will never improve his future. If that’s the case, he’s just living.
Hes not bitter...jst fucked off how vince the devil screwed him...despite bret showing him respect in staying with wwf even tho he was offered stupind money by the better wcw....wwf/Wwe screwed bret and his allbfamily ..caused his bros death...stiched the fight in canada making him loose to a egotistical shawn..need i go on...im sorry if someone did this to me id more than punch him in his face in the locker room!!!
@@lmuriilo5803 What wrestlers did Goldberg hurt besides Bret Hart? I been watching since the early 90s and I never heard of any other story of him hurting someone. Atleast nothing to the point of their career being in danger of being over after said match with him. Goldberg wasn't perfect but he wasn't bad in the ring at all. His purpose was to be a Beast, so it wouldn't make sense for him to be out there having back and forth 20 minute long matches with anyone even if he was capable of doing so.
Honestly seems flippant about ending one of the greatest of all time's career prematurely.
He didn't just end his career, he ruined his whole life and didn't do a damn thing to make up for it. Never sent Bret a dime.
@@PatrickPierceBateman Good. Hart is a bitch and was already a millionaire.
But nice and smart on his part to take part in a hardcore match against Terry Funk and sustain a couple of hard, unprotected chair shots to the head after the kick in the head.
@@AlexYBITW Right and the kick is what screwed him up, nothing to do with those chair shots. Brett again, always complaining about everything. I never seen a wrestler who would win bitch moan and complain like him.
@@wilsonsmanz I don't know the guy personally and he DID have a rough go of it through his career like the screwjob, then being misused by WCW, his brothers death, and then his career being ended. However, he does come off as having been a guy even before all of that who would have been the buzz kill of a party.
@Andrew Todd Goldberg was the one who botched the spot you moron. If you ran somebody over with your car would you blame the guys who built the road?
"I'm a competitor not an entertainer..."
Well, entertainment wrestling isn't about competition unless your talking about popularity or say in the storyline. In WWE and WCW you were an entertainer as the winner was already fixed.
@DCI Gene Hunt this guys an idiot. Im sure he's a nice guy to his fans (as I've heard) but he's considered one of the most dangerous wrestlers to work with. Funny how Hart was put in the ring w him as he was considered one of the safest wrestlers.
I get what he’s saying though. He works matches to look more like brawls. Bret hart is a pure pro wrestler. Ric flair is such a character, not that he’s a really good wrestler too but his matches are… him. Rey mysterio is a luchador. Current day Brock constructs his matches like damn near ufc fights. Goldberg is saying his mentality and approach to wrestling… is what it is. Up to you if that’s right or wrong, but he got his money.
@@eddieescobedo9975 so injuring another wrestler is part of his gimmick
@@demonsuckafucka6828 At this point it's pretty much the case.
I'm pretty sure he was only trying to explain his gimmick. He could've worded it better tbh.
kicking Bret in the head like that and saying if he wanted Bret wouldn't have gotten up.
all respect is out the window
If Bret hart wanted to destroy Goldberg he would snapped his leg
Exactly.
Literally
Fuck Goldberg, he’s an overrated prick who has hurt more people than damn near every wrestler…. Then has the nerve to say that.
I think you missed the point. He wasn’t being arrogant. He was a former football player so he would have killed Bret in a real flight it’s just the truth. I’m not a Goldberg fan but it was a simple accident
This isn’t about Goldberg being malicious, it’s about him not being a fucking pro in the ring!
Exactly. Goldberg sucked.
@@jimh.412 Dude had no actual wrestling moves.
Goldberg was bigger than Bret which was an issue for Bret with most of the people he fought. It means he was the one more likely to be hurt. Second Bret was getting old at this point his reflex's weren't as good.
Goldberg sucked as a wrestler. All he was, was a steroid jack @$$.
@@EM-tg4ft LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love when these guys say "I'm a competitor!" as if this is a professional sport with an undetermined outcome. Say "I'm a great performer!" instead. Makes way more sense.
You obviously don’t get it.
They're still competing to put on the best match / best show.
Well boxing is fixed too, soooo
And if he does say he's a great performer, he'd obviously be wrong, because he didn't perform good enough.
Obviously their competing! Vince keeps a close eye on whose performing the best, so in that game you have to be rutheless against the others to show that your worthy of being there, because if your not vince would have your ass out the door in two seconds. Your entire career boils down to how you compete in each match and how the crowd is drawn to you. Take the rock as a great example, that man put his heart and soul into every match, to ensure he'd put on the best match/show possible. If he didn't then he would never be where he is today.
He has every right to be angry Bill wasn't trained properly and the result was Bret getting hurt
Bret said he wasn't mad at him over that so much as he waited a long time to say anything to Bret about it, like an apology. Accidents do happen. People get overzealous. Bret was hit so hard that the part of his brain that controlled happy didn't work properly, so he wasn't in his right mind for a while.
@@The_Gallowglass I respect your opinion but this wasn't an isolated incident Bill has a nasty track record of hurting wrestlers
@@nathanwanner..44 Oh, I know. I was just saying that from Harts perspective he was more mad at the fact that Goldberg didn't say anything to him for a long time, til it was too late.
@@The_Gallowglass that is true I agree the same thing happened when Owen broke Steve Austin's neck
2:09 “That’s one thing I’ll forever be remorseful for, is the misplaced kick, and he did kind of know it was coming”. Even in the attempts at an apology there is still the diffusion of responsibility and rationalization of what happened to Brett in that statement.
Bret is just a bitter vagina
Because he didn't end his career. Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
@@namikstudiosthis
@@namikstudios Yeah you don't know what you're talking about. He said he didn't pull the kick himself.
Exactly. He’s one of those people that thinks their shit doesn’t stink
I saw an interview with Hart after the various problems, in which he said: "You couldn't meet a nicer guy than Bill Goldberg". I'd take some of this with a few grains of salt. Accidents do happen, and nobody knows it better than wrestlers.
Hart has gone back and forth one week Goldberg is a great guy it was an accident, the next week Goldberg was a jackass who did it on purpose. Bret has never had a consistant story on this which is why I dont value what he says.
@@Jhoncena22 I have a feeling that's business, not necessarily fact.
Paul Wallis: Bret's Canadian, he's just being polite.
Injuring people is NOT the act of a nice guy.
I don't care how nice you are, if you aren't professional and make careless dangerous mistakes in the ring, you don't belong there. Congrats on being an Ultimate Warrior clone. "I didn't set out to be a sideshow..." but YOU ARE!
@@pcbluepunk Hart said that, not me. You know where you can shove the insults, and yourself.
When you want to give an apology but end up burying the guy.
Goldberg has apologized numerous times and Bret keeps bringing it up and harping on it and acts like Goldberg did it on purpose...Bret needs to just move on
@@dandybrian Brett holds a grudge so he can bring it up all the time to stay somewhat relevant. Which he isnt. Its always the has beens that are the most bitter.
Lol. Tries to apologize, but ends up insulting and burying Bret Hart and Ric Flair. Now I know why this idiot didn’t talk in WCW. ‘I’m a competitor!’ No. U were a pro football player that got hurt, made the transition to wrestling, never learned how to wrestle and was pushed to the moon. He can’t carry Bret or Flair’s jockstrap. Take urself too seriously much?
@@CaptFreedumb I really don't understand how people can defend Goldberg. He seems to be well known for stiff shots because he never bothered to really learn how to wrestle. This bs about "Accidents happen just let it go" is real rich when he complained not too long ago about Regal kicking him in the back of the head even though in that match at the time Regal was laying down and Regal is a million times the wrestler Goldberg is so I can just about guarantee you it was controlled. Goldberg even severely hurt himself when he tried to punch through a limo window because he's a bull-headed idiot. Now if he wants to apologize and leave it at that then do that. Don't say this complete crap about how Hart would've never gotten up if Goldberg didn't want him to. He's just a dickhead whose career is an insult to other wrestlers who have actually put the time in and aren't just in it for the money.
@Ziad Khaled So if I said "Americas do x" then that would be racism? Don't confuse nationality with race just because I hurt your little feelings, moron. See you're the one who started this by calling someone you don't know an idiot so don't dish it out if you can't take it, but I can see how you wouldn't understand how rude it is for Goldberg to say for no reason that he could've killed Bret since you don't seem to understand what a dickhead you are.
If he doesn't want to apologize anymore he could've moved on from the question, but instead he just added fuel to the fire completely unnecessarily. Your opinion on Goldberg being a decent wrestler is likely nostalgia. He was well known for being extremely limited in moveset which is why most of his matches were very short and why he got really pissed when Regal forced a long match on him. Regal is now a coach for NXT and known as one of the greats when it comes to technical wrestling. If you don't believe anything I'm saying then just Google it. I think it's obvious on its own, but go check the general consensus if you want to be stubborn.
When anyone is trained to wrestle, the first and foremost thing that needs to be embedded in your head is "ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR OPPONENT!!" Always.
Anyone who can't learn this rule has no business being in the business, period.
Hey shit happens you can't always protect someone while kicking their ass.
@emmy lite then he should be checked but nobody has that's why he is talking about it so cocky.
@emmy lite or Brazilian jiu jitsu
@emmy lite you said it right.
AJ Styles was a great example of this. His Styles Clash had the potential to really hurt someone if things went wrong. There was a time when he did the clash to someone and adjusted his move mid-air to avoid having his face go into the mat face first and possibly hurting the guy's neck.
From what I've seen from other wrestlers at the time. Goldberg was awful to work with. Not skilled enough to wrestle at that level. Dangerous. This is a good example of fears coming to reality.
You've probably just heard from Kevin Nash or other NWO members, it's not surprising because they always teamed up on him and people like you don't even feel bad for the NWO trying to ruin his career.
Nah that's just WWE nonsense. Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
Too bad, Goldberg made it more realistic
@@namikstudios I take it you dont know how that move is executed then?
To do the figure 4 on the ring post your opponent has to hold your leg in place so that when you leave the ground to put your other leg up you don't smash the back of your head on the ground. Goldberg let go of brets leg when he lifted his second leg up which mean bret has nothing to us as leverage so he falls to the ground and smashes his head on the ground.
Bret suffered 3 concussion during that match with Goldberg and all of them were Goldbergs fault.
Also you don't have a clue about fighting a superior wrestler will 9/10 best a someone who rely on pure strength.
Al bret would have to do is tie Goldberg up in a hold then wait while he tired himself out then go to town on him while he's gassed. Mma is dominated by this tactic
Also take into account that Goldberg didn't talk so whoever was wrestling him had to do 100% of the work for the rivalry, promoting the match was up to everyone else.
Goldberg is only who he is because of everyone else raising him up and having to work to his very limited strengths which are basically hes strong and he looks good. So they gave him a stupidly long and over the top entrance and a few power moves then had him squash everyone because everyone knew the longer he stayed in the ring the faster people would figure out hes actually crap.
Only person who got a good match out of him was ddp and that was because ddp layed out the match step by step and made him practice it for weeks leading up to the match till it was ingrained in him.
The fact Goldberg thinks he's some self made superstar is embarrassing. He was dragged kicking and screaming to where he got too.
He says Bret was an idol of his. Yet took 8 months to reach out after ending his career. Actions speak louder than words
Goldberg has apologized a bunch of times but bret need to get over it and I'm a Bret Hart fan but wrestling people get injured all the time on botched moves
It's not like Goldberg said yeah I'm a kick this dude and ahead and give him a concussion on purpose.
@@pp3k3jamailhe fucking admitted he didn't pull the kick. Dude had no business being in the ring at all. Hes a joke and I hope he never comes back.
@@pp3k3jamailGoldberg didn’t apologize until months later so Bret has every right to be mad..Not only did Goldberg end his wrestling career he did real damage to his life..When DLo ended Droz career with his neck injury DLo apologized immediately and paid off the hospital bill
@@pp3k3jamailHis apology was meaningless because his actions Show he deliberately The choice not to invest in training. He did not take pro wrestling serious And Is nearly paralysed the undertaker
Amen to that. Goldberg is a completely reckless individual, who shouldn't have been allowed in the ring. He knew what he did, I believe it was intentional, even if Brett doesn't!
goldberg looks more jacked since the last time he wrestled brock lesnar, is he planning another comeback?
headjaded12 probably
When was this interview recorded?
Is this old he looks jacked
He looks way bigger here than he did during his interview with Austin that just went up on the network the other day. This must be fairly old. He didn't tease shit during that interview, matter of fact I came away from it thinking that it seemed fairly obvious he wasn't planning a return.
This time more moves
"I'm a competitor, not an entertainer..." Ah, so you're not a pro wrestler.
And who are you? A hater?
@@jjj2619 but their job was to entertain and not to compete. If he wanted to compete he should have gone to MMA.
@@jjj2619 and im coming from a wwe fan who cheered for goldberg when i was young before i realize how unsafe he was when i got older. Dude should have gone to indie mma circuits. Dude not only injured bret and taker, but he also injured himself on his pre match ritual. Some competitor that is.
@@rovicjanrafaelroa8296 MMA wasn't that popular back in the day, and now everyone knows wrestling is scripted that's why they don't enjoy it anymore. He made the fans happy by making it look real, in today's wrestling everyone knows it's scripted that's why they miss the old matches where it used to look real, Goldberg wanted his matches to look real so that the fans enjoy it.
For real. It's like at that point go fight then you moron. Goldberg is a goof.
Him admitting to not pulling his kicks is wild.
It is hard to imagine how hard these performers work to make the moves believable without hurting each other. The timing and choreography that prevents more serious injuries is impressive.
"he would never have never gotten up" - Jericho says otherwise
Jericho locked him up before he could do anything.
"C'mon, mister mixed martial arts! C'mon tough guy."
*Gets up, get rolled over again.*
"That's two times! I got you down twice brother!"
It is said Jericho being the technical wrestler that he is he was he got Bil in a crossbow stranglehold and Goldberg choked. I do not quite remember what happened next but it seems Goldberg may have fainted
@@abhishekbal399 Just as he locked him up, the securities ran in and seperated the two.
@@bladey_0_10 Maybe. Because that move as described by Stu Hart is almost guaranteed to choke the windpipe of any man in less than 90 seconds.
Goldberg is still a mark for himself lol. You would think the defeat at the hands of Jericho would have humbled him. The whole point is that he was dangerous in the ring, when he was supposed to protect his opponent.
Every wrestler is a mark bro! There isn't one wrestler that desires to have a career just to job others.
Wrestling in itself is dangerous. Goldberg wasn't the first stiff guy in the business. The Steiners, Rude, Dr. D, Brody, and so on were all stiff workers and potentially dangerous.
Bret was probably the most technical wrestlers in the business and deserves praise and respect. However, if you think Goldberg is a mark, Bret is ten times the mark compared to him.
Defeat? It was a backstage confrontation which led to Jericho trying to put him on a head lock and then the securities ran in to seperate the two.
@@bladey_0_10 exactly is lasted 5 seconds if that lol. I’m pretty sure Jericho even said if they actually squared up and fought Goldberg would probably win
@@Brandon_093 Yep he said that in an interview.
@@bladey_0_10 and he said if him and brocks altercation actually turned physical Brock would kill him
"If I really wanted to hurt the guy..."
Already lost me. People get hurt by other people not because they want to hurt them, but because they don't care, or don't have the professionality/competence to do anything about their technique.
Nah, Goldberg makes a great point.. what happened was an accident, he's Apologized a thousand times, and has shown plenty of remorse in countless other interviews.. However, Brett Hart along with his fans can't ever forgive and move on. So I can see how Goldberg is fed up with it all. And tired of apologizing.
Also, It's true, If Goldberg legitimately wanted to hurt Brett Hart, Brett wouldn't not have gotten up off that matt..
@@DGS_1992dude basically admitted here that he didn't pull the kick yet you still saying it was an accident... can't be both, you realize that right?
Also, how do you know who hurts who in a real fight? You just need to not live under a rock to see most of the champs in real combat sports are not the most muscular or have the bodybuilding physic.
@@yunloy so brock lesnar, Francis Ngannou, Mike tyson, Evander Holyfield, jon jones must just be the rare exception of muscular imposing fighters being the top athletes for combat, eh?
@@DGS_1992 Francis got beat by Stipe, a man 50 pounds lighter. Jones is exactly the physic I'm referring to, which leads me to think if you know what you are talking about... in lightweight he was a skinny, slender fighter with skinny legs. In heavy weight, he's all bloated and looks soft. Have you seen any of his fights? My guess is not, you just went quickly to take a peek at his Instagram.
@@DGS_1992 Wilder got beat by Tyson Fury.
Paolo Costa, Joel Romero both huge muscular guys got beat by skinny Israel Adesanya. If it wasn't recorded in a real fight and it was fake wrestling, you probably say that if "Paolo or Romero really wanted to hurt Adesanya, he would have had no chance"
Goldberg says if I wanted to hurt him for real he ( Bret Hart ) would have never gotten up! Goldberg looks tough but remember Lord Steven Regal completely schooled him & made Bill his bitch, so what would happen if Bret had wanted to be as unprofessional as Goldberg was & still is? Bret Hart would have wrapped Bill up like a pretzel
You do realize that what Regal did, was still fake.
@@alexh8613 It was a half-shoot. There is a difference. He was letting him know that he wasn't gonna let him get away with being stiff.
@@alexh8613 regal was grappling goldberg and confusing the fuck outta him. It looked like a half shoot where he showed golberg couldnt really grapple. It was not scripted and regal got fired for it.
@@Curt-iy7ck Regal got fired over it because it was supposed to be a typical Goldberg squash match and Regal went completely against that, making it appear to be a very even match. WCW wanted Goldberg to look monsterous. Goldberg was confused because the match was scripted to go one way and the person that was most likely calling out the match did something completely different.
Goldberg literally got chocked by Chris Jericho
Goldberg definitely had his own style, but it wasn't "something different" it was Ultimate Warrior all over again.
at least warrior was entertaining.
marchatesyou1
Boom!
Not even close. Warrior was a cartoon character. Goldberg was based on Mike Tyson-meets-football player.
Nobody lifted like Goldberg bro
Warrior didn’t go 172-0
Thing is, Bret can count on one hand the amount of serious injuries he inflicted on opponents in his entire career.....Goldberg hurts opponents almost every match he has. He may be bigger and stronger than Bret....but when it comes to skill and pure talent, Goldberg couldn't wipe Bret's ass. :)
he says he could've hurt Brett.. but oh.. man.. Brett coud hurt if he wanted to.. the difference is.. he had enough years to konw how not to
Bret Hart is one of the most overrated wrestlers in history.
@@deltawhiskey1398 Does that mean Stone Cold Steve Austin is also an overrated wrestler?.....because their styles were very similar. They both weren't exactly known for their high flying abilities but were more than able to put on an entertaining show. :)
Bret Hart injured 0, so yes in one hand XD the men was the Excellence of Execution because he did everything perfectly never hurting anyone, true pro wrestler.
@@MrCarpediem6 true Bret knows mma style wrestling legit wrestling skills he will kill Goldberg even Chris Jericho beat up Goldberg
I hate the way Goldberg uses this opportunity to boast about how tough he is by saying that he could have killed Bret if he wanted to. Really man? What kind of apology is that? You did not execute the move properly and as a result Bret got hurt.
Man never stepped into the cage which infuriates me the most.
Like if Brock Lesnar talked like Goldberg, he'd still be a dick...but he'd have somewhat of a point.
But Goldberg talks like he's a proven shoot fighter...he very much could of always trained MMA....but training and competing is a whole other level.
Jerico seen how he fights for real, talks about it in his book. Grabbing peoples throats, running at them with his head down, grabbing hair . I doubt he could do real mma as he kind of got exposed backstage for real. No one took him as serrious as he made out after that .
Bret harts a whiny little girl. Please stop it. Lol
at least hes always been remorseful about it you can always tell
And he hates Scott hall respect to that
terry mcginnis "at least hes always been remorseful about it you can always tell"
So is Nick Hogan, but John Graziano still suffers from massive brain damage.
Fuck-headed wrestling is just as bad as drunk driving.
And I don't hear much remorse when he brags "if I WANTED to hurt him, he'd never get back UP."
@@SovereignStatesman okay you are comparing a wrestler injuring another wrestler with a dumb ass who purposely was speed and under the influence of booze with this?.....seriously they are not the same
@@illm8434 i can understand some hate with scott hall when you have someone addicted to pills and booze shows up to work smelling like booze i dont blame ppl for not wanting to work with him
@ihate names Not at all, go back and watch that match, Owen and Austin were giving a technical masterpiece before the piledriver, Stone Cold even says so himself as well as stating that it was a fluke accident, that he no longer blames Owen for. Comparing a stiff af, 4 move Goldberg, who hurt a lot of others besides Bret, to a skilled guy like Owen who never hurt anyone else besides Stone Cold, and who could pretty much do it all between the ropes, is absolutely ridiculous.
Brett Hart the most technical wrestlers of all time, from a family of wrestlers, experienced! if he says you aren't skilled enough, smart enough, have enough experience when it comes to wrestling then you don't. Period! He said Goldberg was reckless, he's right!
Bill was a power house slam and bam type of wrestler he was the face and Bret hated that talking about skills and charisma was there any of that when he wore a steel plated vest in a match with bill where was the safety there
Goldberg was a super hero who could anni annilate his opponents in seconds kinda like Mike Tyson in boxing the fight didn't last the first round but it wasn't like he didn't have other big man in there too. Accidents happen it's the business in Sports
Great technical wrestler or not, Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
@@namikstudios Or..... clearly you do not know how kayfabe injuries work in wrestling matches. They do not have to make sense, they do it to sell a bump in a match to make it more entertaining.
Goldberg acts like he’s the toughest guy in the history of wrestling, but, like Shawn, every time he’s been involved in a fight, he’s never won
Young Bret would beat the crap out of Goldberg any day of the week.
@@TooManyHorrorMovies Baaaaahahahahaha....fool.
@@deltawhiskey1398 Goldberg lost a fight to Chris Jericho...he's a pansy.
@@TooManyHorrorMovies Bret can't beat nobody 😂
@@TooManyHorrorMovies no.
People are getting the wrong idea of what he means by “I’m a competitor not a entertainer” he was talking about how he wanted his character to be believable saying he doesn’t want to be like Ric Flair saying woo and running around the ring being goofy not wanting to entertain the crowd like that but wanted to be presented as a serious competitor to make the matches feel real and he’s right guy like Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley are like that and the fans like wrestlers like them but still guys like them have to be careful with his opponents
People hear what they want to hear
You summed it up perfectly and the people taking it the wrong way are acting like babies about it.
Ric flair ain’t goofy tho.....
@@Njbear7453 yes he is, and that doesn't make him less great
Nice mental gymnastics to get round that one. You should be at the Olympics.
Jesus I actully thought this was a really old video of Goldberg because of how good he looks. Jacked 💪
roids
@@دجعبدبدبسکانزز lol i doubt he is doing them now at his age.
@ihate names Doing roids at 53 is a death wish, he literally said the only reason he came back to wrestle, is for his kids to watch him.
This video not old maybe a year or 2
I know man! I wish I looked like that as a old man. He probably works out every f'n day.
i forgive him, and i loved goldberg for a time, but he really took this shit way to serious. "im a competitor" and i know its his angle, but he does believe it to a point and held onto it to much. if he really wanted to compete he should of gone into MMA because without a real fight, whos to say who would win, goldberg talks all this shit about being able to kill everyone and its annoying, we know you were a pro athlete but there are a number of guys in the locker room who could kick the shit out of goldberg if they tried, but they never let something like that effect their emotions
Goldberg is still well built for his age damn
Nahh.. he got back in the gym and is back in better shape than he had been a lil while ago...
Steroids, hgh are amazing products.
@@That90sShow a man's gotta go his own way...
@@That90sShow this ain't roids man.......this is hard work........you can tell if it was roids.......
For his age??
For ANY age.
"I'm a competitor, not an entertainer." That's not what you were hired to do Bill. You weren't hired to "compete", you were hired to entertain the crowds in a professional wrestling show. If Brett Hart, or any of the other great wrestling entertainers you worked with wanted to hurt or injure you Bill, you think you'd still be walking around? Brett Hart and Undertaker were two of the very best wrestlers that ever worked in the business and you nearly killed them both...by accident. They weren't "competing" against you, they were working *with* you to put on a show.
Imagine if you were in Bret's situation. Upon having his stroke, Bret underwent intense rehabilitation when he was hospitalized. He had no choice but to retire from wrestling. If I'm not mistaken, Bret has to take some type of medication to decrease the risk of his having another stroke or anything related; thankfully he's been stroke-free for 17 years. Though I'm sure that Goldberg feels remorse for the botched kick, unfortunately he's not suffering the consequences of it. It's easy to say, "Let it go" when it hasn't happened to YOU.
Damien Jones whining ? Lol . Goldberg was a fake a Money pull . Never had his own identity. A stone cold knock off . Couldn’t wrestle if his life depended on it .
Damien Jones I’m 38 Goldbergs kick and spear isn’t impressing anyone . Goldberg was copycat no skill no talent nothing .
Damien Jones so you found a 2 move dimensional guy like Goldberg who I can’t even call a wrestler more entertaining to watch then Bret hart ?
Damien Jones Lol See you getting defensive I asked you a question an you buckled up . Your boy Goldberg was hot trash buddy . Bret was actually a wrestler . Goldberg was a juiced up bum that had no moves your worried about brets glasses worry about all that junk Goldberg was shooting up his ass. No one to this day considers Goldberg a wrestler . Except clowns 💯
Damien Jones lmfao only Goldberg fans are idiots . What truth people love Bret they hate Goldberg I can even have this convo buddy you don’t have any sense 💯👑
I think a huge part of this is Bill probably being upset that he made a huge mistake that really hurt someone and they had to suffer for it. It's gotta be hard for a green wrestler to go 100 mph and not screw up.
Than he should have call Bret took time to go see him offer help with finance
@@anitarikard7038 taking care of another wrestlers finances isnt his responsibility. Thats the companies. Alot of wrestlers get hurt by other wrestlers. Look what D'Lo Brown did to Droz. Look what Owen Heart did to Austin's neck TWICE. Look what Undertaker did to HBK in their casket back and how that was the final straw for HBK's back for 6 years. Getting hurt comes with the job and yes accidents do happen. Thats why the wrestlers have insurance.
I appreciate Goldberg for keeping his cool and remaining respectful. The man made a big enough mistake that he regrets to this day. What else can he do?
@Skippy the Alien goldberg is sloppy as hell
Retire
@@sunstyle52 yeah , he almost seriously injured The Undertaker also
@R H because he's a danger to the other performers. Always has been. He almost killed the Undertaker with a jackhammer and almost killed himself by not tucking his head for the tombstone piledriver. Goldberg has been KNOWN for stiff shots and such
@@Xenovation3334 yeah he's a dumbass who refuses to listen to people more experienced/better than him
For Bill Goldberg to say "I'm not an entertainer, i'm a competitor"
Dude, competitor or not, you're in the entertainment business. Your opponent's safety as well as your own need to be priority #1.
"In my 2 to 5 mins matches...that's stretching it a bit." LOL
Not really most of his matches were 5 minutes he even had quite a few that went even longer.
@@UnderSizedBigfoot I know but it was funny when he said that because most people joke that his entrance is longet than his matches
@@GeorgeD1965 It’s reality, he can’t wrestle more than 10 minutes lol!
Well tbh physically speaking, who could "survive" 10, 15 or 20 minutes against such a beast, especially when He was in his prime It wouldn't have make sense for the opponents to last that much vs a huge powerhouse like Goldberg.
For a 50 year + Goldberg is in phenomenal shape.
and he cant wrestle for more than 5 minutes
Trt amigo
Derick you can’t wrestle at all
@@Mike-kf9zb beacause im not a wrestler
qwerty ytrews: it's called "do it-yourself hormone-replacement therapy."
Aka STEROIDS.
A "competitor" in a ring when everyone is supposed to be entertaining. That's how Brett got hurt Bill didn't and still doesn't get it.
Crazy thing is if Bret wanted to be a “ competitor “ he would’ve snapped bills arms and legs within 5 minutes. Is sad cause bill still doesn’t understand how much Bret was carrying him during their time in the ring
I’m glad he said he regrets it, but could be a lot more remorseful about it. The point of wrestling is to make it look as real as possible without hurting your opponent. That being said, Bret did have some serious head shots against Terry Funk after this match so it’s hard to pinpoint for sure what ended his career. It was likely more of a cumulative effect.
Dont forget Goldberg almost ended Undertaker's career with that sloppy suplex. He was a danger to work with.
@@oldmedstudent1750Undertaker nearly killed Goldberg with a botched Tombstone First in that match. STFU and stop being biased
@mitchelljohnson8303 not true. Goldberg has a history of injuring or almost killing people.
Golberg "Im not going to complain, im going to go and do my job
Golberg the day of the saudi arabia paperview: "I want my character to be a superhero, so I want to go over The Fiend"
He literally just performed the match as it was booked. If you want to shit on someone for wanting to be booked like a superhero and never put anyone over, Bret Hart is right over there.
Even as an older man Goldberg's got more charisma than most of the wwe rosta put together
Lmao but zero of the talent.
What past wwf talent doesn't.
MIG 101 false, Brett carried, Shawn carried him, Regal (lmao) everyone carried him... except Brock, ask yourself who do people like better Goldberg or Ultimate Warrior?
MIG 101: So much charisma that the fans forgot to like him.
@Ankit Singh Goldberg was the drunk driver of wrestling. He just barged in as a dumb Brute and injured people, then said it's okay because he didn't mean to.
He says he was remorseful, not professional enough to pull the kick , wanted to make it believable, etc. I have heard many, many wrestlers say that they always watched out for the other guy , and by Bill’s own words , he did not do that !
Very disappointing!
Would you rather him say ‘yea I don’t care, I hurt him, sucks to suck’
@@collinsmith4492 I would rather Bill had been brought up slower so he would know better than to risk hurting the other guy in order to make it look good ! What he said meant less than what he did , and someone is responsible for his lack of training in the ring . Someone messed up and because of that a wrestler got hurt .
These guys are weapons , they need to be handled with care, loaded with blanks much like a prop gun . So the better question is who is responsible for putting Bill in that ring with full rounds ?
I went and found the full match on the dailymotion website, and watched it. I will say that, Goldberg never really appeared to try to hurt Hart, and in fact, Goldberg flung Hart into the ropes earlier in the match and gave him that very same side kick, which in both instances Hart had to "come into it" off of the ropes with 2 small , quick steps, but the first time Hart protected his head with his forearms, the second time he did not get his arms up for some reason. NOW, the MAIN THING, was DEFINITELY when Hart drug Goldberg's to the ringpost from outside of the ring, wrapped one of Goldberg's legs on either side of that ringpost, and then, tried to apply a sharpshooter with Goldberg's legs hanging down onto the ring apron, he totally disregarded the fact that his head would hit the concrete, and the padding on the concrete was minimal at best, and his head struck the concrete HARD when he fell backwards and down to the floor, which had to be the cause of the most severe injury in that match, you can clearly see him dazed beyond normal for minutes, and was totally Hart's fault. I think when Goldberg did the second rope fling - side kick incident happened, Hart was still stunned from his head trauma and that's why he didn't get his arms up to protect his head. The rest of the match, Hart was thrown onto the announcers table, and metal partition, and was easily given a chance to protect himself from injury, which he did well, but putting himself into the position of striking his head that hard on the concrete is 100% on Hart.
“If I really wanted to hurt the guy he wouldn’t have gotten up”
Says the guy who got whooped by 180lb Jericho
Thats what popped into my head lol
When did Jericho whip Goldberg .was it in real life or in the ring
@@bigpoppapump4060 it was actually twice during a match and in the licker room. One tine they had a real shoot fight during a match that continued later on after the match off camera in the LR. Apparently Jericho won both tines as reported by multiple witnesses.
@@bigpoppapump4060 oh this was during their time in WCW prior to Jericho coming to WWE after his contract expired with WCW
Jericho was not 180 pounds. He was 220.
Goldberg was running wcw I can’t lie about that the man was like a human machine
Was like😕? U mean is
@Roy Logan Not really try again dude LOL.
@ScyberPsylock This. Sting drew WCW's biggest ever buyrate (Starrcade '97) and was hot for longer than Goldberg was. When Sting faced Goldberg during the latter's much-touted undefeated streak, the company massively protected Sting, giving him the visual win then having him lose only due to Hogan interference. It also speaks volumes that fans are *still* rabidly discussing potential Sting matches against the likes of Undertaker, Michaels and Cena, while groaning loudly every time Goldberg tries to wrestle.
@@jpalvarez4972 said like a delusional sting mark. I mean I like sting too, but at least I'm not delusional. before sting's and goldberg's recent comebacks, who were the fans clamouring for? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't sting. the fans of nowadays always turn on the old legends after the initial excitement of the comeback has faded.
@@darkphoenix00001 Said like a true denialist. The wrestling fraternity clearly wants Sting/Undertaker more than any shit show your hero has to offer.
When a real move accidently happend...
"If i wanted to hurt the guy, he wouldve never gotten up." - yeah thats really smacks of remorse.
so meaning he would have been dead?
Why should Goldberg be remorseful for something he didn't cause? Bret gave himself the concussion when he put Bill in a figure four around the posts and smashed the back of his head on the ground in the process. Go and watch the match, it's as clear as day.
@@namikstudiosso, its ok then to kick a man in the head who may or may not already have a concussion?
Fact is accidents happen d’lo and droz Seth and sting and Goldberg and Bret. These are all bad things and it sucks they happened but people blaming Goldberg is to me bizarre.
Not true, numerous wrestlers from WCW were talking about how dangerous Goldberg was being in the ring and thats what prompted Bret to say to him before their match, whatever you do, dont hurt me out there. And ofcourse he still managed to do so.
frizzy red This right here. It would be one thing if this wasn’t common, but just like Seth Goldberg just wasn’t so safe and even if these were accidents it doesn’t change how unsafe these guys were if they were injuring so much talent.
@@dominiquesmith7680 It also doesn't change that it was an accident either and that people like you need to let it go. It wasn't you who career he injured and he still didn't want to hurt the guy.
It was true that Goldberg did hurt wrestler's. If you think it through Goldberg use to play NFL years ago I know for a fact that NFL Players hit very hard. Batista admitted in his unleashed book that Goldberg would never intentionally hurt anyone he was just a big strong physical guy and a lot of his moves looked real. Batista did confirmed in his book that goldberg's moves were in fact real.
@The Searcher this is true however bret wrestled more matches after the goldberg mathc im not blaiming bret or goldberg my point was accidents and injuries happen in wrestling it sucks that they do but its a harsh reality
"Accidents happen." Says the guy with WAY more accidents than a lot of other people. At some point you just have to accept that YOU'RE the problem, Bill.
I loved when riddle ripped into him.
Bret has always acted like he was hurt by every wrestler he has ever worked with.
Bret has always acted like he was hurt by every wrestler he has ever worked with.
That was brets fault
@@AlpKagan55 Proof?
Goldberg 1998 vs 2014 Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX
Streak vs Streak
Vs me😊
1998 Goldberg is winning that
The undertaker will win but it won't be easy.
I'd rather see 98 Goldberg vs 98 Taker. Besides, WWE would just have Undertaker win if it has anything to do with the streak. Snore.
@@dagameplayer I agree, even back 1998, I always though undertaker could be the one to beat Goldberg but I would reather see 1994 undertaker vs 1998 Goldberg.
Both were just unstoppable back in these days so it interesting to see who would really win set for both got up from almost everything.
Bret put Bill in a figure four around the posts but smashes the back of his head on the ground while he does it. That's what really caused his concussion in that match, not Bill's sidekick. You can actually see him in agony holding his head on the ground after the figure four - there's no kayfabe reason for Bret to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission hold around the posts, so he was clearly in real pain. If you watch the match you can see it as clear as day. It was never Goldberg's fault but he's been wrongly blamed for it all these years, even by Bret himself. Go and watch the match, it's obvious as all hell. Watch how Bret is in agony after smashing his head on the ground. That was it 100%.
I agree with you 100%. I found the entire match on dailymotion, watched it, and Hart took that same rope throw / side kick before he slammed his head onto the concrete, and was given the space by Goldberg to raise his arms to block the kick from his head, Hart also had to walk into that kick a few short steps as well, both times, and after his head SLAMMED into the barely padded concrete, where you could clearly see he was terribly stunned, Goldberg did the same thing with the rope throw / side kick the second time, Hart took 2 small steps off of the rope, but was still dazed enough that he did NOT get his arms up when he went into Goldberg's foot. Before the concussion onto the concrete, and the infamous "kick", Goldberg was throwing Hart around outside of the ring, head onto the table and railing, but both times Goldberg gave him the chance to protect himself properly with his hands and arms as he did, and it was Hart's choice to do that leg lock / sharpshooter like he did, tragically not thinking his head would impact concrete, HARD, like it did, so that was 100% on Hart, not Goldberg. If anything, Hart should have told Goldberg " I am hurt, let's end this" , but he stubbornly continued, and didn't seek proper help afterwards.
Goldberg "If I wanted to hurt the guy, he would not have got up" Like dude, that is the point. Any pro wrestler could go out and hurt guys. The fact that your skill set can't live up to more than 90 seconds squash matches, proves you and Hart were never in the same league. Your legacy is built on squash matches, and Brets was built on quality wrestling story lines.
There are plenty of guys you can say that about though in all honesty. Warrior was the king of squash matches. He was a terrible wrestler. There are very very very few Bret Harts out there. That’s why we are still talking about him.
And yet who drew more between the two ?
@@AlexYBITW exactly. Wrestling is about drawing. That's even why Flair always says Hogan was better. He made the most money.
@@steveomac385 Yes ! Pro wrestling is a business, it's about money. It's crazy to me that so many people don't get that.
Goldberg was never malicious. He just wasn’t very good at his job. Every match: punches, crappy leg lock, punches, power bomb, get other guy injured, spear, end.
To my knowledge the only guy he hurt was Bret, on an accident
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
what I don't like about fans is that they like to have double standards and are very passionate about their flawed point of view.
for example: look at how many people don't like goldberg, call him an asshole and say he can't wrestle for ending bret hart's career.
now look at how many people say the same thing about sasha banks for ending paige's career? or seth rollins for ending sting's career? yeah there was some backlash but they got not even half as much hate as goldberg.
exactly smarks are cancer
Sasha was careless, Rollins people are grasping at straws with that.
You have to be a complete idiot!
I say goldberg can't wrestle since day one not because he broke Bret hart's neck only 2 moves all his matches are squash matches making real legends looks like jobbers like triple h the rock sting anyone he thinks he can handle anyone even Lesnar yeah at the end he got destroyed by Jericho in real life he also has no charisma he has never had a match longer than 10 minutes because of his cardio even in his prime no great matches at all and returned to burry great wrestlers like Kevin Owens and dolph ziggler and then dissapeared
leggo bro and? That was his gimmick. What’s your point? It’s a show. He’s a character.
I feel really bad for Bret Hart regarding this.
But on the same token, I've seen and heard countless interviews over the years since that incident where Goldberg has shown remorse and regret for that incident.
At the end of the day, it's an unfortunate incident that happened. No point in crying about it now because it's already done. Just have to move on from it.
Goldberg had a responsibility in the ring to protect his opponent. During many matched he was far too rough and did genuinely hurt his opponents. Goldberg seemed to forget that these guys were also his colleagues.
So did Brock lesnar
@@kyleday5026 I hate to admit, but Lesnar is a trained pro and won a several medal in NCAA.
What a load of twaddle.
Goldberg was and always has been my reason for watching WCW back in the day all time favorite wrestler
Everyone is entitled to their opinion
Spider Man He’s great when it comes to squash matches and when he’s creating hype since he fits that but it’s a different story if he actually has to “wrestle”. He had to wrestle regal one time and he looked pretty embarrassed.
@Spider Man You're*
Goldberg was the only thing I didn't like in WCW, thinking back I kinda like how it worked and how the fans went with it, cos it would likely never happen now, still not a fan of his work as a whole but if wrestling is about moments then he created a few
I don't think Goldberg was out to maliciously hurt people. He was just built like a rock. If he holds back and gives you a lovetap, it would probably hurt.
Exactly add to that the fact that Brett was equally responsible for protecting himself and timing the incoming kick so he could fall back, or away from it. Goldberg didn't thrust that sidekick full force or Brett would not have gotten back up. But the momentum of Goldberg putting his leg out there combined with Brett running straight into it made the impact a lot worse than it needed to be. Brett obviously shared responsibility in what happened. Brett also decided to come back and bring this topic up again, after he had originally gotten over it years ago. So the only malicious act is Brett trying to resurface this again just because Bill returned to wrestling. But the reality is Brett is equally responsible for what happened, watch the kick.. Brett runs right into it.
@@IamSouthBound true.
I disagree entirely. People like Undertaker and Kane were just as strong, yet never hurt people the way goldberg did.
@@DJYC21215 Because they were never built as squashers. They were built as monsters. Look at Brocks matches in 2002. He was hard on many wrestlers. He had to do that because that would make him look legitimate. He was instructed by Vince to do that. Obviously Vince told Brock not to be so hard that the wrestlers end up going to the hospital. Goldberg was so the same but he was a babyface while Brock was a heel.
@@bourbon646 They had quite a few squash matches that ended in under 3 minutes. It was common in the Attitude era, yet they never hurt anyone. I get what you are saying, but it seems like when people are fans of certain people they tend to create excuses to justify inacceptable actions. You can squash people, and be believable, without ending people's careers.
I admire Goldbergs honesty regarding the matter to be honest... he's stated numerous times he was never a wrestling person like the majority are... I agree if he wanted to he could have done more than give Bret a concussion
Anybody can hurt anyone in the wrestling business if they wanted to. That's not the point. The point is, as a professional wrestler in the entertainment business, you're supposed to "perform". Anyone can throw a real punch and knock out someones teeth, but your skill should be able to throw what LOOKS like a real punch but NOT hurt your partner. Goldberg is KNOWN to harm his in ring partners. It wasn't just Bret. He almost permanently injured Undertaker, he almost broke Haku and Jimmy Hart's necks in the same match by dropping them both straight on their heads, broke Scott Steiner's orbital bone with a botched punch, and others. This is just shows a level of professional wrestling incompetence.
Lets try to separate the facts from the rumor and innuendo: To begin with I cannot recall an interview where Bret Hart stated that Goldberg sought out to maliciously hurt him or end his career. In fact I have an interview somewhere in my collection where Hart expresses regret that his career had to come to an end at the hands of someone as good-hearted as Bill Goldberg. Hart's criticism of Goldberg over the years has had more to do with the lack of experience that Goldberg had in the ring at the time he wrestled him and that he didn't understand the psychology of the business in that he approached his matches as if his opponents were tackling dummies rather than human beings who could get hurt. In fact Hart references in his book that he was trepidations about working Goldberg at the Starrcade PPV and made a point to tell him prior to the match to be careful not to hurt him. Hart also mentions a spot in the match that took place prior to the head kick where he had Goldberg positioned for the figure-four on the post and Goldberg injured him during that spot as well. The reason being that in order to execute the figure-four ringpost spot, Hart needed his opponent to hook his ankle as he was applying the hold thereby delaying the upper portion of Hart's body (in particular his head) from rapidly hitting the arena floor. Goldberg didn't do this and as a result Hart's head hit thwack against the arena floor at full momentum as soon as he applied the hold. So the bottom line is Goldberg wasn't looking out for Hart during that match either due to inexperience or oversight or both.
jldraw this is helpful. More people need to read and comment about this
Goldberg is just a reckless goof. He knocks himself out and botches like crazy.
I know the very interview. The shoot interviewer I think started it by insinuating Goldberg was pissed off about the blame being laid on him. Bret said he never knew Bill felt like that.
Bret never said malicious. He said careless. I remember because the careless kick was a meme for years.
Met Bill in Edmonton while he was filming Santa Slay. Great guy, very humble and down to earth. Stuck around and played pool with us at the wrap party, smoked some with us, really one of the best celebrity encounters I've ever had. Don't dwell sir, accidents happen, you've apologized, it's all in the past now.
Bret Hart remains my best in the ring and I still love and respect him so much till date. But Goldberg has taken responsibility of his mistake and apologized, he has never denied nor argued against what happened and I think that is what a real man should do.
Let Bret throw that mistake behind and move on with life, he still has people as fans and I am one of them. He buried the hatchet with Shawn Michael he can do the same with Goldberg.
@Ben DC4L sure, over past and present wwe super stars.
“If I really wanted to hurt the guy he wouldn’t have got up” Umm Mr. Goldberg I think the point is you’re injuring people without knowing you’re being reckless
Bill just sort of proved Brett's point. "If I wanted to hurt him." The point the Brett is making is the Goldberg hurt him bad and those were not Goldberg's intentions. When you are NOT trying to hurt somebody and you hurt them anyway on a move as basic as a kick, then you are not a very well train the in art of professional wrestling. You are dangerous not because of your intentions, but because of you lack of ability.
Preacherman exactly! And lack of ability translates to YOU DIDNT TRAIN ENOUGH TO MASTER YOUR CRAFT? and he sits there arrogantly talking about being a competitor? Taking a small jab at ric flair being an entertainer aswel.. I’m having mixed feelings about Goldberg lol
Goldberg has always talked like he was some legit shooter or martial artist when he has never done anything remotely like that in his career. If he ever decided to venture into professional MMA he would have made CM Punk look like Jon Jones.
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all. Go and watch the match and then come back here and apologize to Bill for wrongly accusing him of something he clearly didn't do.
Never saw this evening advertised. When and where was it?
Bill Goldberg's intro lasted longer than his matches in WCW during his undefeated angle.
and more people would pay to see that than to see every AEW "star" combined.
@@handsolo1209 Well those people are quite frankly idiots with money.
@@eastwaters4082 No, the people who think "Oldberg sucks" and Joey Ryan and Orange Cassidy are great are the idiots.
@@handsolo1209 Comedy is subjective, so calling them idiots wouldn't make much sense.
@@eastwaters4082 No, pro wrestlers doing comedy gimmicks is not subjective. They are clowns who drive away 1000 times more potential viewers than they attract. The numbers do not lie. The only comedy gimmick to ever draw any money was HTM and even then he actually was a big guy who looked the part even though he acted like a wimp. You could buy him cheating his way out of every title loss, but a little midget like Orange Cassidy even lasting 30 seconds against Rick Rude or Randy Savage? Yeah, right!
My biggest thing is maybe Goldberg wasn’t the easiest guy to talk to outside of the ring, but when it’s about safety and about a good show, I don’t understand why more people didn’t try and help him become a WRESTLER
BRET came from a wrestling family and learned the ropes (so to speak) from his Pops. Number 1 rule was - don't hurt your opponent. Goldberg came from a football background where you try to hurt people. He didn't LOVE the biz they way that Bret did. Was Goldberg careless in the ring? DAMN RIGHT, HE WAS.
Owen Hart must've missed that rule. Sorry Stone Cold
Very true.
Actually, I never thought of it that way. U have a point. Running the ropes at full speed w/ a big strong guy who was still green.....might have been risky on Bret’s part. Goldberg probably had a hard time pulling his punches and kicks in wrestling, b/c in football u hit as hard as u can all the time. Goldberg probably needed more ring training and maybe Bret expected too much. Hard to say.
After watching this and the stone cold interview I have a new found respect for goldberg I think he's awesome
Goldberg always been the 🐐 PERIOD
@@Cj-hj6rm ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Immediately the interviewer should asked about the Steven “William” Regal match.
Or when Jericho choked Goldberg out backstage
Only if he wanted to get speared off the stage lol.
@@MrBlack252 Jericho never choked Goldberg, all he did was put him in a front face lock and then people broke it up. It's like in hockey when two guy's "fight" but in reality are just holding on to each other. Only difference is Jericho is acting like it's a massive achievement lol.
@@JiggityJack well it is a massive achievement because that was back then when Goldberg was supposed to be this killer and Jericho was just considered a "smaller" guy so yeah it was a big deal
@@MrBlack252 The thing is getting someone in a front face lock isn't the same as winning the fight. Watch UFC, there are many times where people will get the other guy in a submission and still lose the match ultimately. Essentially the fight just got broken up way to fast and Jericho tried to claim victory.
Never would have gotten up? Bret was jacked in his prime and could have handled his own.
Enough time has passed now that Brett should be able to enjoy his legacy as the greatest and accept that his career was ended by an accident and not by malicious intent.
Bret had a rough life man. I wish he would too but it's hard to get over some of the things that happened to him
FrozenAngel4173 So what? everyone goes through hardships. People still regard him as the greatest performer of all time.
@@jafet7965 so being great means you should be able to get over a traumatic end to your siblings life possibly due to careless prep. Or being forced out of three biggest wrestling company dishonorably? Or the fact that because of those choices his family is basically being dragged through the dirt for decades by WWE? Or the fact that he had to retire basically cause he was booked to wrestle a very inexperienced unnecessarily rough wrestler in Goldberg who gave him a concussion. Not to mention the stroke that messed his motor skills up. He is the greatest at technical storytelling and one of the greatest ever period but that doesn't make him not human. He's effected just as much as anyone else by trauma, depression and/or mental illness.
Goldberg ain't responded to Jericho yet.
@giftofgab247 Yet another mark who believes Oldberg could ever shoot for real.
@giftofgab247 I never said Jericho was a shooter or a tough guy either. Oldberg however never was. Would have broke your little heart if William Regal snapped and choked him out on live TV wouldn't it?
@giftofgab247 I'm not about "what if" whatsoever. Just Goldberg's attitude his entire career and the fact that he says things like "If I wanted to hurt you, you wouldn't have gotten up" what a backhanded thing to say during an "apology". And I used Regal as an ironic example because when he caught Goldberg stiff a couple times ole Bill moaned about it, and had Regal genuinely wanted to lay him out he would have done so easily.
Jericho has even said he was holding on for life Goldberg would have fucked him up. People forget the guy trains martial arts and was an actual pro athlete not a fake wrestler
I've always been a Goldberg fan from day 1
@rocketHtown that's a dumb question
Goldberg fans don't know shit about wrestling.
Owen Hart prematurely ended Stone Cold Steve Austin's career, but you don't hear Austin whining, moaning, bitching, complaining and trying to tarnish the legacy of Owen Hart, he doesn't even talk about Owen.
Reading some of these comments, makes me wonder if I watched the same interview. Goldberg sounds like he didn't try to injury Bret Hart. Sounds like he has lots of respect for pro wrestling.
Lastly, I feel people are taking Goldberg comments out of context when he says he is a competitor, not an entertainer. I believe he doesn't mean he's a literal competitor, but that's what he does in his mind. Does it match up with his actual matches? Hell no. But, that what he does.
Most of the people commenting are McMahon marks who have been conditioned to believe that WCW = EVIL. Bill didn't even cause this concussion. Bret gave himself the concussion when he put Bill in a figure four around the posts and smashed the back of his head on the ground in the process. Go and watch the match, it's as clear as day.
The sad part is that Brett Hart had easily 3x the skills that Goldberg had. But with that being said I can feel both side's arguments. However, I could never blame Brett Hart for the way he feels about the situation. Totally justified... I suspect it would be like having the world in your hand and having the carpet pulled out from under you by someone else. When wrestling has a tragedy, it is always heartbreaking.
I feel as if most of these wrestling performers really put their bodies on the line for us, and for that, I have great respect for them.
25 years ago, I do really thought that pro-wrestling is totally real. Maybe Goldberg had the same thought as me back then
Bret thinks the business is real, too. Nash said in a shoot that he asked him if he’d rather have $5 million a year as a jobber OR $250k as the world champion and Bret said he’d rather be champion. Lol
I always looked at it as an unfortunate accident. They happen. Goldberg's kick was no less of an accident than Owen breaking SCSA neck. And according to Bret, Harts took pride in not hurting ppl in the ring. Grudges don't do anything but make you bitter while the person you hold it against is just living their life probably not thinking about it
Goldberg thought he was such a real life tough guy and thinks he's now an MMA expert but never had the sack to step into a real fight. MMA was around plenty back then with crossovers Shamrock and Severn, etc and the whole shoot fighting presentation emerged from Japanese pro wrestling in a lot of ways with many MMA federations around the world. Nah, dude just wanted to beat up on fake wrestlers and never lose lmao. At least CM Punk had the balls to step in there and take a beating. Goldberg still thinks he's the legit toughest guy that ever lived but too much of a chicken 💩 to ever get in there with someone.
Alot of truth to that. Dont think he would have fared well in mma at all, hes sort of uncoordinated.
Lotta talk, smark
Agree but CM wasn't brave.
1) He got paid a sh*t ton of money (anyone would get in the octagon for for the money he made)
And
2) He was a 37yr old delusional douche who didn't know his limitations lol
@@cappy2282 he didn't even know how to throw a punch. Not sure how he thought he was actually going to beat anyone
@@dwanewalker5551 Dude so bad! And the people training him did him no favors. They kept telling him he was a beast when Ray Charles himself could see that he was god f*cking awful
P.s Punk
Goldberg is jacked!
He wants a rematch with taker
Jacked on roids
@@vicvvs6189 roids at the age of 50?? lmao
darkphoenix00001 Do your research bud. Plenty of people on steroids at ages like this. Famous actors who need to play a role of a certain movie or character will take low doses and you won’t ever know. This man needs to be in perfect shape in the ring and out. Especially in his early stages of wrestling, which means the doses of whatever he was taking an anavar, dbol, tren, or testosterone made him look like this since stopping a cycle or slowing down a cycle impacts everyone differently . So short answer is that he took steroids, stopped or lowered the doses, and now is now 100% on some sort of cycle
@@vicvvs6189 except he has 0 reason to destroy his body and health to be in good shape at this age. he's rich af, got a good family, and dude is a fitness freak. if you had done your research bud, then you would know he admitted to taking some sort of drug for a brief period early in his career but then quit because it's a bad influence on youngsters. there are no reports (apart from the ones coming out of your arse) that indicate otherwise.
Goldberg's veins give me chills, geez
steroids
golberg delivered that kick many times before and it was fine. bret was injured in the ring. it happens. owen hart broke steve austin neck.
they both called that spot. if bret did not trust goldberg with the kick, he should have called for something else.
"If I wanted to hurt the guy, he never would've gotten up"
Clowns who think they're tough just because they're big are hilarious. If you're such a tough, athletic virtuoso, you wouldn't be relegated to 3 minute matches that feature a grand total of 2 moves.
The shit that went on in Stu Hart's dungeon bred a lot more toughness than a weight bench does.
"If I wanted to hurt him he would've never gotten up" I'm sorry Goldberg but Brett Hart at that time would've stretched you worse then Jericho did.
Dream on
It's THAN, not then, Corey. Jesus Christ! Watch CM Punk's Grammar Slam vids FFS.
The thing about this is that both Goldberg and Brett Hart could probably kill a person pretty easily and it all comes down to who grabs who first.
Goldberg choked him, then Jericho put him into a headlock, and Goldberg picked him up while still being in a headlock, and he did a run with Jericho through a backstage door full of fans, and other wrestlers pulled them apart. That's it. Even Jericho said that "I was afraid to let Goldberg go because I knew he would kill me."
Lord Steven Regal wouldn't take any bumps with Goldberg.
Cause he didn't wanna be a jobber I don't blame him
His story was he was told to do 6 minutes and use technical skills to make Bill look like an actual wrestler instead of a brutish squasher. Bill didn’t have the right sense to keep the same momentum that Regal brought. At the end of 6 minutes Regal took the Spear and the Jackhammer and made full on his promise.
Regal has forgotten more than Goldberg knows.
If Steven Regal and Goldberg had fought, Regal would probably still be laying there, to this very day. That match has been exaggerated as Regal dominating Goldberg in some sort of ADCC grappling match, when it was just Regal having a more technical match than Goldberg had ever wrestled and Goldberg couldn't transition as smoothly and didn't look as good.
@D core Known by who? Regal himself and the secondary guy from Harlem heat? The only reason casual wrestling fans buy in to that bs is because everyone who watches any wrestling shoots gets recommended the video of Stevie Ray exaggerating another story to get eyes on his podcast like every other old guy does. If it weren't for Brawl for all exposing half of wrestling's "tough guys" as giant bodybuilders who can't throw a proper punch and blow up after 30 seconds of straight physical exertion, you'd probably be arguing whether or not Dr.Death and Steve Blackman could've won UFC gold, considering the yarns most wrestling legends spin. William Regal was just some out of shape british guy with the same wrestling background as 75% of the roster who had one sloppy match with green Goldberg and blew it up into something else entirely. Goldberg was a super athlete, while Regal was pretty much an average guy but a fair bit taller. Iron Mike Sharpe was supposed to be some awesome tough guy too but Billy Jack Haynes destroyed him and everyone else he fought off of just a minor stint in amateur boxing. Being a wrestling tough guy means jack shit, while Goldberg's size, strength, and natural athleticism are actual proven pieces of evidence. Watch Batista's mma debut. Batista's beat an actual mma fighter off of being such a far superior athlete. The gap in strength and athleticism is simply too great for Regal's out of shape ass to surmount.
In Bret Hart's book, he stated that Goldberg said "Watch out for the kick," before he threw him into the ropes. Well, Bret Should've watched out for the kick. Also, Bret was already considering retiring in 1997 anyway. It was just a freak accident, Goldberg apologized to him multiple times, and professional wrestling is not ballet. Atleast Goldberg never wore a shirt that said "Goldberg Excellence of Execution, I Just Ended Bret's Career!"
Similar to Owen Hart's Owen 3:16 shirt.
A couple things
1. Brett stated in an interview that it took Goldberg 8 months to apologize for it.
2. Brett was planning on retiring, but he still wanted to continue wrestling for a couple more years. If he really wanted to just stop wrestling, then he would have just taken the WWF deal as that was essentially setting him up for retirement, and not as a wrestler.
The rest are good points.
Bret did watch for the kick. Which is why he has his hand up blocking it.
Goldberg looks like he has quite a few ass kickings and bad ass spears and devastating jackhammers in him. He looks in great shape. Age isnt nothing but a number for him. Still wanna see him mix it up with roman or lashley. Maybe we will see it maybe we wont... Who's next?
What was weird is that Bret worked and wrestled for months after this match. I always wondered if there was more than Goldberg's kick that caused Bret's stroke as he had many head shots before and after this match.
It was the kick. It caused 3 entire concussions. Of course, Bret wasn't aware at the time. So he still wrestled. Which worsened the condition. However. Goldberg himself was known for delivering stiff shots and harming people for real in WCW and WWE because he wasn't that good at wrestling. Which is also why most of his matches were short. WCW attempted to lengthen it, but the result was what happened to the Hitman
Roids ... Bret was juicing and it screwed him up
Dudes maybe 5'11 and was almost 240 all muscle he even credited steroids for saving his career
Roids are known to cause strokes
@@ddcs0s Bret fanboys won't say that.
@@hitek9too255 I know
I actually want to be really honest ... I don't really have much of a issue with Brett my issues always been with him fanboys they act like he never did anything wrong and it's annoying
I get it Canada doesn't have as much legendary wrestlers as the US so they really cling on to the few they have but in the US even someone like Hulk isn't immune to being called a dick when he's obviously being a dick
Bret smashed his own head on the floor while putting Bill in the figure four around the posts. The only people who could possibly think that Bill caused this concussion are people who haven't even bothered to watch the damn match for themselves. Bret is writhing around in agony on the ground holding his head after putting Bill in the figure four - there is no reason for him to be selling a head knock after putting someone else in a submission, so it's real pain. It was never Bill's fault at all.
Just for the record: Bret knows real submissions. If he had wanted, Goldberg would not get up back then. Not the other way around.
Goldberg would have been crying for his mommy in a real fight against Brett. Hell Stu Hart would have made Goldberg shit himself, and the Dynamite Kid would have had him for breakfast.
Goldberg would kill Bret Hart if they fought each other.
@@johndawhale3197 now sure... Brett had a freaking stroke, but if they were both in their prime Brett would kill him. Goldberg is just a well marketed ex football player....that's it....nothing more. Brett is a legit shoot wrestler and would be snapping limbs and choking him unconscious.
@@benitocividino9730 AND, Goldberg have more fans and drew more money and ratings than Bret ever did.
@@bladey_0_10 you must be insane! Goldberg had maybe a 5 yr career in wrestling whereas Brett had over 20 years in the business. Brett earned more for the WWF, WWE AND WCW than Goldberg could ever dream of.