{"id":345988,"date":"2026-06-05T07:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=345988"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:19:19","slug":"ex-wwe-champ-goldberg-talks-hardest-parts-of-transition-to-wrestling-biggest-obstacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ex-wwe-champ-goldberg-talks-hardest-parts-of-transition-to-wrestling-biggest-obstacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-WWE Champ Goldberg Talks Hardest Parts Of Transition To Wrestling, Biggest Obstacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2184856\/wwe-goldberg-biggest-obstacle-big-show-transition\/\" data-post-title=\"Ex-WWE Champ Goldberg Talks Hardest Parts Of Transition To Wrestling, Biggest Obstacle\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2184856\">\n<picture id=\"p4d9bf04d27039505894379ca85c0b513\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/ex-wwe-champ-goldberg-talks-hardest-parts-of-transition-to-wrestling-biggest-obstacle\/intro-1780328260.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/ex-wwe-champ-goldberg-talks-hardest-parts-of-transition-to-wrestling-biggest-obstacle\/intro-1780328260.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">WWE<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before he was a WWE Hall of Famer, and even before his impressive undefeated streak in WCW and his WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign, Goldberg played football on the University of Georgia, before occurring to be drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. He most notably played for the Atlanta Falcons across three seasons within the early 90s, before he was forced to retire resulting from injury. He made his televised &#8220;WCW Monday Nitro&#8221; debut in September 1997, and the remaining is history.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Goldberg discussed the difficulties of transitioning from football to skilled wrestling with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h1x9WVjWpCU\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis in May<\/a>. He said there have been two very difficult things for him when making the jump.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The in the beginning, it was not to harm people since you go from a sport that is one hundred pc full contract to more of a drama-filled occupation,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;The second thing was form of mixing with the present wrestlers, because I&#8217;m coming in from an expert background attempting to take the job of certainly one of these guys who&#8217;ve aspired to try this their entire lives. For me, I used to be born in a football helmet and I desired to be a football player my entire life&#8230; I needed to determine something, in the beginning, that I could possibly be obsessed with, and I could translate all of the things that I had been doing with my life and my body for the past 20 years prior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Goldberg named his biggest obstacle in wrestling because the literal biggest obstacle he ever needed to face: The Big Show. He explained picking up a 525-pound man was difficult, and joked that Big Show hated to be held upside-down for the Jackhammer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>If you happen to use any quotes from this text, please credit Memphis in May and supply a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Before he was a WWE Hall of Famer, and even before his impressive undefeated streak in WCW and his WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign, Goldberg played football on the University of Georgia, before occurring to be drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. 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