WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg’s father-in-law has passed away. Bill’s wife, Wanda Goldberg, posted the following on Instagram:
“Yesterday the world lost an amazing man, our Dad. He lived a long wonderful life of 88 years and I feel so blessed that we had him as long as we did. He was such a fun, witty, caring, adventurous, sweet man and just had a magic quality about him that everyone gravitated toward. Mom and Dad would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on July 14th. I love you Dad and I want to thank you for being the best Dad a family could ever ask for. I didn’t need to watch movies about super heroes, I was raised by one. I love you Dad.”
Below are some of the photos she shared:
Goldberg is scheduled to have his retirement match this weekend on Saturday Night’s Main Event, where he will challenge Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Bill Goldberg Explains Why He Wrestles Short Matches
During an interview on The National Football Show, Goldberg talked about fans criticizing him for his short matches and explained the reason behind it:
“1000% because here’s the deal. A lot of people are like, ‘Well, you know…’ and Gunther came out in the beginning and said it. ‘Hey, two-minute match. You can’t go more than two minutes.’ If my job is to go out and smash someone in 60 seconds, do you think I’m going to politic to be out there longer? Do you think I’m gonna say, ‘Guess what, make me like every other schmuck in the ring that chain wrestles and that does high spots, and that does…’ I want to be different. And I do believe there was a place for different, and I think that I proved the point. And I mean… ‘The character’s one-dimensional.’ Yeah, he’s one-dimensional. He went out there, I was (Mike) Tyson, I smashed people and I left. I didn’t talk about it, I didn’t revel in my success. I just went out and headbutted doors, and ran people over.”
The WCW Legend also addressed injuring Bret Hart in World Championship Wrestling:
“Along the way a couple people got hurt. You know how many times I got hurt in the business? Do you think I blamed it on everybody else? Not a chance. I’m studying my opponent, right? And I’ve seen random videos of his opponents and of other people, and then a short will pop up and I’ll click on it – of guys hurting people, right? And I kicked Bret Hart in the head on accident a hundred years ago. And I’ve been remorseful ever since, and I’ve said I was sorry. I was young in the business, no question and people make mistakes.
And people have to understand that I was extremely lucky to break in the business when I did, because I had Curt Henig, I had Kevin Nash. I had the Steiner Brothers, I had Norton, I had Hogan. I had Flair. When he talked to me, I had Bret Hart.
There were guys that were unbelievable sources of information and coaches, and people that took the time to help me out. I never would take advantage of anybody. I mean, I’m a dude who went up against two 350 pound guys every play playing nose guard just like you did. Do you think I’m going to cheap shot people?”
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