Goldberg returned to the ring in late 2016 and defeated Brock Lesnar in 90 seconds.
At the time of the defeat, Brock had not been pinned or submitted since he had ended the Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak. Goldberg would return for “one last match” against Lesnar that turned into the run we see Goldberg on to this day in WWE. The match ended up being a squash match from Goldberg, who only required a minute and a half to topple The Beast.
Speaking to Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho, Goldberg discussed the genius of Brock Lesnar.
“I never would have said this before, and I don’t think you would have said this before, but Brock Lesnar is an absolute mastermind. He really is. That is something that I never saw coming. Never, especially from a guy that talked bullshit about the business prior to getting into it, that he would never get into the fake wrestling thing considering he was a real wrestler. Lo and behold, he looks at the opportunity, takes advantage of it, and shit, he’s got a rocket ship up his butt and to the moon. It was an honor for me to still be looked upon as somebody who was a worthy competitor and worthy challenge for him. Brock is the one that came up with the 90-second deal. You know me, I’m not going to walk in and say, ‘Ah, I’ve been waiting 12 years, I’m gonna beat Brock in 90 seconds. Pay me and I’m gone.’ It doesn’t work like that. I learned a lot from Brock and I learned a lot about who he is and about how creative he is and about how unselfish he is. Those are things that people would definitely be surprised about when talking about Brock Lesnar,”
Goldberg On Talk Is Jericho
The pair would go onto feud through WrestleMania 33 where Brock Lesnar would get his win back over Goldberg.
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