Former WWE Writer Calls Goldberg The Most Difficult Wrestler He’s Ever Worked With

It appears Goldberg didnâ€t have many fans backstage during his early years in the industry.

WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg remains a huge icon in the business. After dominating WCW during the mid-to-late nineties, Da Man made his foray into WWE in 2003, defeating The Rock in his debut match at Backlash.

Goldberg left the company in 2004, only to make a comeback in 2016 for a program with Brock Lesnar. After sporadically working for WWE over the next nine years, he retired from active in-ring competition following his loss to Gunther at Saturday Nightâ€s Main Event in July this year.

Vince Russo talks about his experience working with Goldberg

Vince Russo recently appeared on Maven Huffmanâ€s YouTube channel for a segment titled Which WWE Superstars Are Actually Jerks? When asked if he would call Goldberg a nice person or a complete jerk, Russo picked the latter and offered the following explanation:

“The most difficult personality that I ever had to work with? He just bought his own hype,†Russo said. “I needed Bill to do the job for Scott Steiner. And he refused to. I said to him, ‘Bill, can you tell me why?†And he said, ‘Because if this were real, I would kick Steinerâ€s ass.â€â€ And I said, ‘No, you wouldnâ€t. Bill, heâ€s right over there. Go tell Scott that and see what he says.â€

“But it got so bad with Bill. It got so bad that we had to fly him and his agent into Atlanta so Brad Siegel, the head of the network, could tell him, ‘You need to lose this match.†So hereâ€s the thing. We get there that night… thereâ€s no Brad Siegel. The only one there is me. Goldbergâ€s in a room. Johnny Laurinaitis comes out red in the face: ‘Vince, youâ€ve got to go talk to him. Heâ€s not doing the job.†So Iâ€m like… we flew him to Atlanta, weâ€ve been through all this, and weâ€re two hours from showtime.â€

Russo on why Goldberg refused to put over Scott Steiner

“I swear, I go in the room and itâ€s just me and him. There are two chairs like this. So I sit in the chair and say, ‘Bill, whatâ€s the problem?†He reaches down, pulls his chair toward me, and heâ€s right in my face,†Russo recalled.

“Call me naïve, call me stupid, but the only thing I could think to say was: ‘Bill, if youâ€re going to hit me, hit me, because youâ€re not going to intimidate me. So if youâ€re going to hit me, get it over with and hit me.†When I said that, it was like the air went out of the balloon. He goes, ‘Iâ€m not going to hit you.†And Iâ€m like, ‘Then whatâ€s the problem?â€

“Iâ€ll never forget this, and I have to go to his defense here a little bit.†He was playing heels in movies—he was Santa Claus killing people. So I said to him, ‘Bill, why is it that you can be a heel in movies, but you canâ€t be a heel on television?†And he said, ‘Because of the kids on TV. My name is Goldberg. They think thatâ€s who I am.â€

“And that… that was the hang-up. But itâ€s still, man, weâ€re doing a television show.â€

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