Goldberg Told The Rock ‘I’m Not Hulk Hogan’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Goldberg are two of the biggest stars in professional wrestling. The Rock and Goldberg were top draws during their stint in WWE and WCW respectively. That being said, Goldberg is not Hulk Hogan.

The Rock joined former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz, Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins for an Instagram video session on Tuesday. Gewirtz recalled Goldberg having a tense meeting with The Rock ahead of their famed rivalry in 2003.

“It’s the simplest promo you could ever have. Rock’s running his mouth, I’ve done all there is to do. I’ve beaten everybody and Goldberg comes out and spears him, that’s it, you know? And people anticipated this because this was the day after Mania [19], after the big Rock/[Steve] Austin match. So everyone was anticipating it. I’m like, great. You know, ‘Oh, you know what we could do?

“We do this great thing, we did this thing with Rock and Hogan in Chicago where they’re standing face-to-face and they’re each looking at the crowd and it’s this iconic moment’ and Rock’s like, ‘Yeah, we can do that. Sounds good’ and Bill’s just like, ‘Yup. There’s just one problem. I ain’t Hulk Hogan.’ Intense stare and Rock and I do the little look to each other.”

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Goldberg ended up defeating The Rock in his WWE debut match at Backlash. This was The Rock’s first pay-per-view loss since SummerSlam 2002. Keep reading Thirsty for more.

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