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Bill GoldbergWilliam Scott (Bill) Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former football star turned wrestler, often promoted simply as Goldberg. Until recently, he was in the WWE on Monday Night Raw.Pre-Wrestling He played college football at the University of Georgia, and then played pro football with the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams, and then was signed by the Carolina Panthers, until his football career was ended by an abdominal injury, when he tore all his abdominal muscles from his pelvis, and had them surgically reattached. Wrestling historyWorld Championship WrestlingGoldberg became a wrestler, training in the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Power Plant wrestling school and entered the ring professionally on September 22, 1997. He then started on the path of what made him a wrestling superstar, his undefeated winning streak. WCW kayfabe said that he had one hundred and seventy-four wins before wrestler Kevin Nash handed him his first loss. The count of 174 wins came from a record of televised matches and pay-per-views. He would become the WCW United States Champion on April 21, 1998, by defeating Raven. He would vacate the title when he gave it up after winning the World Heavyweight title. He became the WCW World Heavyweight Champion on July 6, 1998 when he defeated the at the time nWo leader, Hollywood Hogan. He would hold the title until wrestler Kevin Nash handed him his first loss in the WCW on December 27, 1998. Goldberg's streak was booked so that it took wrestler Scott Hall getting involved with a tazer gun for Kevin Nash to win.
Goldberg suffered only six official losses in his WCW career in singles matches. Three of those losses were against Bret "Hitman" Hart. Including an un-official loss when Bret made his own three count, which makes 4 losses. Due to the fact that Goldberg was signed through Time Warner instead of directly with World Championship Wrestling, when the WWF had purchased WCW, the WWF did not get Goldberg's contract with the purchase. At the time, the WWF chose not to buy out Goldberg's contract. After WCW Goldberg would travel the independent wrestling circuit after his run in the WCW. He would make his biggest splash in Japan, becoming one of the biggest pulls in the country. This would finally prompt the WWE to sign Goldberg. World Wrestling EntertainmentGoldberg would make his WWE debut on RAW, immediately following the 2003 WrestleMania (WrestleMania XIX), on March 31, 2003. He immediately started a feud with The Rock, which culminated at the 2003 Backlash PPV event. He won the match, which became his first win in WWE. Bill Goldberg was booed during his match against The Rock at Backlash despite the fact that most of the fans did not open their mouth. Actually, the WWE use loudspeakers and put a few people in the crowd to boo Goldberg. But, at the end of the match it became obvious that Bill was the favourite by the ovation he received when he pinned The Rock for the 3 count. His first win on RAW would be defeating Christian inside a 15-foot high steel cage. Later in the year, he would defeat WWE RAW World Champion, Triple H, winning the title. This match took place at the Unforgiven PPV Event on September 21, 2003. He would hold the title until December 14, 2003, when he would lose the title back to Triple H in a triple threat match which included Kane, during the 2003 Armageddon PPV event. During the 2004 Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar came out and eliminated Goldberg from the actual Rumble. Of course, this made Goldberg mad, as at the time he was once again shooting for the World Heavyweight Title. However, thanks to Lesnar, this chance was now gone. This led to Goldberg appearing at the No Way Out PPV the following month (February 15, 2004), as an "official audience member." He would be taunted by Brock Lesnar and approached the ring. He would proceed to give Lesner a Jackhammer and via orders from Paul Heyman, at the time SmackDown's General Manager, Goldberg was promptly arrested by security and escorted from the building. He would come back during the WWE Championship Title Match later in the night and caused Lesnar to lose the match to Eddie Guerrero. This led into a match to play out at Wrestlemania XX. The match at WrestleMania XX featured Goldberg taking on Brock Lesnar with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the match's special guest referee. The match would end with Goldberg winning, but he and Brock Lesnar would both receive a Stone Cold Stunner from Austin. This was Goldberg's last match in WWE, as his contract ran out immediately following Wrestlemania. After WWEReportedly, Goldberg will continue his wrestling career in Japan, where he remains a major draw. With aspirations to do work in film, Goldberg has two movies that are both due out in 2005. The first film of the two, Santa's Slay, is due to be released soon. The second is an Adam Sandler movie by the name of The Longest Yard, in which he co-stars with other wrestlers Kevin Nash and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Neither of these two movies are his first movies, as he has starred in others. See below for more information about the movies Goldberg has starred in. Recently, it has been noted that Bill Goldberg has been married. To whom, it is unknown. But it is known that she was a stunt woman that he met while filming the Adam Sandler movie, The Longest Yard. Title HistoryWorld Championship Wrestling
He has two of the most famous wrestling moves in recent wrestling history; the Spear and the Jackhammer. He often uses these moves as finishing moves. He leads with the Spear. He waits on the opposite side of the ring, waiting for his opponent to get up and turn around. When they do, he charges at them like a linebacker in football, tackling them to the ground. Then, in a move called the Jackhammer, after doing the Spear, he picks his opponent up over his head, legs up in the air, then slamming them to the ground, covering immediately for the pin. Very rarely has anyone kicked out of a pin following this combo of moves. Trivia
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