William Regal CRITICISES Goldberg Over Claims Of WCW Shoot Fight! 

Did William Regal cross the line with Goldberg? Let us know in the comments below!

Bill Goldberg having the nerve to complain about a head kick is wild.

"If I wanted to take liberties with Bill, Bill wouldn't have walked out of that ring" that's just badass.

After all these years. I still believe William Regal

"I'm not a grass" 😅 Classic northern line from Mr Regal 😂

Steven Richards has started to do breakdowns of wrestling matches. This could be one for him to take a look at.

William Regal will continue to be the true, eternal class act

Are people STILL asking him about this? Jesus man William Regal has been asked about this at least 100 times now.

Regal 4 mins 32 secs: "He [Goldberg] says I kicked him in the head at one point" (Goldberg basically claiming Regal was too rough with him). I just find this unbelievably ironic considering Goldberg "kicked in the head" and retired Bret Hart....🤔

No matter how old he gets Regal will always have nice hair

Funny how he didn't like the kid to the head, yet he kicked Bret's head almost clean off and says Bret should get over it

Honestly, that was one of Bill Golderg's best matches.

Weather he was or wasn't told. The fact bill moans he was made to wrestle in a wrestling ring speaks volumes

Love regal, made a lot of brits proud! Class act!

Goldberg is the last man to complain about being kicked in the head.

William knows how to fight legit. He used to bareknuckle box in alleys growing up. He woulda hurt goldberg if he was shooting

An incompetent wrestler calls for a kick to the head when there was none while head kicking and ending a legend's career.

I believe regal over goldberg and bischoff.

I don’t get why people still ask him about this. It was a throwaway match, and both guys went on to have great careers.

I never understood the outrage over pairing Goldberg against someone who can actually wrestle and was willing to put him over AND willing to make him out to be more than, at best, a 4 hold bar bouncer!!!

I liked the match when I first saw it. Seemed like someone was actually fighting back against Goldberg, though obviously Goldberg still won. Made the victory better than a typical squash. Looking back, it doesn't look like liberties were taken. The whole thing is ridiculous. Regal has been consistent with his take and seems like a straight shooter.

Goldberg who worked stiffer than anyone. Goldberg who wasn’t properly trained. Goldberg really should not throw stones.

There’s gotta be better questions to ask a legend like regal then this one.

I respect this man. 👍

His reaction as soon as he heard Goldberg's name😂

agent was Terry Taylor who always was a coward.

Every wrestler that knows how to NOT hurt someone, also knows how to hurt them.

He's so over this shit but he's such a gentleman he'll keep addressing it.

The fact that this match still needs to be talked about 25 years after it happened proves Goldberg is too damn sensitive. 😂 It makes Goldberg look bad to cry about Regal intentionally trying to hurt/embarrass him versus just owing that he fucked up because he lacked experience.

I met Mr. Regal in Atlanta, a Class Act. I've been watching wrestling, not sports entertainment for 42 years, Mr. Regal carried that whole match, until the end, like he said. No Liberties taken, that's ridiculous.

"You keep lining them up and I will keep knocking them down Sunshine!!!" Classic.

irony of goldberg moaning about kicks to the head lol

Regal did what he was told by the agents and the producers i.e. have a competitive match with Goldberg and if you watch the actual match, it is EXACTLY that. Regal is old school, the man grew up bareknuckle fighting as a teenager, if he wanted to shoot on Goldberg, Goldberg would have been in the ICU at the hospital for ages. Regal was a highly skilled technical wrestler who knew how to work snug, but safe i.e. make his shit look as legit as possible without actually hurting someone Goldberg on the other hand, was used to squash matches, didn't have the stamina for longer matches and wasn't very technical in the ring at all and it showed during the match. Regal did what he was told and tried his best to paint over the cracks of Goldberg's fuck ups, which of course Goldberg being the biggest fucking mark for himself ever; can't handle the fact that he was outclassed by Regal and Regal wasn't even trying to do that, he was just doing what he was told i.e. have a competitive match up. Regal even said to Stone Cold Steve Austin on his podcast that when asked why he did what he did, he said that he was doing what he was told by the agent and that "he couldn't hit himself".

I think the reason people keep asking about it is because Regal outworked Goldberg and exposed him for not being ready for the push he was getting. At the time, it was indeed the longest match he had. Which i felt made him look better because he had to work a little harder to defeat a veteran. Same was true of his match with DDP at Halloween Havoc. It wasn't the typical squash match and ultimately made Goldberg look better.

Terry Taylor or Kevin Sullivan are the culprits (bc Regal indicated they’re still alive). Leaning on Terry since Sullivan doesn’t seem like someone who would care or hide something for so long.

The silly thing here is that if Regal wanted to hurt Goldberg, he could have done just that most likely. Doesn't he have a legitimate background in shoot wrestling and street fights back in the day in England and a reputation as one of the guys that is an actual pretty tough guy outside of the ring? Luckily he also seems like a pretty genuinely decent bloke that cares more about trying to have solid matches and helping other talent look good in the ring than hurting someone on live television.

Goldberg complaining about a head kick is kinda mad considering he caused at least 3 serious head/facial injuries in WCW, one of which led to early retirement.

The biggest problem I see with the match is apparently no one taught Goldberg how to sell/react to basic grappling moves so it looked stiff and forced. Or he just forgot how since he hadn't done anything but squash matches for a year .... If you don't use it you lose it .....

You need to make this face to face interview happen!!! Think of the numbers

Mad respect for Regal. Took me 4 minutes to realize he wasn’t saying “that Asian”. His technical abilities and physical prowess rival that of Bret Hart. It’s not easy to match the strength of Goldberg which Regal did better than Bret. I never realized this about Regal until watching him and Goldberg.

William Regal has never changed his story about the match with Bill Goldberg. You can see Regal trying to get Goldberg to learn how to wrestle a wrestling match. Notice I said wrestling and wrestling match.

Stevie Richards needs to do his analysis on this match on his channel!

“William Regal kicked me in the head! Waaaahhh!” said the man who *ended Bret Hart’s career* with a kick to the head. I don’t think that “irony” is a strong enough word to describe this situation, even two decades later. What’s interesting is that Regal’s trainer’s trainer was the legendary Billy Robinson, who was famous worldwide for both his own wrestling career and as a trainer for both pro wrestlers and catch wrestlers. Regal is a legit, old school “shooter” who could have physically ruined Goldberg physically and permanently if he wanted to and probably made it look easy. IMO, it says a lot about him that he’s willing to sit down with Goldberg and talk it out. After all this time, either Goldberg should meet him or let it go, never mention it again. IJS, I wonder how often *Bret Hart* complains publicly about him…and The Hitman has plenty of reason!?

it all makes sense. Goldberg did 30 second - 3 minute matches. if they gave them 6 minutes, they either expected a competitive match, or they expected goldberg to go full blast for 6 minutes, which would have undermined the whole point for him to mow over everyone. the agent and creative fucked up, should have scheduled it for 3 minutes but they probably had issues getting the party crowd in the back to fill every other minute.

William Regal Strikes me as the type who knows actual catch wrestling. If he wanted you to be stretched you would be stretched.

I have to assume, that the agent is TT (I’ll let you do the rest). Especially if Regal spoke to them recently. Watch the match back, no liberties were taken at all and all you’ll see is Regal carrying Bill to 6 minutes. I love the humble flex as well, when he says he could have easily taken liberties if he wanted to though and Bill wouldn’t have left the ring haha. Regal really is a class act.

Regal might be one of the only people in professional wrestling who could look me in the face, tell me Hulk Hogan was a Japanese guy... and even though I know otherwise, I could start questioning just how much i know about Hulk. That is his power, man. He's DAMN good.

"I can't 'it meself". Regal is 10 times the wrestler Goldberg ever was.

I recall a moment when Regal grabbed Bill's arm and literally wrapped it around his own head, trying to make Bill give him a headlock. It was only after hearing all the extra context that I noticed all of those little details. Without that context, I actually thought it was a pretty decent match, and it's crazy to think that such a small stigma has followed it for so long.

Stevie richards could prob have a look at this ...tell us what he thinks

Putting a green Goldberg in with a worker the calibre of William Regal was a mistake. Regal wasn't going to go out there and make himself look foolish. It wouldn't surprise me if Goldberg felt intimidated by Regal and froze up because of that.

Goldberg complained about a kick to the head? That is ballsy

Just remember, Goldberg eats corn the long way.

William is very large, very intelligent, and very technical. He could have gone over and it been believable

I was under the impression that regal tried to get bill to work with him "I cant hit myself" but for whatever reason Bill froze up and so regal had to work a match around him. Thing is he actually made Bill look like he had some wrestling ability with him escaping holds etc at the end of the match. Imagine if Bill had tried that crap with someone like Shamrock? or vader? They would have either ended the match forcefully, or shot on bill until he co operated.

I heard Regal tell his account of this 8 years ago on Stone Cold's podcast, I believed his account then and it hasnt changed since.

A lousy wrestler giving grief to a technician. Regal is a wonderful wrestler.

I wish I had realized when I was a kid, what an amazing athlete regal is. I wish to the heavens that we had more wrestlers like him now.

Regal is obviously fed up talking about this, and I can't say I blame him. Also that comment "if I had wanted to take liberties with Bill, Bill would not have walked out of that ring" is low-key badass lol

I would have liked to hear what (Lord/King) William/Steven Regal say about CM Punk's disrespect for him...

That match was literally one of Goldberg’s most entertaining matches.

Here's the list of agents (producers) for WCW in '98... Dusty Rhodes, Jim Barnett, Kevin Sullivan, Pedro Morales, Paul Orndorff, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor. Okay, this is a recent video and Regal's telling of this leads me to believe this agent is still living. So the list of people to ask this question to are Kevin Sullivan, Ted Dibiase, and Terry Taylor. My money is on Terry Taylor

9 and a half minutes of Regal saying the same thing a thousand times.

The only spot that was botched was the swinging neckbreaker attempt by Goldberg other than that it showed Golderg could also take on an experienced wrestler and his roleypoley leglock looked good too.

Steve Regal is a real man’s man.

William regal looks like he would play a great role in an austin powers movie

I believe whoever the agent was, came up with the idea to show Goldberg can work and it backfired and the agent refused to own up to it. It was a stupid idea to begin with. Goldberg had taken down monsters and former champions in less than a minute. Why would he go 6 minutes with a guy who was barely on Nitro at that point? In fairness to Bischoff I can easily believe he has zero knowledge that this was the plan and he was rightly upset.

People have to remember that Bill Goldberg wasn't trained well enough to protect his oponents. Goldberg unintentionely hurt quite a few wrestlers during his time in the ring with his lack of wrestling knowledge and injuring pros like Bret Hart.

This match to me was the best match Goldberg every wrestled. Most of the time is just a squash match. Reason i hated Goldberg so much.

Regal seems to look younger as years gone by! He look so much older during his “commissioner of raw” days

Regal is a Legend.. “I can’t hit myself” .. Can tell this question winds him up.. I’ve never heard a different answer from Regal in over 10 years

Regal is good man. Nothing but respect 😊

Regal has to be so tired of this by now

Lol Regal has said many times he hates being asked this all the time, yet these "journalists" continue to ask him

8:15 Man He's Right about that! 100% Love how Real He is at this Moment!

I think my 2 favorite wcw matches to rewatch anymore are roma vs alex Wright and goldberg vs regal

"the time that I 'ad". Regals accent is wild.

Regal looks younger now than he did 20yrs ago imo

If you look at the match and if you listen to the commentary, it seems pretty clear to me the goal was to portray Goldberg as a component technician instead of the brawler he had been. The problem is, you see the moments where goldberg just doesnt know what to do...

You got a new sub!!

If it had been Buzz Sawyer instead of William Regal Goldberg would be giving PTSD interviews like Vietnam vets.

You dont have to be much more than a wrestling layman to see Goldbergs facial and body language in that match. He looks unsure of himself. Almost exactly like what Regal says: a guy thats just gone blank on what to do in the middle of a match. I dont see Regal taking liberties in that match. I see the more experienced man trying to get the match going to varying degrees of success.

If Regal was going to take liberties with Goldberg, he would have embarrassed him so much in the ring and kill any push he was getting as a beast. Same would go with Lesnar; in a shoot match, I would go with Regal.

Regal has always been my favorite heel plus he's a great actor and his son is on his way to being a great as well

Feels like a job for @stevierichardswrestling to review

I remember watching that match years ago on You Tube, Regal didn't do anything wrong.

If William Regal wanted to take liberties with Goldberg, Goldberg wouldn't have walked out of the ring he would have been carried out.

According to booker Kevin Sullivan the agent behind putting this match together was Mike Graham. That would explain why the agent hasn't spoken about it over the years as Graham died in 2012.

8:20 no other example "In America" lol! Regal is a Legend

Gotta love Regal, the man is a class act and true legend of the golden age. Goldberg, not so much.

I love Regal and I'm glad he's in a better place with pills,alcohol or whatever he was dealing with.

I miss Regal's podcast. It's why I hate when guys go back to WWE, they make them stop podcasting

Did regal make him look stupid? Fuck yes, was it regals fault not a chance, if anything Goldberg should have gone back through the curtain and said to himself, damn i know what i need to work on, communication skills during s match, how to have a match called to me, how to do proper tieups and all the variations in and out of them

Was Terry Taylor the agent?

Wow another fantastic amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on RU-vid. I could listen to lord Steven regal for 10 hrs straight. This could is incredible to listen to. Goldberg saw very lucky he had a match that people are still talking about 25 years later. All of his other matches combined no one talks about any of them. Hornswagle had a better match any time he was in the ring . Regal is the best hope you get him on for a 5hr show. Thank you and keep the great videos coming.

This is like the orgins or part of the reason Triple H hated Goldberg when he did'nt work with him until 2003.

First time I saw the match I thought Goldberg looked good because it was actually a match. When I rewatched it I see Regal kept on giving his arm waiting for Bill to do something and when he didn’t he gave his arm again. You can see Regal was doing his best to make Regal look good but also doing what he was told to make it look compatible as well.

I think the agent was at fault. But I also think Regal was trying to prove a point during the match

Regal is a real man. He could tied Goldberg in a knot if he wanted to.

William Regal is one of my all time favourite wrestlers.