Name	Bill Goldberg
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	27-Dec-1966
Place of Birth	America
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Born December 27, 1966 Tulsa, Oklahoma Died Resides Billed from Atlanta, Georgia Trained by Dewayne Bruce at WCW Power Plant Debut September 22, 1997 Retired William Scott (Bill) Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former professional American football player turned pro wrestler, often promoted simply as Goldberg. He first gained fame in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). From March 2003 until March 2004, he wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. He is also an actor and television show host. He is of Jewish descent.

American football Goldberg played college football at the University of Georgia, and then played in the National Football League with the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams. He also played with the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF, He attended the first Carolina Panthers training camp, until his football career was ended by an abdominal injury. World Championship Wrestling Goldberg trained in the WCW Power Plant wrestling school, and made his televised debut on September 22, 1997, defeating Hugh Morrus. He then started on the path of what made him a wrestling superstar, his undefeated winning streak. WCW claimed that Goldberg had a record of 173 wins and zero losses before his first loss to Kevin Nash after much outside interferance. The count of 173 wins came from a record of televised matches, pay-per-views, as well as house show matches. He would become the WCW United States Champion on April 20, 1998, by defeating Raven. He would vacate the U.S. title after winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on July 6, 1998, when he defeated Hollywood Hogan. He would hold the title until Nash handed him his first loss in WCW on December 27, 1998. During this time, the WWF began to make fun of Bill Goldberg by bringing out Dwayne Gill as "Gillberg." He would become a two-time U.S. Champion on October 24, 1999, but would lose the title to Bret Hart the next day. Amazingly enough, he would later team with Bret Hart to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on December 7, 1999. They would hold the title for only a week, losing the titles to The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). Holding the Tag Team, US and World Heavyweight Title makes Goldberg what is known in the buisness as a Triple Crown Champion Also on October 24, 1999, at WCW's annual Halloween Havoc pay-per-view event, Goldberg answered an open challenge from then WCW Champion Sting, following his match with Hulk Hogan (in which Hogan laid down for the pin, only to leave the ring immediately afterwards). Goldberg stormed the ring and pinned Sting within minutes of the opening bell. He would be proclaimed WCW World Champion for the second time in his career, only to have the decision reversed the next night on WCW Monday Nitro. WCW "comissioner" J.J. Dillion ruled that the match was not officially sanctioned by WCW and therefore the result was void. However, rather than give the title belt back to the former champion, the championship was vacated. A tournament to fill the vacancy would begin that night with the final match to be held at WCW's Mayhem pay-per-view event in November. In October 2000 Goldberg began a new streak, with Vince Russo threatening to fire him if he lost. The streak was broken after 35 victories on January 14, 2001 when he was pinned by "Totally Buff" (Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger) while tagging with his trainer, Dwayne Bruce in what was his last-ever WCW match. As a result of the defeat, Goldberg was obliged to "leave" WCW (in reality, he was given time off to have shoulder surgery), and WCW was sold to World Wrestling Entertainment just two months later, while Goldberg was still rehabbing his shoulder. When WWE purchased WCW, the purchase did not include Goldberg's contract. At the time, WWE chose not to buy out Goldberg's contract from Time-Warner, which was then the parent company of WCW. Goldberg suffered only six official losses in his WCW career in singles matches. Three of those losses were against Bret "Hitman" Hart. This does not include an unofficial loss in which Bret made his own three count. Japan Goldberg waited out his contract after his run in WCW. He made his biggest splash in Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling, becoming one of the biggest pulls in the country. This would finally prompt WWE to sign Goldberg. World Wrestling Entertainment Bill Goldberg visiting the USS Ronald Reagan Goldberg would make his WWE debut on the March 31, 2003 episode of RAW, the night after WrestleMania XIX. He immediately started a feud with The Rock, culminating in a victory by Goldberg at Backlash 2003. His first win on RAW saw him defeat Three Minute Warning in a handicap match. Later that year, he would defeat World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H, winning the title at Unforgiven 2003 on September 21. He held the title until Armageddon 2003 on December 14 when he lost the title back to Triple H in a triple threat match which included Kane. During the 2004 Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar stormed the ring and hit Goldberg with the F-5, enabling Kurt Angle to eliminate him and thus costing him a WrestleMania title shot. This led to Goldberg appearing at the No Way Out 2004 the following month, as an "official audience member." After Brock Lesnar taunted him, Goldberg entered the ring and gave Lesnar a Jackhammer. SmackDown! General Manager Paul Heyman had Goldberg removed from the building by security, but he returned in the midst of Lesnar's WWE Championship title defense against the late Eddie Guerrero, costing Lesnar the match and the belt. This led to a match being booked between the two for WrestleMania XX. Goldberg was not seen on WWE television for several weeks before the event, as he had already worked the maximum number of dates (bar one, his WrestleMania appearance) stipulated by his contract and would have had to have been paid a supplementary salary in order to make extra appearances. This may have hurt the build to the WrestleMania match, with the last episode of SmackDown! before WrestleMania featuring a confrontation between Lesnar and Austin, not Lesnar and Goldberg. At WrestleMania, Goldberg faced Lesnar with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the match's special guest referee. Goldberg was victorious, but both Lesnar and he received a Stone Cold Stunner from Austin. Lesnar and Goldberg had both gone undefeated for long periods of time, leading many fans to label a match between the two a "dream match". However, as both Lesnar and Goldberg were known to be leaving the company immediately after WrestleMania, the match was poorly received by the audience, who soundly booed both competitors. On March 31, 2004, Goldberg's contract expired and after short negotiations was not renewed. In an article of 2-13-06 Democrat and Chronicle Rochester NY newspaper, it states that Goldberg is considering a return to pro wrestling with TNA. After professional wrestling With aspirations to do work in film, Goldberg acted in two movies which were released in 2005. The first film of the two is the remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds film The Longest Yard, starring Adam Sandler, in which he co-stars with fellow former wrestlers Kevin Nash and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The second, Santa's Slay, made its debut on Spike TV on October 25, 2005. Recently, it has been noted that Bill Goldberg has been married to Wanda Feraton, a stunt woman whom he met while filming The Longest Yard. Bill and Wanda were married on April 10, 2005. They recently had their first child, a boy. He was host of the History Channel show, Automaniac, which started in 2005, but it was cancelled after only one short season.

Quotes "Who's next?" "You're next!" "Believe the hype" "Want me to SPEAR YOU DOWN?!?!" "Fear The Spear!" Finishing and signature moves Jackhammer (Suplex powerslam) Spear Gorilla press powerslam Pumphandle drop Superkick Championships and accomplishments World Championship Wrestling April 20, 1998 – WCW United States Title (1) Defeated Raven - Colorado Springs, Colorado Vacated on July 6, 1998 after winning World title July 6, 1998 – WCW World Heavyweight Title Defeated Hulk Hogan - Atlanta, Georgia Lost to Kevin Nash on December 27, 1998 October 24, 1999 – WCW United States Title (2) Defeated Sid Vicious - Las Vegas, Nevada Lost to Bret Hart on October 25, 1999 December 7, 1999 – WCW World Tag Team Title Teamed with Bret Hart Defeated "Creative Control" (Ron & Don Harris) - Madison, Wisconsin Lost to The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) on December 13, 1999 World Wrestling Entertainment September 21, 2003 – World Heavyweight Championship Defeated Triple H - Hershey, Pennsylvania Lost to Triple H on December 14, 2003 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 75 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He also won two PWI Awards in 1998. He won Rookie of the Year and Most Inspirational. Wrestling Observer Newsletter 1998 Rookie of the Year