Bill Goldberg
Biography
Bill Goldberg is a retired American professional wrestler and former football player who became a star in World Championship Wrestling. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and spent time with the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons before training at WCW's Power Plant. He debuted in 1997 and built a lengthy undefeated streak, winning the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Bret Hart, and becoming a WCW Triple Crown winner. After WCW closed, he wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling and then WWE, where he won the World Heavyweight Championship. He returned to WWE in 2016, won the Universal Championship in 2017, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018, and won that title again in 2020. He acted in films and television, including Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) and NCIS: Los Angeles, and had his retirement match in 2025.
59years old
Turns 60 on December 27in 75 days
- Born Tulsa
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- William Scott Goldberg (birth name)Also credited as Bill Gold, Goldberg and William Goldberg
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 18 years1999 to 2017
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A first
Goldberg beat The Fiend at Super ShowDown on February 27, taking the Universal Championship for a second time. That made him the first wrestler to claim a world title after entering the WWE Hall of Fame.
Early training
Lex Luger and Sting, WCW performers, approached Goldberg and urged him to think about moving into professional wrestling. He then started training at the Power Plant, WCW's official developmental facility.
First role
Goldberg wrestled dark matches under the ring name Bill Gold before his in-ring debut on June 23, 1997, defeating Buddy Lee Parker in Macon, Georgia.
A first
Goldberg's undefeated run ended at Starrcade on December 27, when Kevin Nash beat him for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The company billed that loss as the end of his 173-0 record.
A first
Goldberg was the first player ever released by the Carolina Panthers after the expansion team selected him in the 1995 NFL expansion draft.
A first
At WrestleMania, Goldberg dropped the title to Lesnar. That match also gave him the first clean singles defeat of his whole career.
Bill Goldberg movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Bill Goldberg shares two films with Tom Arnold, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tom Arnold's page
Jeff Bennett's page
Malcolm McDowell's page
Burt Reynolds's page
Matthew Lillard's page
James Caan's page
Peter SegalDirector, 1 film, 2005
All films by Peter Segal
All films by Joe Dante
All films by Mic Rodgers
Awards
Seven awards and honors from 1998 to 2017.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | WWE Universal Championship | Won | |
| 2003 | World Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio | Won | |
| 1999 | WCW World Tag Team Championship | Won | |
| 1999 | WWE United States Championship | Won | |
| 1998 | WCW World Heavyweight Championship | Won | |
| 1998 | WWE United States Championship | Won | |
| WWE Hall of Fame | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.