Both sides of the Story: Regal vs Goldberg

Every story has 2 sides. In these interviews William Regal and Bill Goldberg both give their interpretations of an incident that occurred in WCW in 1998, in which Goldberg claims Regal set out to hurt and embarrass him. Whose side do you believe?

[renatoordonez]

Goldberg complaining about being kicked in the head, ironic

[scobo]

Regal sounded legit. Goldberg sounds like he's still embarrassed.

[jessejames]

Hated Regal when I was a kid but older now I like him he’s a very down to earth guy very humble

[BrokenSaintRW]

I will say this: Regal cut his teeth in carnivals. He is as legit a performer as we have ever seen. If he wanted to make Goldberg look foolish, he would have. If he wanted to hurt Goldberg, he would have.

[NGMonocrom]

Okay, heard both sides; then took a look at the match on YouTube. The entire match from start to finish. And even the announcers comments during the match made it clear who was telling the truth. Regal carried Goldberg through that match. Listen to what the announcers said. Even they seemed a bit surprised at how passive Goldberg was during the match. Regal clearly went out of his way to try to make the match look good. But it looked as though someone put horse tranquilizers in Goldberg's protein shake or something.

[pauledge]

Just rewatched the match. Regal's story matches the actual match. You can see when Regal grabs a hold to relay instructions. And from what I have heard about Regal, if he wanted to stretch Goldberg he had ample opportunities in this match.

[Filmation]

Just watching the Match twice, you just realize that Goldberg couldn't counterwrestle and i think Regal tried to call it in the ring and Goldberg couldn't process regal's instructions fully thats why it almost comes off like a shoot and the timing was so off.

[darthrevan]

Goldberg couldn't do anything but squash matches. He was asked to go a mere 6 minutes and he couldn't handle it. If you watch the match, there were plenty of occasions, like Regal mentionned, where he could've made offensive moves. But he wasn't doing anything, so Regal had to do something about it. Goldberg can't own up to his own failures, it's pretty sad.

[r]

Yeah, Bill, complain about getting kicked in the head. It's not like you'd ever do something like that, is it?

[MUNDOM]

If you ever see clips of regal helping upcoming talent at the training centers you know that the man is a true pro and one of the most underrated talents of all time. Hearing both sides of this Regal is the one who sounds legit

[lewisb]

Goldberg froze up and he was lucky he was in there with regal, who tried to salvage the match. A guy like Ken Shamrock, Bob Holly, Stan Hansen or Big van vader would just have just beat goldberg down in the ring.

[castieldiallo]

i watched the match. regal left openings for goldberg to counter. yet he didn't. if it was based on just wrestling ability. regal would wrestle rings around goldberg.

[mroclock]

it's still one of the better matches of Goldberg's carreer. The best on I've seen so far

[rickstalentedtongue]

Was a good 6 minute match, Regal led the match well and a lot of little surprises in terms of blocks and reversals. Could and should have been looked at as the next progression for Goldberg beyond his usual 90 second squash matches. Regal took him to 6 minutes, showed he was a veteran toying with an inexperienced bad ass, but was ultimately overpowered with a couple moves and pinned. Expectation control, the office expectations was the issue, not the match.

[ilovegames]

Goldberg whining about stiff headshots is hysterical given how he ended Bret Hart's wrestling a stiff kick to the head of Bret.

[SuperKamiGuru-ic]

The truth is probably somewhere in between (as it usually is), but I'm more inclined to believe Regal. It might be that I just like Regal more. He was always a very entertaining wrestler

[RisingRecluse]

I just watched the match and I feel in hindsight that it benefited both wrestlers. Regal looked tougher and Goldberg showed more technical ability than before. It's definitely a better match than Goldberg vs Lesnar.

[donovanjd]

The match was actually really good. It makes Goldberg look like more than a brute. It made it look like had to adapt to a unique wrestling style...and win. Which he did in the end. This match helped Goldberg.

[batmanfan]

I'm gonna agree with Regal. During the match it looked like he kept trying to get Goldberg to do things and kept giving him opportunities. Swore I heard him yell "C'mon Goldberg" at one point. So I'm thinking that Goldberg just doesn't want to admit that he fucked up.

[mmarsh]

After listening to both men, I am inclined to believe Regal. I just cannot believe a monster like Goldberg would allow himself to be ragdolled by Regal if he didn't want to.