The latest episode of legendary pro wrestling journalist Bill Apter‘s podcast, Is Wrestling Fixed?, is now available!
You can find some of Bill’s comments from the latest issue transcribed below.
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On his reaction to Goldberg squashing Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series:
BA: It was such a shock. This was an equal shock to Brock killing off the streak of the Undertaker. Who would have thought that Goldberg would have cut off the streak of Brock Lesnar? He had a streak of destroying everybody. I was very worried about how Goldberg would be able to do. He’s not “Oldberg” he’s “Goldberg”. I was really concerned about no matter what this is how he was going to take like twenty suplexes even though he was in good shape. The question is… you’re older. That’s what it is. For whatever reason they did what they did. It came across like a legit fight. Brock Lesnar has not come out and said anything at all. Neither has Paul Heyman.
On whether there was ever a big main event from the 60s, 70s or 80s that compares to Lesnar and Goldberg at Survivor Series:
BA: Oh yeah. We’ll go back to when I was a teenager when Bruno Sammartino beat Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in less than a minute. That was incredible. Everyone was totally shocked. For all the years covering the business sometimes things are predictable. We all had our predictions out there as to what was going to happen. If you went to grab a soda when the bell rang and you came back it was over already.
This episode of Is Wrestling Fixed? features:
- A look at Goldberg’s 86 second victory of Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series
- Classic audio from Bill’s archives featuring “Crybaby George Cannon”
- Discussion about Goldberg’s entering the Royal Rumble and what his WWE future may look like
- A clip from Bill’s recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts where he talks about his desire to be in the Royal Rumble
- The Rock-n-Roll Express’ Ricky Morton joining Bill to talk about the top ten tag teams that he drew money with
- A surprise ambush from one of Ricky’s greatest rivals during his interview
- Bill’s answers to the latest #AskApter mailbag questions
- The latest “Aptertorial” taking a look at the relationship between Vince McMahon and the talent that has worked for him
- More…
You can listen to both issues of Is Wrestling Fixed in the embedded audio player below:
