Bill Goldberg was one of the most dominant figures in wrestling history, amassing an undefeated streak of 173-0 during his time in WCW.
One of Goldberg's best matches during his run took place at WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 when he faced Diamond Dallas Page. DDP famously liked to put his matches together and go over things meticulously with his opponents.
"Dallas came to me with 14 pages of a match and I think he wanted me to spear him seven times," Goldberg recalled on The Ariel Helwani Show with Ariel Helwani. "Prior to that, I only speared anybody one time. Sting, being Sting, said, 'You know what Bill, I think that was one of the best matches and best decisions of your life.' You can look at it myopically or you can look at it in its totality. Business-wise, I should have made more of those decisions. I shouldn't have been so protective of my character. A lot of people say, 'You're a mark for yourself,' right? I was a mark for myself because nobody else had my back. Nobody. I came in as a professional football player and I tried to take dudes jobs that have been in the sport and business since childhood because that's the only thing they ever wanted to do, and it meant so much to them. I took that for granted a little bit. I always came in it with a different mentality. At the end of the day, if I didn't have that different mentality, I wouldn't have been what I was, and what I was, was something different. I think I was fairly successful at it. I still haven't seen people do some of the stuff I was able to do."
Goldberg is set to have his retirement match at some point in 2025.
Elsewhere during the interview, Goldberg commented on potential opponents in his last match. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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