No I don’t think it was his fault at all. He did say there was always a lack of communication in WCW. Not the first time I’ve heard of this. I’ve heard of this regarding Starrcade 1997 and Bash At The Beach 2000.
Kevin Sullivan was asked about the match on WSI by James. He says it wasn't Regal's fault, as management told him go out and have a competitive match, Sullivan also says the match time limit was set so Regal could not cut the match short. He then goes on to state it's our fault [those of us behind the scene planning the matches] because Goldberg was not ready for that kind of match with someone like Regal. WCW overall had terrible communication, like the time WCW paid $50 to FedEx Chris Jericho an empty package.
@@dgthe3 he could. He did. He did what he wanted, took multiple cheap shots, and in the end did the job. It's so dumb that you guys think regal going into business for himself somehow requires him and bill to get into an mma fight. Goldberg is a shitty wrestler who was confused. Similar to the incidents alex Wright had to deal with. Regal was socker kicking his head, no selling when he could, and shutting down his offense. His goal was to make goldberg look like a clown. He wanted the audience to know he was only losing because he was told to. The fact that he didnt kill him in the ring isn't evidence. Jfc 😅 Regal wasnt trying to have a good match. He was trying to punk out a guy portrayed as 'legit tough guy' on TV. That's it. Regal's story is OBVIOUS bullshit. It wasnt a shoot fight. Regal took liberties. It's not the same thing.
He also broke Scott Steiner's orbital bone in his face and The Giants Sternum! From the sounds of it he at least bruised up everyone he faced so I look at this match as a lethal dose of his own medicine...
@@mrpotz2479he hasnt been up front about this goldberg business though. Just watch the match. Regal is lying. He took liberties with a green rookie because he was jealous and wanted to take away some of his shine.
@@whitewhale9012That doesn't make any sense. As Regal says in the video the match time was planned. It's not like the match ran over. Regal did what he was told to do. They could have cut the match at any time and gone to a commercial. Goldberg was at fault not Regal.
Regal 4 mins 32 secs: "He [Goldberg] says I kicked him in the head at one point" (Goldberg basically claiming Regal was too rough with him). I just find this unbelievably ironic considering Goldberg "kicked in the head" and retired Bret Hart....🤔
the Hitman got a Concussion because of Bill Gold/"Green"-berg's kick to his Skull. (kinda like a feud between Ryback vs. CM Punk, when both of them was in the WWE.) I thought that Bret's career was mediocre (in WCW) : at least, the Hitman got a match against Hulk Hogan (Monday Nitro: September 28, 1998); there was a feud that had started in the WWE (The Hitman had to wrestle twice at Wrestlemania 10: the first time was against his late brother, Owen Hart; then, for the second match, it was Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna (a world title match): after Hart had lost to Yokozuna, Hulk Hogan came in; he won the title from Yoko in (22 ?) seconds, after Yokozuna's manager Mr. Fuji had accidentally threw salt in Yoko's eyes, instead of Hogan's); & Sting (for the Halloween Havoc 2008 PPV: October 25, 1998).
It is old, trite and tired cliche. like for these two stories: 1.) Bret "the Hitman" Hart, Shawn Michaels (the Heartbreak Kid, Mr. Wrestlemania, the Showstopper), Vince McMahon Jr., Triple H and referee Earl Hebner about the Montreal Screwjob (at the WWE/WWF's 1997 Survivor Series PPV). This was when the people in the Molson Centre see the Hitman write down three letters in the sky: "WCW." the famous Vince McMahon segment the night after, on (Monday night) RAW: "Bret screwed Bret." Vince gave Bret options, but The Hitman didn't want to lose the belt, in his home country to the HBK; Hart didn't do "what was best for business." 2.) the 1980's (Memphis (Mid-South/USWA): a wrestling regional territory) vs. a Hollywood celebrity) : Jerry "the King" Lawler did the Slap (heard around the world) against "Taxi" actor/comedian Andy Kaufman, on the David Letterman talk show (NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman"; before he moved to CBS). = like when Will Smith smacked Chris Rock, straight across the face, at the Academy Awards in 2022; because Rock cracked a ("G.I. Jane") joke about Will's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's real-life (alopecia) hair problems & Jada didn't like it.
I don't get why he's looking upon it as being a grass, when he's not really dropping someone in it. Not like they are going to get punished or into trouble 🤔 its just telling the truth about an incident that occured well over 20 years ago now. Not really sure who the agents all were back then apart from Terry Taylor & Paul Orndorff. It can't be Orndorff as the person's obviously still alive, if he's saying that.
@@cutekanjiiI'm thinking Terry Taylor. Especially the part where Regal wonders why the agent won't say anything publicly. Taylor has enough of a name to call anyone for a shoot interview and clean this up.
I thought it was too. I mean, I expected that Goldberg would eventually change up his style in the ring, instead of doing the exact same act for the next 20 years.
He was an elite wrestler his European uppercut is legendary! And I will say this Goldberg I don't think regal is the one to piss off fully and get into a real fight with regal can legitimately fight
I liked the match when I first saw it. Seemed like someone was actually fighting back against Goldberg, though obviously Goldberg still won. Made the victory better than a typical squash. Looking back, it doesn't look like liberties were taken. The whole thing is ridiculous. Regal has been consistent with his take and seems like a straight shooter.
A lot of people have only seen the 2 minute highlight version which makes it look like Regal is mauling him. When you watch the whole match, you can clearly see Regal is giving Goldberg opportunities to do things back to him.
@@whitewhale9012 Regal is known for being really snug in his matches, ever seen him with Finlay or Benoit? Also, he was the heel, the heel is supposed to lead the match, they were calling it on the fly and they've been told to be competitive. You can't have a competitive match without blocking your opponent's offense at some point.
I never understood the outrage over pairing Goldberg against someone who can actually wrestle and was willing to put him over AND willing to make him out to be more than, at best, a 4 hold bar bouncer!!!
If you watch the match and most importantly, listen to the commentary, it seemed like what they wanted to do was portray goldberg as a Competent technical wrestler. And the best way to do this is to have him go up against another technical wrestler.
Its all optics. WCW was billed as the finest wrestling. Like pure wrestling. Yeah he squashed guys but they were trying to get over that he was just better than everyone. Thats why when a actual wrestling match was asked of him he looked bad. Obviously. It makes him not seem as tough because he looked lost and like a fng. In all honesty i never blamed bill for his lack of knowledge. Wcw did not have a good training program and it showed. One thing people never give the wwe enough credit for is their training. With the territories gone there was no way for bill to get enough experience for the big leagues. Think about all the people we love from the mid to late 90’s. Most of them were either a close or over a decade of experience before they made it big. Those days in the territories allowed them to f up.
@@Gardenstategreat1225 I agree!!! I think Bischoff just saw the $$$ signs with Goldberg and rushed him too far, too fast. But, it was good for ratings.
Both Regal and Bill have gotten far more hate then they deserve on this. They knew Bill's inexperience. To go from all 90 secs matches to 6 minutes on the fly for the 1st time is a MAJOR adjustment to someone whos green.
@@saadabdullah3225 Iron Sheik has probably called him a "jabroni" hundreds of times, but never included the "Hollywood Blonde". Only the Rock could have fulfilled that.
Because Goldberg continues to accuse Regal of taking liberties in the match, thus keeping the issue alive and it gets these podcasters giddy to keep asking Regal about it. If Bill would just own up to it and admit he was green as grass and not capable of having a different kind of match versus the typical Goldberg squash there'd be nothing more to talk about and this thing would've died years ago. But, somehow it makes Bill feel better to say Regal took advantage of him.
I don’t really like Goldberg’s work, but he was a young professional athlete football player juiced to the gills he would have destroyed regal. Just sayin he would have killed regal. Fake wrestling isn’t real wrestling
Actually no it's more impressive than bare knuckle boxing, regal was trained by marty jones a legit shooter who was trained by billy robinson, regal is actually from the same lineage technically as Josh Barnett and Sakuraba.
Goldberg was just a jacked up muscle guy who can't fight Steven was hard as nails having punch ups with guys twice his age when he was teenager in Blackpool England
Goldberg who was trained by the guy who's students had to be re trained by dory funk jr when they came to the wwf because they were dangerous and happy to drop guys on their heads etc.
I met Mr. Regal in Atlanta, a Class Act. I've been watching wrestling, not sports entertainment for 42 years, Mr. Regal carried that whole match, until the end, like he said. No Liberties taken, that's ridiculous.
I think the reaction to Regal’s match did more for Regal and tarnished Goldberg than if Goldberg would have just accepted and appreciated what Regal did for him in that match.
God forbid a former singles champion gives a rookie Goldberg as challenging match....it was a good match...Goldberg got the win...Who cares...Am I the only one who like the match?
Arn Anderson was asked a month ago on his podcast if he was the agent for this match that nobody will name and he admitted to it and took a good bunch of the blame but also pointed out he told the guys what he had been told to tell them Bischoff didn't mention Arn Anderson either when telling the story on his podcast where he basically said exactly what William Regal always has said about the situation and Eric made a really good point about why William Regal is so bitter about this after all this time. Regal has always taken great pride his work and being a professional. You could say what you wanted about his personas his wrestling style whatever you want and he wouldn't care. but in this case Bill is wrongfully out there accusing him of being unprofessional in the ring and going into business for himself. With Regal being somebody who has always made a point to be the absolute epitome of professionalism Goldberg is making the one insult against Regal that he's not willing to sit there and take.
I think the reason people keep asking about it is because Regal outworked Goldberg and exposed him for not being ready for the push he was getting. At the time, it was indeed the longest match he had. Which i felt made him look better because he had to work a little harder to defeat a veteran. Same was true of his match with DDP at Halloween Havoc. It wasn't the typical squash match and ultimately made Goldberg look better.
Watch the match again with clear eyes. Regal looks like he’s botching everything on purpose, creating a sloppy match. Have to admit that. Talking about Goldberg freezing, when regal is stiff and not working. The match is sloppy because of regal, and it looks like he’s doing on purpose. Right decision to fire him.
@drewbrabson3678 yeah all the wrestlers with experience that blame Goldberg who was green at the time are wrong. It was actually regal who was very experienced fault.
Regal did what he was told by the agents and the producers i.e. have a competitive match with Goldberg and if you watch the actual match, it is EXACTLY that. Regal is old school, the man grew up bareknuckle fighting as a teenager, if he wanted to shoot on Goldberg, Goldberg would have been in the ICU at the hospital for ages. Regal was a highly skilled technical wrestler who knew how to work snug, but safe i.e. make his shit look as legit as possible without actually hurting someone Goldberg on the other hand, was used to squash matches, didn't have the stamina for longer matches and wasn't very technical in the ring at all and it showed during the match. Regal did what he was told and tried his best to paint over the cracks of Goldberg's fuck ups, which of course Goldberg being the biggest fucking mark for himself ever; can't handle the fact that he was outclassed by Regal and Regal wasn't even trying to do that, he was just doing what he was told i.e. have a competitive match up. Regal even said to Stone Cold Steve Austin on his podcast that when asked why he did what he did, he said that he was doing what he was told by the agent and that "he couldn't hit himself".
Regal was trained by Marty jones who was trained by Billy Robinson he's from the same lineage as guys like Josh Barnett, Sakuraba etc, if regal wanted to he just could have just put a guillotine choke or kimura on Bill and it would have been game/streak over.
@@stevenjohnson1878 umm no he wasn't he was a football player, he even said himself that he had no idea who ken shamrock was until Bischoff told him about him. He said when he became a commentator for mma that he was into MMA before wrestling but considering the voice was having to carry him on commentary I doubt it.
Yeah, I heard about this match and then watched it, expecting Regal to embarrass Goldberg. Didn't even remotely happen. It was a competitive match against a veteran wrestler. It's like this urban legend that has gotten out of hand through exaggeration.
The fact that this match still needs to be talked about 25 years after it happened proves Goldberg is too damn sensitive. 😂 It makes Goldberg look bad to cry about Regal intentionally trying to hurt/embarrass him versus just owing that he fucked up because he lacked experience.
Terry Taylor or Kevin Sullivan are the culprits (bc Regal indicated they’re still alive). Leaning on Terry since Sullivan doesn’t seem like someone who would care or hide something for so long.
Goldberg complaining about a head kick is kinda mad considering he caused at least 3 serious head/facial injuries in WCW, one of which led to early retirement.
The silly thing here is that if Regal wanted to hurt Goldberg, he could have done just that most likely. Doesn't he have a legitimate background in shoot wrestling and street fights back in the day in England and a reputation as one of the guys that is an actual pretty tough guy outside of the ring? Luckily he also seems like a pretty genuinely decent bloke that cares more about trying to have solid matches and helping other talent look good in the ring than hurting someone on live television.
The biggest problem I see with the match is apparently no one taught Goldberg how to sell/react to basic grappling moves so it looked stiff and forced. Or he just forgot how since he hadn't done anything but squash matches for a year .... If you don't use it you lose it .....
I recall a moment when Regal grabbed Bill's arm and literally wrapped it around his own head, trying to make Bill give him a headlock. It was only after hearing all the extra context that I noticed all of those little details. Without that context, I actually thought it was a pretty decent match, and it's crazy to think that such a small stigma has followed it for so long.
Mad respect for Regal. Took me 4 minutes to realize he wasn’t saying “that Asian”. His technical abilities and physical prowess rival that of Bret Hart. It’s not easy to match the strength of Goldberg which Regal did better than Bret. I never realized this about Regal until watching him and Goldberg.
ah sure, these former wrestlers always say that they were all monsters in fighting and in the backstage they would have killed anyone but the truth is that except Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin, Brock Lesnar and others who fought at Olympic or NCAA level no one has ever stepped into a real ring(like boxing, muay thay, sambo) or mma cage. Goldberg was a defensive tackle in the NFL and played for the Atlanta Falcons, one tackle was enough to break Regal in two so let's be serious. and honestly I don't even believe the bullshit of that dwarf Jericho, obviously it's a personal opinion.
According to booker Kevin Sullivan the agent behind putting this match together was Mike Graham. That would explain why the agent hasn't spoken about it over the years as Graham died in 2012.
No Eric Bishoff said said he has a lot of respect for whoever the agent was.. Eric doesn’t respect Rooster Man Taylor or Mike Graham… that leaves me to think it’s Arn Anderson
it all makes sense. Goldberg did 30 second - 3 minute matches. if they gave them 6 minutes, they either expected a competitive match, or they expected goldberg to go full blast for 6 minutes, which would have undermined the whole point for him to mow over everyone. the agent and creative fucked up, should have scheduled it for 3 minutes but they probably had issues getting the party crowd in the back to fill every other minute.
“William Regal kicked me in the head! Waaaahhh!” said the man who *ended Bret Hart’s career* with a kick to the head. I don’t think that “irony” is a strong enough word to describe this situation, even two decades later. What’s interesting is that Regal’s trainer’s trainer was the legendary Billy Robinson, who was famous worldwide for both his own wrestling career and as a trainer for both pro wrestlers and catch wrestlers. Regal is a legit, old school “shooter” who could have physically ruined Goldberg physically and permanently if he wanted to and probably made it look easy. IMO, it says a lot about him that he’s willing to sit down with Goldberg and talk it out. After all this time, either Goldberg should meet him or let it go, never mention it again. IJS, I wonder how often *Bret Hart* complains publicly about him…and The Hitman has plenty of reason!?
I didn't get Goldberg back then then at all. A stupid push and Regal had a complete and utter lightweight match with him. Too many wrestlers paid the price to have a football player have unlimited boring squash matches every Monday. And to be honest Goldberg didn't do bad at all since Regal was feeding him the entire match. It's being discussed all these years later because it was Goldberg's ONLY INTERESTING MATCH in that run.
Goldberg was WCW's desperate answer to Stone Cold. Bald jacked guy in black boots and black trunks, the same look Bischoff told Stone cold wouldn't get passed mid card. Austin becomes the biggest star ever, then he comes Goldberg
William Regal has never changed his story about the match with Bill Goldberg. You can see Regal trying to get Goldberg to learn how to wrestle a wrestling match. Notice I said wrestling and wrestling match.
I was under the impression that regal tried to get bill to work with him "I cant hit myself" but for whatever reason Bill froze up and so regal had to work a match around him. Thing is he actually made Bill look like he had some wrestling ability with him escaping holds etc at the end of the match. Imagine if Bill had tried that crap with someone like Shamrock? or vader? They would have either ended the match forcefully, or shot on bill until he co operated.
I have to assume, that the agent is TT (I’ll let you do the rest). Especially if Regal spoke to them recently. Watch the match back, no liberties were taken at all and all you’ll see is Regal carrying Bill to 6 minutes. I love the humble flex as well, when he says he could have easily taken liberties if he wanted to though and Bill wouldn’t have left the ring haha. Regal really is a class act.
Regal might be one of the only people in professional wrestling who could look me in the face, tell me Hulk Hogan was a Japanese guy... and even though I know otherwise, I could start questioning just how much i know about Hulk. That is his power, man. He's DAMN good.
The real reason was that Goldberg was a 20 second squash match guy cause like the Ultimate Warrior he had the look but not the talent and someone like William Regal who is a properly trained and seasoned wrestler who was meant to seem less them Goldberg infact showed how bad Goldberg was and that he could not wrestle like a real talent can. Regal was a pro and good at his job.
Here's the list of agents (producers) for WCW in '98... Dusty Rhodes, Jim Barnett, Kevin Sullivan, Pedro Morales, Paul Orndorff, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor. Okay, this is a recent video and Regal's telling of this leads me to believe this agent is still living. So the list of people to ask this question to are Kevin Sullivan, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor. My money is on Terry Taylor
Putting a green Goldberg in with a worker the calibre of William Regal was a mistake. Regal wasn't going to go out there and make himself look foolish. It wouldn't surprise me if Goldberg felt intimidated by Regal and froze up because of that.
Regal was never going to draw a dime. They were preparing Goldberg to be a top guy. They were still being in the experiment stage. Regal just got jealous and decided to do the opposite of making Goldberg look good just because of his ego. I can get controlling the match or trying to not look bad but sabotaging the match because you are loosing is unprofessional. Goldberg with 2 moves drew more money than Regal ever did. Hardcore fans can love work rate guys to death like Bret Hart and Shawn Michael and Regal but they never drew a dime. On the other hand guys with minimum talent like Goldberg and Ultimate Warrior drew more dimes in a year than the best wrestlers of the 90s and people should digest that.
@afdcg I don't believe that for one moment. Regal is business and has put many many lesser talented workers over during his run. I don't think for one second that Regal had a issue putting Goldberg over. I do believe that Regal wasn't going to go out their and dumb down his abilities. I totally understand this is a business and its about putting butt's in seats and making money but the sign above the door says Wrestling and you need your work horses underneath to carry the load. I don't care if your Hogan or Warrior or Cena...nobody would turn up to see them just wrestle a broomstick. A big part of the reason Bret and Shawn failed to draw is because they had a weak undercard and nobody to work with. They guys on top can't do it themselves. You can have the best actor in the world in a movie but if the supporting cast and the storyline is shit then nobody is going to watch.
Wow another fantastic amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on UA-cam. I could listen to lord Steven regal for 10 hrs straight. This could is incredible to listen to. Goldberg saw very lucky he had a match that people are still talking about 25 years later. All of his other matches combined no one talks about any of them. Hornswagle had a better match any time he was in the ring . Regal is the best hope you get him on for a 5hr show. Thank you and keep the great videos coming.
Arn Anderson said he was the agent and that he wanted bill to have a competitive match with regal and show some wrestling ability arn thought it was a good match but clearly me watching it bill froze he said he didn’t no the reason regal got fired was because of it I think regal is a top notch wrestler and like regal said bill wouldn’t have walked out of the ring if he hadn’t wanted him to regal is that good I put regal up there with fit Finley and Dave Taylor .arn told this on the four horseman network
The only spot that was botched was the swinging neckbreaker attempt by Goldberg other than that it showed Golderg could also take on an experienced wrestler and his roleypoley leglock looked good too.
Regal is obviously fed up talking about this, and I can't say I blame him. Also that comment "if I had wanted to take liberties with Bill, Bill would not have walked out of that ring" is low-key badass lol
I believe whoever the agent was, came up with the idea to show Goldberg can work and it backfired and the agent refused to own up to it. It was a stupid idea to begin with. Goldberg had taken down monsters and former champions in less than a minute. Why would he go 6 minutes with a guy who was barely on Nitro at that point? In fairness to Bischoff I can easily believe he has zero knowledge that this was the plan and he was rightly upset.
Given WCW's stellar communication, Bill was probably told "Big moves, Spear, Jackhammer and you go home in two minutes" and Regal was told what he says he was told, and then Bill didn't understand what the hell was going on and thought Regal was going into business for himself.
@@412StepUp Doesn't matter, it's about legacy and respect. Very few people have bad things to say about Regal, as he's a class act, a highly skilled ring technician who overcame serious substance addictions and serious health issues who still had a good, lengthy career and has the respect of fans and his peers such as Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Chris Jericho. Goldberg on the other had, who may have had a more glittering wrestling career, comes across as a mark for himself, a diva, a coward who doesn't have the guts to say things to people's faces and the person who hurt a lot of people in the ring and ended the career of Bret Hart due to his incompetence. Goldberg may have been more over as a wrestler; but Regal is definitely more over as a person in real life.
You dont have to be much more than a wrestling layman to see Goldbergs facial and body language in that match. He looks unsure of himself. Almost exactly like what Regal says: a guy thats just gone blank on what to do in the middle of a match. I dont see Regal taking liberties in that match. I see the more experienced man trying to get the match going to varying degrees of success.
People love to dog pile on Goldberg. He was the single greatest thing about WCW. Sting was a close second but they mainly used Sting as someone who just watches from the rafters and never gets involved. His matches, also, while I love Sting, just weren't as exciting as Goldbergs. You guys can flame Goldberg all day every day decades after he left wrestling but the fact is without Goldberg WCW never had a chance.
If you look at the match and if you listen to the commentary, it seems pretty clear to me the goal was to portray Goldberg as a component technician instead of the brawler he had been. The problem is, you see the moments where goldberg just doesnt know what to do...
If you watch the match it's kind of obvious regal shuts down his offense, no sells when he can, hits him as stiff as he hits anyone, and is generally uncooperative. Plus you can watch the ref and see it went long. Because regal was in business for himself. Regal was mad about putting over a green rookie. I like regal. I dont like goldberg. Yet regal is obviously lying.
Did regal make him look stupid? Fuck yes, was it regals fault not a chance, if anything Goldberg should have gone back through the curtain and said to himself, damn i know what i need to work on, communication skills during s match, how to have a match called to me, how to do proper tieups and all the variations in and out of them
People have to remember that Bill Goldberg wasn't trained well enough to protect his oponents. Goldberg unintentionely hurt quite a few wrestlers during his time in the ring with his lack of wrestling knowledge and injuring pros like Bret Hart.
Most of the wrestlers Goldberg faced would have had him in a fight too. He talks about how he would have wanted in the UFC but Bill was a football player. He'd get wipped by most with even an amateur wrestling background never mind professional fighters 🤣
Did William Regal cross the line with Goldberg? Let us know in the comments below!
He should have grassed the agent up, there and then
No I don’t think it was his fault at all. He did say there was always a lack of communication in WCW. Not the first time I’ve heard of this. I’ve heard of this regarding Starrcade 1997 and Bash At The Beach 2000.
NO,
REGAL ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH,
IT WAS THE AGENTS FAULT,
REGAL WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB,
WATCH THE MATCH ITS ON UA-cam????
Bill was Green as Chicken 💩💩💩
Kevin Sullivan was asked about the match on WSI by James. He says
it wasn't Regal's fault, as management told him go out and have a competitive
match, Sullivan also says the match time limit was set so Regal could
not cut the match short. He then goes on to state it's our fault
[those of us behind the scene planning the matches] because Goldberg
was not ready for that kind of match with someone like Regal.
WCW overall had terrible communication, like the time WCW paid $50
to FedEx Chris Jericho an empty package.
"If I wanted to take liberties with Bill, Bill wouldn't have walked out of that ring" that's just badass.
Regal is full of it.
I dont like goldberg, but regal knows hes full of it.
@@whitewhale9012Say that to Regal's face
@@jspaceemperor420 Sure. He would whip me, but in private I think he would own it.
@@whitewhale9012 If Jericho could kick Goldbergs ass, Regal could have tied him up in knots.
@@dgthe3 he could. He did. He did what he wanted, took multiple cheap shots, and in the end did the job.
It's so dumb that you guys think regal going into business for himself somehow requires him and bill to get into an mma fight.
Goldberg is a shitty wrestler who was confused. Similar to the incidents alex Wright had to deal with. Regal was socker kicking his head, no selling when he could, and shutting down his offense. His goal was to make goldberg look like a clown. He wanted the audience to know he was only losing because he was told to.
The fact that he didnt kill him in the ring isn't evidence. Jfc 😅 Regal wasnt trying to have a good match. He was trying to punk out a guy portrayed as 'legit tough guy' on TV. That's it.
Regal's story is OBVIOUS bullshit. It wasnt a shoot fight. Regal took liberties. It's not the same thing.
Bill Goldberg having the nerve to complain about a head kick is wild.
Damn, great point, when he ended Bret Harts career!!!!!
He also broke Scott Steiner's orbital bone in his face and The Giants Sternum! From the sounds of it he at least bruised up everyone he faced so I look at this match as a lethal dose of his own medicine...
Bret Hart complains too much.
@@JourneyDestination Telling the truth is complaining?
@@DJYC21215 the guy buries almost everyone. He’s bitter despite being blessed. I don’t feel an ounce of sorrow for him.
After all these years. I still believe William Regal
but he never drew a dime
@@Habück That doesn't take away from the validity of @gag141 's statement.
Steven Richards has started to do breakdowns of wrestling matches. This could be one for him to take a look at.
Great idea
That's a good shout
As a massive Stevie Richards fan I love seeing these comments. He’s doing great work
He finally pivoted away from conspiracy theory videos? If so, maybe I'll take a look at his content again...
Agreed...
William Regal will continue to be the true, eternal class act
Regal is a stooge lil bundle of sticks... only lil weaklings like that beta phuq
For a junkie
@@bannedfreespeech and he's been entirely upfront about his past issues and getting past them.
@@mrpotz2479he hasnt been up front about this goldberg business though.
Just watch the match. Regal is lying. He took liberties with a green rookie because he was jealous and wanted to take away some of his shine.
@@whitewhale9012That doesn't make any sense. As Regal says in the video the match time was planned. It's not like the match ran over. Regal did what he was told to do. They could have cut the match at any time and gone to a commercial. Goldberg was at fault not Regal.
Regal 4 mins 32 secs: "He [Goldberg] says I kicked him in the head at one point" (Goldberg basically claiming Regal was too rough with him). I just find this unbelievably ironic considering Goldberg "kicked in the head" and retired Bret Hart....🤔
Same thing I was just thinking. Dude is just a muscular diva I swear.
Ok but regardless Regal does kick him plainly straight in the face
Regal should of retired greenberg
the Hitman got a Concussion because of Bill Gold/"Green"-berg's kick to his Skull. (kinda like a feud between Ryback vs. CM Punk, when both of them was in the WWE.) I thought that Bret's career was mediocre (in WCW) : at least, the Hitman got a match against Hulk Hogan (Monday Nitro: September 28, 1998); there was a feud that had started in the WWE (The Hitman had to wrestle twice at Wrestlemania 10: the first time was against his late brother, Owen Hart; then, for the second match, it was Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna (a world title match): after Hart had lost to Yokozuna, Hulk Hogan came in; he won the title from Yoko in (22 ?) seconds, after Yokozuna's manager Mr. Fuji had accidentally threw salt in Yoko's eyes, instead of Hogan's); & Sting (for the Halloween Havoc 2008 PPV: October 25, 1998).
@@rubberchixthen give him a receipt back.
Are people STILL asking him about this? Jesus man William Regal has been asked about this at least 100 times now.
For real. It wasn't even a big deal and most people forgot it even happened until these sorts of interviews became more common.
Right! Quit asking him about it. His career was awesome and much more than this 1 incident.
More like a 1000 bro. Shit was over 20 years ago it's probably annoying af
It is old, trite and tired cliche. like for these two stories: 1.) Bret "the Hitman" Hart, Shawn Michaels (the Heartbreak Kid, Mr. Wrestlemania, the Showstopper), Vince McMahon Jr., Triple H and referee Earl Hebner about the Montreal Screwjob (at the WWE/WWF's 1997 Survivor Series PPV). This was when the people in the Molson Centre see the Hitman write down three letters in the sky: "WCW." the famous Vince McMahon segment the night after, on (Monday night) RAW: "Bret screwed Bret." Vince gave Bret options, but The Hitman didn't want to lose the belt, in his home country to the HBK; Hart didn't do "what was best for business." 2.) the 1980's (Memphis (Mid-South/USWA): a wrestling regional territory) vs. a Hollywood celebrity) : Jerry "the King" Lawler did the Slap (heard around the world) against "Taxi" actor/comedian Andy Kaufman, on the David Letterman talk show (NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman"; before he moved to CBS). = like when Will Smith smacked Chris Rock, straight across the face, at the Academy Awards in 2022; because Rock cracked a ("G.I. Jane") joke about Will's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's real-life (alopecia) hair problems & Jada didn't like it.
Mostly because he keeps lying about it.
watch the match. Regal is full of it.
"I'm not a grass" 😅 Classic northern line from Mr Regal 😂
@@johnnychopping3655 👍
I don't get why he's looking upon it as being a grass, when he's not really dropping someone in it. Not like they are going to get punished or into trouble 🤔 its just telling the truth about an incident that occured well over 20 years ago now.
Not really sure who the agents all were back then apart from Terry Taylor & Paul Orndorff. It can't be Orndorff as the person's obviously still alive, if he's saying that.
@@cutekanjiiI'm thinking Terry Taylor. Especially the part where Regal wonders why the agent won't say anything publicly. Taylor has enough of a name to call anyone for a shoot interview and clean this up.
@@CatsClaw44 Taylor is a duplicitous piece of shit though. He probably doesn't want to risk any conflict with either Regal or Bill.
@cutekanjii with that comment you've told us you're a grass ...
No matter how old he gets Regal will always have nice hair
That’s the English for you, blessed with great hair
@@riseoflordphoenix This must be sarcasm, 2nd highest rates of balding in the world after the Czechs
Yeah, he's one of those guys that even if he lives to be 100 he'll have a full head of thick hair.
Honestly, that was one of Bill Golderg's best matches.
I agree. I saw good wrestling from both Bill and William. Don't understand the issue.
@@spacecoastz4026 because regal was a technical wrestler Goldberg had, had 30 second matches squashing people.. even now he lacks any fundamentals
I thought it was too. I mean, I expected that Goldberg would eventually change up his style in the ring, instead of doing the exact same act for the next 20 years.
Goldberg is the last man to complain about being kicked in the head.
Love regal, made a lot of brits proud! Class act!
I like him too LEGEND STATUS, and seeing him with Tajiri was tight throughout the attitude era
He was an elite wrestler his European uppercut is legendary! And I will say this Goldberg I don't think regal is the one to piss off fully and get into a real fight with regal can legitimately fight
I liked the match when I first saw it. Seemed like someone was actually fighting back against Goldberg, though obviously Goldberg still won. Made the victory better than a typical squash.
Looking back, it doesn't look like liberties were taken. The whole thing is ridiculous. Regal has been consistent with his take and seems like a straight shooter.
A lot of people have only seen the 2 minute highlight version which makes it look like Regal is mauling him. When you watch the whole match, you can clearly see Regal is giving Goldberg opportunities to do things back to him.
@@surfdigbyAnd shutting him down when he tries.
Seriously. Find me another match where regal works like that.
@@whitewhale9012 Regal is known for being really snug in his matches, ever seen him with Finlay or Benoit?
Also, he was the heel, the heel is supposed to lead the match, they were calling it on the fly and they've been told to be competitive. You can't have a competitive match without blocking your opponent's offense at some point.
@@whitewhale9012Regal always works stiff. You should see his matches with Finlay.
Weather he was or wasn't told. The fact bill moans he was made to wrestle in a wrestling ring speaks volumes
whether
Exactly!! Freaking baby bill. Had to actually work longer than 2 minutes 😅😂
I never understood the outrage over pairing Goldberg against someone who can actually wrestle and was willing to put him over AND willing to make him out to be more than, at best, a 4 hold bar bouncer!!!
If you watch the match and most importantly, listen to the commentary, it seemed like what they wanted to do was portray goldberg as a Competent technical wrestler. And the best way to do this is to have him go up against another technical wrestler.
Its all optics. WCW was billed as the finest wrestling. Like pure wrestling. Yeah he squashed guys but they were trying to get over that he was just better than everyone. Thats why when a actual wrestling match was asked of him he looked bad. Obviously. It makes him not seem as tough because he looked lost and like a fng. In all honesty i never blamed bill for his lack of knowledge. Wcw did not have a good training program and it showed. One thing people never give the wwe enough credit for is their training. With the territories gone there was no way for bill to get enough experience for the big leagues. Think about all the people we love from the mid to late 90’s. Most of them were either a close or over a decade of experience before they made it big. Those days in the territories allowed them to f up.
@@Gardenstategreat1225 I agree!!! I think Bischoff just saw the $$$ signs with Goldberg and rushed him too far, too fast. But, it was good for ratings.
@@Gardenstategreat1225 well it was dory funk Jr in wwe's case vs the sarge. Dorys resume far eclipses the sarge.
Both Regal and Bill have gotten far more hate then they deserve on this. They knew Bill's inexperience. To go from all 90 secs matches to 6 minutes on the fly for the 1st time is a MAJOR adjustment to someone whos green.
An incompetent wrestler calls for a kick to the head when there was none while head kicking and ending a legend's career.
Reminds me of the hollywood blonde jabroni selling a Tombstone where his dead didn't even make contact with a steel chair.
@@AronHallanthe fact that the rock never called hogan a hollywood blonde jabroni saddens me
@@saadabdullah3225Huge missed opportunity.
@@saadabdullah3225 Iron Sheik has probably called him a "jabroni" hundreds of times, but never included the "Hollywood Blonde". Only the Rock could have fulfilled that.
No one gives a fuck
Bischoff has now confirmed Regal's version of events, pretty much putting this to bed: he WAS told to wrestle a six minute match.
I don’t get why people still ask him about this. It was a throwaway match, and both guys went on to have great careers.
Because Goldberg continues to accuse Regal of taking liberties in the match, thus keeping the issue alive and it gets these podcasters giddy to keep asking Regal about it. If Bill would just own up to it and admit he was green as grass and not capable of having a different kind of match versus the typical Goldberg squash there'd be nothing more to talk about and this thing would've died years ago. But, somehow it makes Bill feel better to say Regal took advantage of him.
You really can't understand why it's a topic? You probably think Trump is innocent too
Bringing up politics. Insufferable clown
becuase goldberg wont admit to the fact he had a shit match and the agent is a prick for not owning up
@@jarlwhiterun7478He’s guilty of going to court and filing lawsuits to overturn the election as Al Gore did, yes.
William knows how to fight legit. He used to bareknuckle box in alleys growing up. He woulda hurt goldberg if he was shooting
I don’t really like Goldberg’s work, but he was a young professional athlete football player juiced to the gills he would have destroyed regal. Just sayin he would have killed regal. Fake wrestling isn’t real wrestling
Actually no it's more impressive than bare knuckle boxing, regal was trained by marty jones a legit shooter who was trained by billy robinson, regal is actually from the same lineage technically as Josh Barnett and Sakuraba.
He'd hurt Haku if they were shooting
Goldberg was just a jacked up muscle guy who can't fight Steven was hard as nails having punch ups with guys twice his age when he was teenager in Blackpool England
We need to know who the cowardly agent is and why they're keeping quiet
Goldberg who worked stiffer than anyone. Goldberg who wasn’t properly trained. Goldberg really should not throw stones.
Goldberg who was trained by the guy who's students had to be re trained by dory funk jr when they came to the wwf because they were dangerous and happy to drop guys on their heads etc.
I met Mr. Regal in Atlanta, a Class Act. I've been watching wrestling, not sports entertainment for 42 years, Mr. Regal carried that whole match, until the end, like he said. No Liberties taken, that's ridiculous.
irony of goldberg moaning about kicks to the head lol
I think the reaction to Regal’s match did more for Regal and tarnished Goldberg than if Goldberg would have just accepted and appreciated what Regal did for him in that match.
God forbid a former singles champion gives a rookie Goldberg as challenging match....it was a good match...Goldberg got the win...Who cares...Am I the only one who like the match?
His reaction as soon as he heard Goldberg's name😂
Arn Anderson was asked a month ago on his podcast if he was the agent for this match that nobody will name and he admitted to it and took a good bunch of the blame but also pointed out he told the guys what he had been told to tell them
Bischoff didn't mention Arn Anderson either when telling the story on his podcast where he basically said exactly what William Regal always has said about the situation and Eric made a really good point about why William Regal is so bitter about this after all this time. Regal has always taken great pride his work and being a professional. You could say what you wanted about his personas his wrestling style whatever you want and he wouldn't care. but in this case Bill is wrongfully out there accusing him of being unprofessional in the ring and going into business for himself. With Regal being somebody who has always made a point to be the absolute epitome of professionalism Goldberg is making the one insult against Regal that he's not willing to sit there and take.
I think the reason people keep asking about it is because Regal outworked Goldberg and exposed him for not being ready for the push he was getting. At the time, it was indeed the longest match he had. Which i felt made him look better because he had to work a little harder to defeat a veteran. Same was true of his match with DDP at Halloween Havoc. It wasn't the typical squash match and ultimately made Goldberg look better.
If you have no idea it looks like an OK match.
@artemusprine it's a very clumsy match with a few nice moves. I remember 1 part Goldberg was just standing there like a statue
Goldberg vs DDP and vs Big Sexy at Starrcade were probably my favourite matches with him. His rivalry against Scotty Steiner also comes to mind.
Watch the match again with clear eyes. Regal looks like he’s botching everything on purpose, creating a sloppy match. Have to admit that. Talking about Goldberg freezing, when regal is stiff and not working. The match is sloppy because of regal, and it looks like he’s doing on purpose. Right decision to fire him.
@drewbrabson3678 yeah all the wrestlers with experience that blame Goldberg who was green at the time are wrong. It was actually regal who was very experienced fault.
Regal did what he was told by the agents and the producers i.e. have a competitive match with Goldberg and if you watch the actual match, it is EXACTLY that. Regal is old school, the man grew up bareknuckle fighting as a teenager, if he wanted to shoot on Goldberg, Goldberg would have been in the ICU at the hospital for ages. Regal was a highly skilled technical wrestler who knew how to work snug, but safe i.e. make his shit look as legit as possible without actually hurting someone
Goldberg on the other hand, was used to squash matches, didn't have the stamina for longer matches and wasn't very technical in the ring at all and it showed during the match. Regal did what he was told and tried his best to paint over the cracks of Goldberg's fuck ups, which of course Goldberg being the biggest fucking mark for himself ever; can't handle the fact that he was outclassed by Regal and Regal wasn't even trying to do that, he was just doing what he was told i.e. have a competitive match up.
Regal even said to Stone Cold Steve Austin on his podcast that when asked why he did what he did, he said that he was doing what he was told by the agent and that "he couldn't hit himself".
Regal was trained by Marty jones who was trained by Billy Robinson he's from the same lineage as guys like Josh Barnett, Sakuraba etc, if regal wanted to he just could have just put a guillotine choke or kimura on Bill and it would have been game/streak over.
Not so sure about that - Goldberg was into MMA long before he got into wrestling. Dude knows how to fight.
@@stevenjohnson1878 He got beat up by Jericho dude, Twice in one day. Yes Jericho was a bouncer, so he probably knows how to get down. But, C'mon.
@@stevenjohnson1878 Bill would've gotten stretched by Regal.
@@stevenjohnson1878 umm no he wasn't he was a football player, he even said himself that he had no idea who ken shamrock was until Bischoff told him about him. He said when he became a commentator for mma that he was into MMA before wrestling but considering the voice was having to carry him on commentary I doubt it.
I respect this man. 👍
Yeah, I heard about this match and then watched it, expecting Regal to embarrass Goldberg. Didn't even remotely happen. It was a competitive match against a veteran wrestler. It's like this urban legend that has gotten out of hand through exaggeration.
agent was Terry Taylor who always was a coward.
Terry Taylor is a racist as well.
Stooge
And he is a Rooster a Red one at that,😂😂
I always figured it was either him or Sullivan.
I can believe that, especially after what Cornette has said about him in TNA....
The fact that this match still needs to be talked about 25 years after it happened proves Goldberg is too damn sensitive. 😂
It makes Goldberg look bad to cry about Regal intentionally trying to hurt/embarrass him versus just owing that he fucked up because he lacked experience.
You a Brett hart fan?
"You keep lining them up and I will keep knocking them down Sunshine!!!" Classic.
Terry Taylor or Kevin Sullivan are the culprits (bc Regal indicated they’re still alive). Leaning on Terry since Sullivan doesn’t seem like someone who would care or hide something for so long.
That's what I was thinking 🤔
Red rooster 🐔 for sure
Kevin Sullivan talked about it in an interview. He said he thought it was Mike Graham
I think it was Arn Anderson
Goldberg complaining about a head kick is kinda mad considering he caused at least 3 serious head/facial injuries in WCW, one of which led to early retirement.
The silly thing here is that if Regal wanted to hurt Goldberg, he could have done just that most likely. Doesn't he have a legitimate background in shoot wrestling and street fights back in the day in England and a reputation as one of the guys that is an actual pretty tough guy outside of the ring? Luckily he also seems like a pretty genuinely decent bloke that cares more about trying to have solid matches and helping other talent look good in the ring than hurting someone on live television.
He was trained by marty jones who was trained by billy robinson he's actually from the same lineage as Josh Barnett and Sakuraba.
To be fair any wrestler can injure another wrestler if they wanted to regardless of their fighting background.
@@marcespinoza6068 If Rey tried to injure Lesnar though, Lesnar would eat him alive. You try to do that with Regal
He's so over this shit but he's such a gentleman he'll keep addressing it.
Every wrestler that knows how to NOT hurt someone, also knows how to hurt them.
Regal is a Legend.. “I can’t hit myself” ..
Can tell this question winds him up.. I’ve never heard a different answer from Regal in over 10 years
Arn Anderson has finally owned up as the agent in this situation and completely validates Regal.
The biggest problem I see with the match is apparently no one taught Goldberg how to sell/react to basic grappling moves so it looked stiff and forced. Or he just forgot how since he hadn't done anything but squash matches for a year .... If you don't use it you lose it .....
I recall a moment when Regal grabbed Bill's arm and literally wrapped it around his own head, trying to make Bill give him a headlock. It was only after hearing all the extra context that I noticed all of those little details. Without that context, I actually thought it was a pretty decent match, and it's crazy to think that such a small stigma has followed it for so long.
Mad respect for Regal. Took me 4 minutes to realize he wasn’t saying “that Asian”. His technical abilities and physical prowess rival that of Bret Hart. It’s not easy to match the strength of Goldberg which Regal did better than Bret. I never realized this about Regal until watching him and Goldberg.
Arm Anderson admitted on his podcast recently that he was the agent in question. Mystery solved!
ah sure, these former wrestlers always say that they were all monsters in fighting and in the backstage they would have killed anyone but the truth is that except Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin, Brock Lesnar and others who fought at Olympic or NCAA level no one has ever stepped into a real ring(like boxing, muay thay, sambo) or mma cage. Goldberg was a defensive tackle in the NFL and played for the Atlanta Falcons, one tackle was enough to break Regal in two so let's be serious. and honestly I don't even believe the bullshit of that dwarf Jericho, obviously it's a personal opinion.
I wish I had realized when I was a kid, what an amazing athlete regal is. I wish to the heavens that we had more wrestlers like him now.
According to booker Kevin Sullivan the agent behind putting this match together was Mike Graham. That would explain why the agent hasn't spoken about it over the years as Graham died in 2012.
No Eric Bishoff said said he has a lot of respect for whoever the agent was.. Eric doesn’t respect Rooster Man Taylor or Mike Graham… that leaves me to think it’s Arn Anderson
William Regal Strikes me as the type who knows actual catch wrestling. If he wanted you to be stretched you would be stretched.
looks like Regals office when he was commissioner. was expecting Tajiri to pop up with a pot of tea
it all makes sense. Goldberg did 30 second - 3 minute matches. if they gave them 6 minutes, they either expected a competitive match, or they expected goldberg to go full blast for 6 minutes, which would have undermined the whole point for him to mow over everyone. the agent and creative fucked up, should have scheduled it for 3 minutes but they probably had issues getting the party crowd in the back to fill every other minute.
“William Regal kicked me in the head! Waaaahhh!” said the man who *ended Bret Hart’s career* with a kick to the head. I don’t think that “irony” is a strong enough word to describe this situation, even two decades later. What’s interesting is that Regal’s trainer’s trainer was the legendary Billy Robinson, who was famous worldwide for both his own wrestling career and as a trainer for both pro wrestlers and catch wrestlers. Regal is a legit, old school “shooter” who could have physically ruined Goldberg physically and permanently if he wanted to and probably made it look easy. IMO, it says a lot about him that he’s willing to sit down with Goldberg and talk it out. After all this time, either Goldberg should meet him or let it go, never mention it again. IJS, I wonder how often *Bret Hart* complains publicly about him…and The Hitman has plenty of reason!?
How good at speaking is this man. So honest and considerate , makes me proud to be English
I didn't get Goldberg back then then at all. A stupid push and Regal had a complete and utter lightweight match with him. Too many wrestlers paid the price to have a football player have unlimited boring squash matches every Monday. And to be honest Goldberg didn't do bad at all since Regal was feeding him the entire match. It's being discussed all these years later because it was Goldberg's ONLY INTERESTING MATCH in that run.
Goldberg was WCW's desperate answer to Stone Cold. Bald jacked guy in black boots and black trunks, the same look Bischoff told Stone cold wouldn't get passed mid card. Austin becomes the biggest star ever, then he comes Goldberg
You need to make this face to face interview happen!!! Think of the numbers
Goldberg complained about a kick to the head? That is ballsy
Thanks for giving William Regal the time to explain this thoughts without interrupting him ... Greetings from Munich Germany
William Regal has never changed his story about the match with Bill Goldberg. You can see Regal trying to get Goldberg to learn how to wrestle a wrestling match. Notice I said wrestling and wrestling match.
8:15 Man He's Right about that! 100% Love how Real He is at this Moment!
William regal looks like he would play a great role in an austin powers movie
There’s gotta be better questions to ask a legend like regal then this one.
Clearly you weren't listening, Regal wanted to clear the air on this. It is still a lingering controversy so you ask that instead of mark questions.
The problem is on one hand he says he took no liberties on the other hand he says he was told to do it.
Shit headline, he didn't criticise Goldberg at all.
Regal would stretch him ten fold if he wanted.
I was under the impression that regal tried to get bill to work with him "I cant hit myself" but for whatever reason Bill froze up and so regal had to work a match around him. Thing is he actually made Bill look like he had some wrestling ability with him escaping holds etc at the end of the match. Imagine if Bill had tried that crap with someone like Shamrock? or vader? They would have either ended the match forcefully, or shot on bill until he co operated.
Multiple times regal no-sells or shuts him down. The match had no flow.
Anyone who thinks regal was 'just working' isnt bright.
@@whitewhale9012 If all you're told is "six minutes, make it competitive", that's what you're gonna do.
I heard Regal tell his account of this 8 years ago on Stone Cold's podcast, I believed his account then and it hasnt changed since.
Regal seems to look younger as years gone by! He look so much older during his “commissioner of raw” days
I have to assume, that the agent is TT (I’ll let you do the rest). Especially if Regal spoke to them recently. Watch the match back, no liberties were taken at all and all you’ll see is Regal carrying Bill to 6 minutes. I love the humble flex as well, when he says he could have easily taken liberties if he wanted to though and Bill wouldn’t have left the ring haha. Regal really is a class act.
Stevie Richards needs to do his analysis on this match on his channel!
Regal might be one of the only people in professional wrestling who could look me in the face, tell me Hulk Hogan was a Japanese guy... and even though I know otherwise, I could start questioning just how much i know about Hulk.
That is his power, man.
He's DAMN good.
He's the opposite of Hogan, who is a guy that if he told me the sky was blue I'd have to go check for myself.
Jobbing to Goldberg in 30 seconds didn't work for William Regal, brother!
The real reason was that Goldberg was a 20 second squash match guy cause like the Ultimate Warrior he had the look but not the talent and someone like William Regal who is a properly trained and seasoned wrestler who was meant to seem less them Goldberg infact showed how bad Goldberg was and that he could not wrestle like a real talent can. Regal was a pro and good at his job.
Bill kicked Bret in the head! How ironic that he's complaining about Regals kick
What’s weird is how cool the match turned out. Sometimes when things don’t flow as smoothly as they should it ends up looking more real.
Here's the list of agents (producers) for WCW in '98... Dusty Rhodes, Jim Barnett, Kevin Sullivan, Pedro Morales, Paul Orndorff, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor.
Okay, this is a recent video and Regal's telling of this leads me to believe this agent is still living. So the list of people to ask this question to are Kevin Sullivan, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor.
My money is on Terry Taylor
I'm leaning that it was Taylor
If it was anyone it was terry. Who of course doesn't do interviews.
8:20 no other example "In America" lol! Regal is a Legend
Putting a green Goldberg in with a worker the calibre of William Regal was a mistake. Regal wasn't going to go out there and make himself look foolish. It wouldn't surprise me if Goldberg felt intimidated by Regal and froze up because of that.
Regal was never going to draw a dime. They were preparing Goldberg to be a top guy. They were still being in the experiment stage.
Regal just got jealous and decided to do the opposite of making Goldberg look good just because of his ego. I can get controlling the match or trying to not look bad but sabotaging the match because you are loosing is unprofessional.
Goldberg with 2 moves drew more money than Regal ever did. Hardcore fans can love work rate guys to death like Bret Hart and Shawn Michael and Regal but they never drew a dime. On the other hand guys with minimum talent like Goldberg and Ultimate Warrior drew more dimes in a year than the best wrestlers of the 90s and people should digest that.
@@afdcgyou seem angry
@@afdcg Bill Goldberg welcome to youtube.
He froze up and regal had to work a match around him.
@afdcg I don't believe that for one moment. Regal is business and has put many many lesser talented workers over during his run. I don't think for one second that Regal had a issue putting Goldberg over. I do believe that Regal wasn't going to go out their and dumb down his abilities.
I totally understand this is a business and its about putting butt's in seats and making money but the sign above the door says Wrestling and you need your work horses underneath to carry the load. I don't care if your Hogan or Warrior or Cena...nobody would turn up to see them just wrestle a broomstick. A big part of the reason Bret and Shawn failed to draw is because they had a weak undercard and nobody to work with. They guys on top can't do it themselves.
You can have the best actor in the world in a movie but if the supporting cast and the storyline is shit then nobody is going to watch.
Wow another fantastic amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on UA-cam. I could listen to lord Steven regal for 10 hrs straight. This could is incredible to listen to. Goldberg saw very lucky he had a match that people are still talking about 25 years later. All of his other matches combined no one talks about any of them. Hornswagle had a better match any time he was in the ring . Regal is the best hope you get him on for a 5hr show. Thank you and keep the great videos coming.
Arn Anderson said he was the agent and that he wanted bill to have a competitive match with regal and show some wrestling ability arn thought it was a good match but clearly me watching it bill froze he said he didn’t no the reason regal got fired was because of it I think regal is a top notch wrestler and like regal said bill wouldn’t have walked out of the ring if he hadn’t wanted him to regal is that good I put regal up there with fit Finley and Dave Taylor .arn told this on the four horseman network
The only spot that was botched was the swinging neckbreaker attempt by Goldberg other than that it showed Golderg could also take on an experienced wrestler and his roleypoley leglock looked good too.
It actually did make him look good in parts 😂
Regal is obviously fed up talking about this, and I can't say I blame him.
Also that comment "if I had wanted to take liberties with Bill, Bill would not have walked out of that ring" is low-key badass lol
Regal never got the recognition he truly deserved, true Champion
I believe whoever the agent was, came up with the idea to show Goldberg can work and it backfired and the agent refused to own up to it. It was a stupid idea to begin with. Goldberg had taken down monsters and former champions in less than a minute. Why would he go 6 minutes with a guy who was barely on Nitro at that point? In fairness to Bischoff I can easily believe he has zero knowledge that this was the plan and he was rightly upset.
The problem comes when Bill says that Regal was tagging him for real.
Given WCW's stellar communication, Bill was probably told "Big moves, Spear, Jackhammer and you go home in two minutes" and Regal was told what he says he was told, and then Bill didn't understand what the hell was going on and thought Regal was going into business for himself.
Arn said just what he just said on his podcast
Anyone know who the agent would have been on this night?
I would have liked to hear what (Lord/King) William/Steven Regal say about CM Punk's disrespect for him...
"I can't 'it meself". Regal is 10 times the wrestler Goldberg ever was.
And Goldberg was 10 times more over than Regal ever was.
@@412StepUp Doesn't matter, it's about legacy and respect. Very few people have bad things to say about Regal, as he's a class act, a highly skilled ring technician who overcame serious substance addictions and serious health issues who still had a good, lengthy career and has the respect of fans and his peers such as Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Chris Jericho.
Goldberg on the other had, who may have had a more glittering wrestling career, comes across as a mark for himself, a diva, a coward who doesn't have the guts to say things to people's faces and the person who hurt a lot of people in the ring and ended the career of Bret Hart due to his incompetence.
Goldberg may have been more over as a wrestler; but Regal is definitely more over as a person in real life.
I think my 2 favorite wcw matches to rewatch anymore are roma vs alex Wright and goldberg vs regal
You dont have to be much more than a wrestling layman to see Goldbergs facial and body language in that match. He looks unsure of himself. Almost exactly like what Regal says: a guy thats just gone blank on what to do in the middle of a match.
I dont see Regal taking liberties in that match. I see the more experienced man trying to get the match going to varying degrees of success.
Maybe goldberg forgot from all the concussions he gave to himself
William Regal is easily one of my top three. Always has been. Idk why, even as a kid I found him fascinating to watch.
People love to dog pile on Goldberg. He was the single greatest thing about WCW. Sting was a close second but they mainly used Sting as someone who just watches from the rafters and never gets involved. His matches, also, while I love Sting, just weren't as exciting as Goldbergs.
You guys can flame Goldberg all day every day decades after he left wrestling but the fact is without Goldberg WCW never had a chance.
If you look at the match and if you listen to the commentary, it seems pretty clear to me the goal was to portray Goldberg as a component technician instead of the brawler he had been. The problem is, you see the moments where goldberg just doesnt know what to do...
If you watch the match it's kind of obvious regal shuts down his offense, no sells when he can, hits him as stiff as he hits anyone, and is generally uncooperative. Plus you can watch the ref and see it went long. Because regal was in business for himself.
Regal was mad about putting over a green rookie. I like regal. I dont like goldberg. Yet regal is obviously lying.
@whitewhale9012 what did you watch? There are moments where Bill clearly is lost, doesn't make the proper move and regal has to cover for him.
Regal looks younger now than he did 20yrs ago imo
Did regal make him look stupid? Fuck yes, was it regals fault not a chance, if anything Goldberg should have gone back through the curtain and said to himself, damn i know what i need to work on, communication skills during s match, how to have a match called to me, how to do proper tieups and all the variations in and out of them
Agreed!!!
Bill also said he was telling regal spots, so he was telling the veteran what to do? isn't that disrespectful in the wrestling business?
Do you rely believe that Regal would defy the bosses to do what was necessary? Doubt it!!!
@@lewisb85 Depends on how you or yyour opponent work it out. it's all bout the money anyone feels.
Stevie richards could prob have a look at this ...tell us what he thinks
Steve Regal is a real man’s man.
People have to remember that Bill Goldberg wasn't trained well enough to protect his oponents. Goldberg unintentionely hurt quite a few wrestlers during his time in the ring with his lack of wrestling knowledge and injuring pros like Bret Hart.
Most of the wrestlers Goldberg faced would have had him in a fight too. He talks about how he would have wanted in the UFC but Bill was a football player. He'd get wipped by most with even an amateur wrestling background never mind professional fighters 🤣
Regal has always been my favorite heel plus he's a great actor and his son is on his way to being a great as well
Was Terry Taylor the agent?