Showing posts with label WWE superstars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWE superstars. Show all posts

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Triple H ( Hunter Hearst Helmsley )

Triple H is an American professional wrestler. He was most hated person during his era. He use to perform as a Heel and people loves it. He is one of the greatest wrestlers in WWE`s history. The name "Triple H" is a shortened form of "Hunter Hearst Helmsley". His best weapon is sledgehammer. He used sledgehammer in his multiple matches to win. He pinned Sting with the help of sledgehammer at Wrestlemania 31. Hunter`s real name is Paul Michael Levesque. Hunter was born on July 27, 1969. He works as a part time wrestler nowadays. His main role in WWE ( World Wrestling Entertainment ) is as Executive Vice President of Talent, where he observes new comers and their trainings. He is also founder of NXT.

 Triple H`s entrance
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Tripe H in WWE`s Official Website - http://www.wwe.com/superstars/tripleh
Triple H on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tripleh
Triple H on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TripleH

 

Triple H`s executive profile WWE - http://corporate.wwe.com/governance/executive-officers

 

Triple H with his sledgehammer
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Wrestling Career and In Ring Moves -

Triple H joined his first major company in 1994, when he was a part of WCW ( World Championship Wrestling ) as Jean-Paul Lévesque. His days was short in WCW and hence he moved to WWF ( now WWE ) in 1995. Triple H was signed under the name of Hunter Hearst Helmsley and after winning King of the Ring in 1997, he became Triple H. Soon, he founded D Generation - X with Shawn Michaels. Other members of group was Chyna, X - Pac, Road Dogg, Rick Rude. This group later became a major stable in Attitude Era in WWE

Triple H`s WWE Debut

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Triple H, after winning his first WWE Championship started working as a main event wrestler. He married to Stephanie Mcmahon in WWE`s storyline by kidnapping her. But in 2003, they both decided to get married in real life as well. This maintains Macmahon`s majority ownership of WWE.
"The Game" Triple H was injured in 2002 and dropped for almost 8 months. But then he returned, competed and successfully won that year`s Royal Rumble match and headlined to Wrestlemania and won his first ever Undisputed Championship. His return was major upsets for many leading wrestlers as they all knew what this man was capable of.

Triple H`s return after injury
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Triple H ruled over WWE`s locker room. He made his own stable "Evolution" with Randy Orton, Batista and Ric Flair. The four men then later achieved every gold in WWE Raw. Later, according to storyline first Randy Orton feuded with Triple H for World Heavyweight Title, and then Batista kicked a hell out of Triple H for the same title as well.

Triple H with his stable Evolution
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"Evolution" came back to fight against "The Shields". This time Evolution with members Triple H, Batista and Randy Orton failed to get success like before as they were defeated by The Shields back to back.

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In 2014, Levesque started making regular appearances on Raw and later on Smack Down as "Authority" with his wife Stephanie Mcmahon. Other members of "Authority" was Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Corporate Kane, Big Show as part time members. J and J security was also a major part of their group as well.

 Triple H as AuthorityImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)


Triple H is well known for his Elimination Chamber matches. He is the only wrestler who competed in every match stipulation in WWE`s history. Some of his in ring moves are Pedigree, Jumping Knee Drop, High Knee,etc

Triple H performing Pedigree on Daniel BryanImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)



Championships and Achievements -

Triple H have already achieved everything in his long career. He has won Royal Rumble 2 times. He was also 1997 King of the Ring. Triple H is also a Triple Crown Champion and a Grand Slam Champion. Triple H have won every championship in WWE. He became Undisputed Champion by defeating Chris Jericho. He is 5 time World Heavyweight Champion, one time WWE Tag Team Champion. He is also a nine time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, five time WWE Intercontinental Champion, two time WWF European Champion and WWF Tag Team Champion.

Triple H as Undisputed Champion
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 Triple H as Intercontinental ChampionImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

 Triple H after winning King of The RIng 1997Image Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)


Feuds and Matches -

His long time feud was with Shawn Michaels. They both were in D generation - X group. Both men faced each other in multiple occasions and in every kind of match. Triple H was a heel and Michaels always use to perform as a baby face in their feuds. Triple H`s some other feuds in Attitude Era were with The Rock, Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Kane,Randy Orton as well. Triple H beated each and every one of them.
One of his greatest rivalry was with Goldberg. Goldberg was a power house. When he showed his face in WWE, Triple H along with Evolution attacked Goldberg and as a result they both faced each other for WWE Heavyweight Championship. Goldberg pinned Triple H for his first WWE Championship but later Triple H regained the championship.
From past decade, some of his rivalries in PG Era are with Sheamus, Roman Reigns, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Sting, etc.

Other Careers -

Apart from wrestling, Triple H is an actor and was a professional body builder in his earlier days. He also has made guest appearances in films and many television series as well. He worked as a lead role in movie The Chaperone. Some of his other appearances are in Pacific Blue,  The Drew Carey Show,  MADtv, Blade: Trinity,  The Bernie Mac Show, Relative Strangers, Robot Chicken, Inside Out, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, WWE Power Series.

Triple H in movie The ChaperoneImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

Friday, April 15, 2016

Stone Cold Steve Austin ( The " Texas" Rattlesnake )

Steve Austin better known by his full name "Stone Cold Steve Austin", is an American professional wrestler. Steve Austin was born on December 18, 1964 on Austin, Texas, United States. Steve Austin real name is Steven James Williams. Later he changed it permanently to Steve Austin. Steve Austin now retired from professional wrestling and is signed to a legends contract for WWE ( World Wrestling Entertainment ). Some of his other names are Ring Master, Stunning Steve Austin, Austin 3:16, The Redneck. He is also known for his long standing "WHAT?" chant.

Stone Cold`s entrance

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Stone Cold Steve Austin in WWE`s Official Website - http://www.wwe.com/superstars/stonecoldsteveaustin
Stone Cold Steve Austin on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BrokenSkullRanch
Stone Cold Steve Austin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/steveaustinbsr
Stone Cold Steve Austin on Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042524/
Stone Cold Steve Austin`s Official Website - http://www.brokenskullranch.com/
Stone Cold Steve Austin on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/steveaustinbsr/

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Entrance Video
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Wrestling Career and In Ring Moves -

 

WCW ( World Championship Wrestling )


"Stunning" Steve Austin as WCW World Television Championship

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He was a part of WCW from 1991–1995. One of his first rivalry was "Bobby Eaton". In the year 1991, he defeated Bobby for WCW`s World Television Championship belt. Austin lost his title to Barry Windham and later regained it back by defeating him. In the year 1993, Austin along with Brian Pillman, formed a new team named "The Hollywood Blondes". This team is still mentioned in wrestling history of tag teams. Austin and Pillman continued ruling over tag team division. Later, they competed for WCW`s World Tag Team Championship belts and won by defeating Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat.

Stone Cold and Brian Pillman "The Hollywood Blondes" as WCW World Tag Team Champions

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Austin`s next feud for another championship in WCW was for WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Austin gained the title after defeating Dustin Rhodes. He lost his title to Ricky Steamboat. Austin`s WCW career came to an end when Eric Bischoff fired him in 1995 as Eric doubted his talent and didn`t see him as a marketing wrestler.

ECW ( Extreme Championship Wrestling )

Austin in year 1995 joined WCW when Paul Heyman contacted him. In ECW, he mocked WCW and Eric Bischoff several times because of their past issues in WCW. This is the time when Austin started developing his mic skills. Austin was named in ECW as "Superstar" Steve Austin. His rivalry started with, at that time ECW Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck. He also feuded with The Sandman and hence a triple threat match was set up for ECW Heavyweight Championship where The Sandman defeated both of them.

WWE ( World Wrestling Entertainment )

Stone Cold Steve Austin as "The Ringmaster"
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Steve Austin when came to WWE`s locker room, quickly became most popular and powerful wrestler at his time. He started his career as "The Ringmaster" and was awarded "Million Dollar Belt" by "Ted DiBiase". Ted DiBiase crowned Austin with the name "Million Dollar Champion" . Later he changed his name to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. According to WWE`s storyline Austin was playing a role of a disrespectful character, who use to drink beers everytime, even in the ring. He was a hero who refused to obey his boss and company. This character of Austin in WWE, was defined as WWE`s Attitude Era. WWE`s rival WCW was growing their business very well during that time. They were ahead in ratings, fan following and in everything. Austin`s character played a major role to gave WWE a boost that they needed at that time. In the late 90s and early 2000s, WWE started jumping ahead WCW. Even many Hall of Famers including Ric Flair, Jim Ross described him the key wrestler who helped WWE to win ratings war against WCW. John Cena, Cm Punk, Paul Heyman mentioned Stone Cold as most decorated, biggest and profitable superstar in WWE history. According to Vince Mcmahon, Austin surpassed popularity of Hulk Hogan.
When WCW realised that they lost a gem, they tried to stop Stone Cold`s success by trying to make a duplicate. But, it was too late. WCW invited a powerful wrestler named "Bill Goldberg", and made him "The Undefeated", with 173-0 streak. But they failed to stop Stone Cold`s popularity and later bankrupted.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's WWE Debut
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I love Austin`s character because he suits for "Heel". He started his career as a heel. Austin mocked everyone and hence he got some attention from Bret Hart. Bret Hart was "Face of the company" at that time and soon became the first big superstar in WWE to shut Austin`s mouth. They both fought each other in a Submission Match at WrestleMania 13 Austin at that time was not that technical in moves, but matched the strength with Bret Hart. This particular match reborned Stone Cold`s character as he was broken, covered in blood and trapped in Hart’s finishing move Sharpshooter, but Austin refused to tap out. Special Guest Referee "Ken Shamrock" was sitting and asking Austin to respond but he lost consciousness from the pain and hence Shamrock ordered to ring the bell. Bret hart refused to leave his Sharpshooter and continue attacking Austin with boots. 18,000 people in audience cheered for the defeated Austin and booed to Bret Hart. Soon Austin started a feud with Hart Family and won Tag Titles from them with partner "Dude Love".
When Austin was on his career’s peak, he suffered a serious injury at 1997’s SummerSlam during a battle against Owen Hart for Intercontinental Championship. Owen Hart performed a Pile Driver and Austin was dropped straight on his head resulting a neck injury. But, somehow Austin defeated Owen Hart and gained Intercontinental Championship belt. But, Austin was forced to drop his Intercontinental Championship and Tag Team Championship. But soon Austin returned to ring and regained his Intercontinental Championship belt by defeating Owen Hart.

Stone Cold Steve Austin disrespecting Mike Tyson on an episode of Raw is War
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When Bret Hart left WWE, the two names in the company were Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Shawn Michaels at that time was World Champion and Austin rised above as the 1998 Royal Rumble winner and hence challenged Michaels for his title. "The special enforcer" for their match was "Mike Tyson", who was disrespected by Austin and later they both exchanged hands in the ring. Mike Tyson then joined the side of D Generation- X lead by Shawn Michaels and Triple H. But later at Wrestlemania XIV, Tyson shocked everyone when he knocked out Michaels after the match.

Stone Cold stuns Shawn Michaels to win his first WWE World Title at WrestleMania XIV
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His finishing move "Stone Cold Stunner" is still described as the most fan favourite move. People loved this move in the late 90`s and early 2000`s. Some of his best stunners to remember was on Vince Mcmahon, The Rock, Shawn Michaels and Scot Hall. Some of his other signature moves were Mudhole StompPointed elbow dropStomp to the opponent's groin, etc.

Championships and Achievements -

Austin inducted to Hall of Fame class of 2009
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Austin is a 6 time WWE Champion, 2 time Intercontinental Champion, 4 time WWE Tag Team Champion. He is a 5th Triple Crown Champion. Stone Cold also won King of the Ring in 1996, when he defeated Jake 'The Snake' Roberts in the final match with a Stone Cold Stunner. Later after becoming King of the Ring, he invented Austin 3 :16 catchphrase, one of the most powerful catchphrase in WWE`s history. He is the winner of 1997, 19982001 Royal Rumbles as well. He is the only superstar who won 3 Royal Rumble matches in WWE`s history. He was also crowned "Million Dollar Championship" belt by Ted DiBiase. Ted DiBiase better known as "Million Dollar Man" earlier developed this belt. In 2003, when he faced The Rock in his final match and then lost, he was then forced to retire from ring. But, in real life Stone Cold was retire because of his 1997`s SummerSlam match neck injury. Later in 2003-04, Austin was credited as Co-General Manager along with Eric Bischoff. Because of his great success in the company Austin was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of  2009 by The Chairman Vince McMahon himself.

 Austin as WWE Champion
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Feuds and Matches -

 Austin`s greatest feud which strikes my mind was with Vince Mcmahon. When WWE was low in ratings with their rival WCW, the boss Vince Mcmahon came to the ring by himself. Stone Cold and Vince Mcmahon shared memorable moments and fought each other in the ring for years. Vince Mcmahon also eliminated Austin from 1999`s Royal Rumle. The next opponent which had history with Stone Cold was The Rock. They both fought each other multiple times and later in Austin`s final match, The Rock pinned him after three Rock Bottoms. Some of his other feud was with Chris Jericho, Triple - H, Bill Goldberg, etc

Wrestlemania XIX : Austin facing The Rock in Austin`s final match
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Other Careers -

Apart from his wrestling career, Steve Austin worked as media personality, producer. He also worked in several big movies and also has made guest appearances in many television series as well. Some of the movies he worked in are  Beyond The MatThe Longest YardThe CondemnedDamageThe ExpendablesThe StrangerHunt to KillRecoilKnockout,  Tactical ForceMaximum ConvictionThe PackageGrown Ups 2Chain of CommandSmosh: The Movie.

Stone Cold Steve Austin in movie - The Expendables
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Some of the television series he worked in are Celebrity DeathmatchNash BridgesDilbertThe Bernie Mac ShowChuck, Tough EnoughRedneck IslandSteve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge, Stone Cold Podcast. He also host Tough Enough series in WWE.

Some of his favourite sayings are -
"My weight depends on how much beer I drink"
"And that`s the bottomline, coz Stone Cold Said So"

Chris Jericho ( Y2J )

Chris Jericho is a wrestler who is currently in a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment a.k.a WWE. Now if you are thinking why i am writing about a wrestler, that`s because I have a great interest in wrestlers. Speaking of wrestlers, my favourite is Chris Jericho a.k.a Y2J a.k.a The Lion Heart.  His real name is Christopher Keith Irvine. He was born on November 9, 1970 in the Manhasset, New York.

Chris Jericho`s entrance
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Chris Jericho`s Theme song
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You can check Chris Jericho in WWE`s official website here- http://www.wwe.com/superstars/chrisjericho
Chris Jericho`s Official Facebook Page- https://www.facebook.com/Chris-Jericho-8122075826


Wrestling Career and In Ring Moves
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Jericho was part of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) during 1995–1996. He competed with top superstars like Rob Van Dam, Taz, Sabu, Cactus Jack. He also competed with his long time friend Lance Storm.

Chris Jericho in ECW (One Night Stand ) performing the Lionsault on Lance StormImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

After performing for ECW, Jericho got signed by WCW  ( World Championship Wrestling ). He was under the company from 1996–1998. During two years in WCW he dominated Cruiserweight Championship division with his skills. One of his great feuds was with Dean Malenko. Both of them competed in high skill matches, mocked each other and audience love this feud. Malenko at that time was known for "The Man to know 1,000 Holds", which Jericho mocked by claiming himself as "The Man to know 1,004 Holds".

Jericho slapping on chest of Dean Malenko in an episode of WCW

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Jericho debut in WWE, made a huge impact on WWE history. He debuted on August 9, 1999 in a Raw is War episode of WWE, when The Rock was talking about Big Show in anger, Jericho entered in arena and interrupted The Rock. Jericho debuted as a "Y2J" name, regarding the "Y2K 2000" problem at that time. He proclaimed himself as "The Hero" of WWE, who came to save the industry. This made The Rock loose his temper and he mocked Jericho by his verbally talent on mic.

Chris Jericho`s WWE debut in 1999

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Jericho once had an issue with Mickey Rourke too. After Jericho`s Wrestlemania XXV match, which he won after eliminating the Jimmy the high flyer Snuka, Ricky the Dragon Steamboat and Rowdy Roddy Piper one by one, he provoked Rourke to come into the ring. In the end, Rourke knocked him out after punching Jericho on his jaw.
Jericho and Mickey Rourke face-off segment in WrestleMania XXV
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 Chris Jericho performing Code Breaker on Ryback

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Jericho performing One-handed bulldog on Bray Wyatt

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Championships and Achievements 

Jericho is master of upsets. One of his best upsets was when he became first wrestler ever to hold both World Championships ( WCW Championship and WWE Championship ) at the same time. He defeated The Rock for WCW Championship and Steve Austin for WWE Championship. The best part is that Jericho defeated both men on the same night of WWE`s Paperview "Vengeance". He became first wrestler ever to do so and as a result became first ever Undisputed Champion in history. Jericho is a six time World Champion, one time WWE European Championship, one time WWE Hardcore Championship, five time World Tag Team Championship, two time WWE Tag Team Championship. Y2J is also a record-breaking nine time Intercontinental Champion. According to a WWE fan poll in 2013, Jericho is the greatest Intercontinental Champion ever. Jericho also holds the record of Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam Champion as well.

Jericho as Undisputed Champion
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Apart from wrestling he also performs as a lead vocalist of heavy metal band "Fozzy". Fozzy was formed in 1999. Their first debut album was "eponymous" in 2000.


You can see all Fozzy`s songs here - List of Fozzy`s Song

Fozzy`s Official Logo
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Chris Jericho with Fozzy

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Official Website of Fozzy - http://www.fozzyrock.com/
Chris Jericho`s official Facebook Musician Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/ChrisJericho



Jericho
was also a part of show "Dancing with the Stars" in 2011 season. Y2J managed to last over there for six weeks. 
Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke in Dancing With the Stars (2011)Image Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

Chris Jericho
`s Official Twitter Page - https://twitter.com/IAmJericho
You can see my Chris Jericho Gallery here - http://www.bitlanders.com/galleries/show/383764 

Bill Goldberg

Bill Goldberg is a wrestler. He is well known for his 173-0 WCW ( World Championship Wrestling ) undefeated streak where he has beaten every wrestler in singles competition during 1997-98. He worked with the company between 1997-2001. Later when WCW shut it`s doors and got bankrupted, Goldberg moved to WWE ( World Wrestling Entertainment ).He worked with WWE between 2003-04. Goldberg is also an American actor and a former professional football player. After Chris Jericho anyone who strikes my mind is none other than Bill Goldberg a.k.a The Man a.k.a The Undefeated. His real name is William Scott Bill Goldberg. Goldberg was born on December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

Goldberg`s entrance
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Goldberg on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/goldberg95/

Bill Goldberg on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Goldberg
Bill Goldberg Official Website - http://billgoldberg.com/

You can check Bill Goldberg in WWE`s official website here - http://www.wwe.com/superstars/goldberg

Wrestling Career and In Ring Moves -

After coming to WCW, he defeated everyone in company`s locker-room. Goldberg debuted on September 22 on an episode of Nitro WCW, where he started his 173-0 streak and he adopted his catchphrase "who`s next". He even got mocked for this by "Gillberg" a WWE`s version of him with his catchphrase "who`s first" as he had never won any fight. Goldberg loaded with two of the most devastating moves in wrestling during his time "The Spear" and "The Jackhammer", made him unstoppable. Goldberg at his time with WCW had feuds with many big names in wrestling industry including Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sting, Bret HartBooker - T, The Giant, etc.

WWE`s version of Goldberg performing by Gillberg during "Who`s Next Era"

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Goldberg Finishing Moves on "The Giant"
Goldberg spearing Brock Lesnar
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Goldberg performing Gorilla Press on Triple H

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After WCW was purchased by WWE in 2001, WWE fans eagerly awaited the arrival of Goldberg for 2 long years. It was March 31, 2003, when Goldberg finally made his WWE debut. He made his statement by spearing "The Rock" on Raw. This led to a war between the two icons and later at "Backlash" both men faced each other. But it was Goldberg who was Walking Tall and not The Rock. One of his biggest feuds in WWE was with Triple - H. Triple - H, along with Evolution beated Goldberg several times. It was not an easy journey for Goldberg but later he captured WWE World Heavyweight Title from Triple - H. Later on his final days in WWE, Goldberg ended up in a feud with Brock Lesnar. They both fought each other in Wrestlemania XX, where Goldberg pinned him for victory.

Goldberg`s WWE debut in March 31, 2003
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Championships and Achievements -

Goldberg`s name was enough for his competitors to run away from the ring. He is one time World Heavyweight Champion in WCW and a one time WWE World Heavyweight Champion. He is also a two time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and one time World Tag Team Champion in WCW with his former rival Bret Hart.


 Goldberg as WCW World Heavyweight ChampionImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

 Goldberg as WWE World Heavyweight ChampionImage Courtesy www.google.com (Edited by me)

Other Careers -

Before his professional wrestling career, Goldberg was a professional football player. He even worked in some movies like Universal Soldier : The Return , Ready to Rumble, The Longest Yard, The Jesse Ventura Story, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Kid & I, Santa's Slay, Half Past Dead 2, Kill Speed, Minkow, Holly, Jingles and Clyde 3D. He also worked as a commentator for the mixed martial arts promotion EliteXC. He also worked in many Television shows like Kim Possible, Punk'd, Monster Garage, The Contender, etc.


Goldberg in his early days as football player
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Goldberg in movie Universal Soldier : The Return
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Goldberg in movie The Longest Yard
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