Bill Goldberg is mostly known for his activities in sport, as Bill is former football player and former wrestler. What is more, to some Goldberg is also known as an actor. Bill’s career as an professional wrestler was very successful as two times he was titled world champion, also he gained the titles of World Heavyweight Champion, WCW World Heavyweight Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. So how rich is Bill Goldberg? Bill’s net worth now is about 14 million dollars. Another fact worth mentioning is that Bill Goldberg is famous for his record of the highest number of undefeated wins. Although, Bill doesn’t do wrestling anymore he has plenty activities to keep him busy. It is clear that Bill Goldberg’s net worth will grow in the future.
Bill Goldberg Net Worth $14 Million
William Scott Goldberg, better known as Bill Goldberg was born in 1966, in Oklahoma. Bill got a scholarship to play football for the University of Georgia. As Bill was quite successful at football, so other teams also wanted him to play for them. These teams include Sacramento Gold Miners, Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers. Unfortunately, Bill’s career as a football player ended after the injury. Although this career was not very long, Bill’s net worth still became higher.
Bill’s career as a wrestler probably had the greatest impact on Goldberg’s net worth. After he had an injury, Bill started to train in power lifting and mixed martial arts. Later Bill was noticed and invited to try wrestling. As it was mentioned before, Goldberg succeeded in wrestling and was acclaimed by many. What is more he gained a lot of titles and awards during his career as a professional wrestler. This kind of success affected Bill Goldberg’s net worth a lot, it is no surprise that the money Bill gained while being a wrestler made the biggest part of his net worth.
In addition to Bill’s activities in sports, he also appeared on several movies and television shows. Bill appeared on reality show Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling. What is more, Bill acted in such movies as Ready to Rumble, The Longest Yard, Half Past Dead 2, The Kid & I, Santa’s Slay and many others. During the appearances in these movies, Bill had an opportunity to work with such actors as David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Tom Arnold, Douglas Smith and many others. Goldberg also hosted such shows as Bullrun and Auto-Maniac. What is more Bill appears on such video games as WCW Mayhem, WCW Backstage Assault, WWE Raw 2, WWE 2K14, WWE SmackDown! Here Come the Pain and others.
Although Bill Goldberg’s career in sports ended, he still appears on many projects and is recognized and respected by many. His talent in wrestling made him a star known all over the world. Bill will probably receive more suggestions to act in movies or participate in television shows and his net worth undoubtedly will grow. His fans will be able to see him even more often.
World Heavyweight Champion, WCW World Heavyweight Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion,
Nominations
NFL Draft: 1990/Round: 11/Pick: 302; World Bowl champion (II)
Movies
"The Longest Yard" (2005). "Santa's Slay", "Universal Soldier: The Return" (1999), "Nine Legends" (2016)
TV Shows
"WCW Nitro" (2015), "WCW/nWo Revenge" (1998), "WCW/nWo Thunder", "WCW Mayhem" (2013), "WCW Backstage Assault", "WWE WrestleMania XIX", "WWE Raw 2" (2013), "WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain" (2013), "The Celebrity Apprentice" (2010), "Auto-Maniac" (2005)
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Slaps self, to get psyched before entering the ring for a match
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Trademark move: Superkick
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Trademark move: Single Arm Choke into a Gorilla Press Powerslam
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Trademark move: Pumphandle Drop
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Finishing move: Spear
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Finishing move: Jackhammer (Suplex Powerslam)
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Proud of his Jewish faith and heritage. To this day, he refuses to work on the Jewish High Holidays, such as Yon Kippur and Passover.
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Left WWE after Wrestlemania XX due to the way the creative team was promoting his character. [March 2004]
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(August 25) After completing in the hellacious "Elimination Chamber" match at WWE SummerSlam, Goldberg challenges the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H to a title match at the next RAW Pay-Per-View, WWE Unforgiven. Triple H accepts but adds the stipulation of Goldberg putting his career on the line for this opportunity. [August 2003]
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Published author.
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Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
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First, known pro wrestling match done on St. John the Baptist Day of 1997 (June 24th).
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To put further emphasis on his WWE match entrances, would deploy loud pyro effects that would shower hot sparks on himself.
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Had a backstage fight with Chris Jericho in 2003. Sources say that Jericho had him in a submission move, and Goldberg was powerless to do anything.
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Is a vegetarian.
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Once owned the largest mixed martial arts facility in the United States, in Atlanta. The facility was shut down for a variety of reasons, including being on the road too much with WCW.
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Whenever possible, Goldberg attends Pride FC events.
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Appeared several times at to Japanese Wrestling events to due to his friendship with legendary wrestlers Nobuhiko Takada and Naoya Ogawa.
Ended Bret Hart's wrestling career when he botched a kick to Bret's head, giving Bret a concussion.
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The WWF (now WWE) developed the "Gillberg" character, played by Duane Gill as a parody of Goldberg.
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Won the World Heavyweight Title from Triple H at Unforgiven 2003 in September.
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While filming Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), he intimidated Brendan Fraser so much that Fraser was terrified by having to hit him. Goldberg constantly told Fraser to go ahead and do it, telling him, "It's what I do for a living.".
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Graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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His first WWE match was against The Rock Dwayne Johnson at the 2003 Backlash Pay-Per-View. It was The Rock's last match before leaving to film The Rundown (2003).
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His older brother Mike went to college with Nature Boy Ric Flair and former WWE/AWA wrestler Ken Patera .
Went 176-0 after his WCW debut. Many believe that WCW actually lost count of the exact number of wins he had at one point, and just decided to use an arbitrary number.
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Lost the tag-team match together with Sarge Dewayne Bruce against Totally Buffed, Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell, thereby ending his new winning streak and was subsequently fired from WCW.
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Is recovering from surgery to the shoulder as a part of an old football injury. [2001]
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Has a degree in psychology from the University of Georgia.
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Once worked as a bouncer.
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Was World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion from July 6th, 1998 until December 27th, 1998 when he was defeated by Kevin Nash, ending his undefeated streak.
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Became World Championship Wrestling United States Champion on April 21st, 1998 by defeating Raven. His reign lasted until July 26th, 1998 when he gave it up after winning the World Heavyweight title from Hulk Hogan.
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Trained in the World Championship Wrestling Power Plant wrestling school and entered the ring professionally on September 22nd, 1997.
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Played college football with the Georgia Bulldogs. Played pro football with the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams, and then signed with the Carolina Panthers. Football career was ended by an abdominal injury when he tore all his abdominal muscles from his pelvis, and had them surgically reattatched.
$14 Million
