Bill Goldberg
His tenures in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment are the chapters of his professional wrestling career most closely associated with his name, and it's under the single moniker Goldberg that he built his public identity across both organizations.
Born on December 27, 1966, in Tulsa, he attended Edison Preparatory School before going on to study at the University of Georgia. Alongside his wrestling career, he also worked as a professional football player, and he has since retired from both sports. His wrestling work across WCW and WWE forms the core of his sporting record, with both promotions representing the primary stages on which he competed.
That record includes a substantial collection of championships. During his time with World Championship Wrestling he held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. His work with WWE brought him the WWE United States Championship and the WWE Universal Championship. Those four titles span two of the sport's major organizations, and his contributions to professional wrestling were further recognized when he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Beyond wrestling and football, Goldberg has worked in a range of other fields. He has acted in film and television, produced films, and appeared as a television presenter. He has also worked as a sports commentator and a podcaster. The Library of Congress Name Authority File records him formally as "Goldberg, Bill, 1966-," a designation that ties together the varied professional life he has built under that one name.
Quotes by Bill Goldberg
Bill Goldberg's insights on:
I'm more of a 'competitor'; I like to go in the ring and let people judge the competition.
No, I don't have a feminine side. I've never been in touch with it. And the day I get in touch with my feminine side is the day I retire.
I used to play videogames, but I don't have too much time anymore. I used to have 3DO, but I could never find any games, really. I used to play it all the time. Games like 'Road Rash.'
I tore my abdomen. That ended my football career, which was what I wanted to do my entire life, and when that was over, I pretty much looked to just about anything, but nothing really caught my interest.
At the end of the day, at 49 years old, it's realistic to believe that a Terminator has a heart.
Kids are soft these days, period, end of the story in every respect. People coddle them too much. I'm sick of that; it's irresponsible parenting. Taking care of them is one thing, but turning little boys into little girls because you're coddling them so much, kids need to have experiences on their own.
At the end of the day, you have smart marks all over the world thinking that they know the outcome of a match.
I had a great time in the NFL. To make it in the amount of time that I did was awesome; it's a dream come true, and hell, it gave me the opportunity to go wrestle.
