Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg who is a former three times WWE World Champion recently looked back at his first meeting with Vince McMahon who is the owner of WWE. He called his first run in WWE one of the most stressful of his life.
Goldberg did not have a very long career in professional wrestling but in a very short amount of time, he became a fan favorite and a huge Legend in the world of professional wrestling. It is very rare for any professional wrestler to become such successful in such a short amount of time.
Goldberg Remembers His First Meeting With Vince McMahon
He made his professional wrestling debut back in 1997 in the World Championship Wrestling WCW. He was an instant hit and it was all because of the dominant professional wrestling style he had. He also had a long undefeated streak after starting his career.
He kept on working in WCW till 2001 but he vanished from the world of professional wrestling after WCW got bankrupt and sold to WWE. He decided not to work for WWE at that moment. But in 2003 he finally made his WWE debut and worked for one year. His gimmick was very similar to the one of WCW.
He left the world of professional wrestling in 2004 and he remained out of it for over 12 years. He finally made his return to Pro wrestling in 2016 and since then he is rocking it even at his 50s. He is currently out of contract from any professional wrestling promotion but it is being believed that he will be resigned by WWE soon.
Goldberg who is a former three times WWE World Champion recently spoke on the Talk Is Jericho podcast where he looked back at his first meeting with Vince McMahon who is the owner of WWE. He called his first run in WWE one of the most stressful of his life. He said;
“It was not warm and fuzzy by any stretch of the imagination. No, it was not. The first year that I was at the WWE from what I can remember was one of the most stressful years of my entire life.”
“And like I say, some of the things may have been fabricated in my own mind to lobotomize me but I felt as though I was still the enemy walking in the locker room. You know, everybody going What the hell is this guy doing here? And I’ve always felt like an outsider but never as much as I did then.”
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