Brian Fowler Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Regal has pointed out repeatedly that the issue wasn't that he "took liberties" but that the match went too long (yes, at 5.5 minutes) and was too competitive. Regal's side of the story is that he was told to give Goldberg five minutes and be competitive, and when Bischoff began ripping into him, both the agent responsible (who, afaik, Regal has never named) and Goldberg remained silent, but that Goldberg apologized to him later (and then trashed him in his book...) so Regal just took the heat. It's also not why he was fired, as he was around for several more months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 So it was Goldberg being a whiny bitch, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 i remember the stories surrounding that match at one point said something like "Regal shoots on Goldberg" and i could never see it. he just didn't get squashed like everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Goldberg is a weird guy. For someone who wasn't around very long, he sure does have a lot of grudges. All of them being fairly ridiculous. Plus, he killed Bret Hart. So, of course I'm biased. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I flipped through his alleged autobiography a while back and he really came across like a mark for himself. An example: He suffered severe injuries and almost bled himself out legit punching through a limo window with his bare hand. You see, he turned down the safer method of breaking it with a lead pipe because "Goldberg wouldn't do that." I feel like he held grudges against anyone who didn't treat him like a megastar, an NFL legend and the baddest dude on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I'm pretty sure the lead pipe came out of his jacket when he did the limo smashing bit, and then just kept going without it, and fucked himself up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I'm pretty sure the lead pipe came out of his jacket when he did the limo smashing bit, and then just kept going without it, and fucked himself up. Yeah, according to Bischoff's book, as well as the Alvarez "Death of WCW" title, Goldberg was supposed to smash windows with a small lead pipe, but he dropped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I flipped through his alleged autobiography a while back and he really came across like a mark for himself. An example: He suffered severe injuries and almost bled himself out legit punching through a limo window with his bare hand. You see, he turned down the safer method of breaking it with a lead pipe because "Goldberg wouldn't do that." I feel like he held grudges against anyone who didn't treat him like a megastar, an NFL legend and the baddest dude on the planet. Yeah I got the same feeling about him. Although to be fair, it's hard to blame him too much given the situation. He went from Power Plant to World Champ and #1 babyface in less than a year, in possibly the most leniently-policed locker room in the history of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Goldberg doesn't get enough credit for taking a VERY brief wrestling career and milking it for all it's worth. The dude is still making money from what was basically a 4-year combined wrestling career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebreaker Chip Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Does Bret Hart's claim to have never injured anybody in the ring stand up? (as far as it's possible to know, I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Does Bret Hart's claim to have never injured anybody in the ring stand up? (as far as it's possible to know, I guess) Is that not counting the steel plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Does Bret Hart's claim to have never injured anybody in the ring stand up? (as far as it's possible to know, I guess) In his own book, he recalls injuring Randy Savage's heel. On another Randy Savage note, how does he hold up as a draw? I remember that he is credited for having a good run on top vs. DiBiase around the country in 88-89, and that he gets credit for turning WCW house show business around with Ric Flair. In the pantheon of draws, he's obviously not Hogan/Austin/Rock level, but is he in the tier right below that? Who would some of his peers as a draw be, historically speaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bugg Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I'm watching the OMG Top 50 thing on WWE Network. Was there any sort of backlash over the Tim White suicide angle? And really, who the fuck thought it was funny?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokdoyle Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not really, It was all done on the website, from what I can remember, so most people kind of ignored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 "Tim White: Inept Suicidal Guy" was pretty funny in a weird "They just did whatever they wanted on the website back then and Vince doesn't even know about it" way. Fit a short time in 2006 they had an audio show of JBL and Cole shooting the shit at ringside after Smackdown tapings. It was totally shoot stuff and they'd bust balls and rip on dudes. Really funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 What is everyone's thoughts on Honky Tonk Man? Not necessarily as an in-ring performer, but as an out-of ring one. His shoots are rather entertaining, and I wondered how accurate his stories/takes on various wrestlers are. Too carny or accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Does anyone still post on Kayfabe memories? Just logged on there for the first time in forever and got a message up saying I'd been banned! Anyone got an email for any of the admins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evidence Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 As WCW Champion, did Randy Savage have any title defenses that ended with him winning the match by pinfall? I watched the 95-96 Nitro episodes and there's only DQ wins or losses against Luger, Giant, and Benoit and the two times he defended on PPV he lost to Flair (Starrcade 95, Superbrawl 96). Did he have any title defenses on at house shows? On the subject of the WCW World title, when the NWA title was brought back in 1992, was the idea of a WCW/NWA title unification already in the plans or was it planned to keep the titles seperate all along? The tag titles were unified from the start when Gordy/Williams won, so it made me wonder if they wanted to do the same with the Wolrd title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Did WCW even have house shows at that point, for Savage to defend the title on? I thought they scrapped them till around the time the NWO was gaining momentum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 The Flair/Savage feud is credited for turning around WCW's house show business in late 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 A house show I went to in '95 had Savage beat Flair with a roll up and hooking the tights. Also had the Nastys vs Regal and Eaton, Regal was absolutely amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 The Flair/Savage feud is credited for turning around WCW's house show business in late 95. I've always felt that statement was VERY misleading. Once Nitro started, there were virtually NO house shows until early 1996. Almost all shows were TV tapings or PPVs. And the first Flair-Savage feud was headlining all the shows in the summer and fall of 95 before Nitro started. It's not as if they were a fresh new match-up. Nitro was making WCW a bigger name and people were starting to go to the shows as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 House show business picked up in the Summer as a result of the Savage/Flair programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Did WCW not have house shows during their peak era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 They did. But they were never a prority. To the point where wrestlers would deliberately try to kill towns so they didn't have to do them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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