Former WCW and WWE star Bill Goldberg recently spoke with Rolling Stone‘s Kenny Herzog while promoting this weekend’s Legends of Wrestling event at New York’s Citi Field.
Goldberg spoke about his legacy and the fans still reacting to him, his WWE run and if he respects Brock Lesnar’s way of doing things, getting into kickboxing, and more. You can read a few excerpts below:
Goldberg Talks Legends Of Wrestling, the fans’ passion for these events:
…It’s my opportunity to thank them for making me who I am in the wrestling world. I get very few chances to do that. And to hopefully make new Goldberg fans.
The appeal of kickboxing:
There’s only one reason I would do the kickboxing thing, and that’s for myself. I’ve been doing it as an avid student on-and-off for 10 years, and it’s something I really enjoy. I’m 48 years old, dude, and it’s a tough thing, but getting associated with GLORY and seeing what a viable product it is and what my addition to the fray would do, I think it would be really cool for the sport. I’m not doing it because I think I’m a badass, because I have something to prove, because my son wants to see me do it. I’m doing it because I like it, and how many people can make a decision like that in their life on this level? For me, as a competitor, I just think it would be fun. I’m wired differently.
Does he have plans to return to the ring in the near future?
There is an actual date in a stadium in this country that is set up with entertainment to put on an event like nobody’s ever seen. And it’s in my court. It’s all about timing, it’s all about the right opponent. There’s so much that goes into this, especially if it’s my last time. And I honestly don’t know if I’m 100-percent willing to do it, because I’m seriously considering kickboxing right now.
Goldberg on his stance against WWE, if he respects Brock Lesnar’s return:
Brock and Ernest Miller are the only two [wrestlers] that I talk to since I left. I talk to Brock once [every] couple months. He’s a genius, but he’s a little younger than me, and he can tolerate a little more than I can. I refuse to do it. The one year that I [joined WWE], I’m so mad at myself for doing it, but I owed it to the fans to try it. I put myself on that platter and I got slaughtered. That’s how I feel, and I shouldn’t feel like that. I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there’s stuff that goes on that’s bush-league. It’s laughable. So to see a guy like Brock do what he’s doing, are you kidding me? I admire him whole-heartedly, and I like to think that I taught him a thing or two. I’d love to wrestle Brock again.
