3 WWE Superstars Goldberg wanted to work with and 3 he didn't

#5 Goldberg didn’t want to work with Gillberg

It was not uncommon for WWE and WCW to aim digs at each other on a weekly basis throughout the 1990s. Towards the end of the decade, WWE took the mocking to a whole new level when they introduced their own version of WCW’s Goldberg… Gillberg!

The man behind the comedy character, Duane Gill, worked for WWE as an enhancement talent from 1990-1998. During that time, he also made fun of various wrestlers by impersonating them on the independent scene, including The Undertaker (‘Underfaker’), “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (‘Stone Old Steve Austin’) and, of course, Goldberg (‘Gillberg’).

When WWE’s higher-ups heard about the Gillberg character, Gill began portraying WCW’s top star on television and even held the WWE Light Heavyweight Championship for a record-setting 448 days.

Fast forward to 2020, and Gill revealed in an interview with Lewis Nicholls that he “begged” Goldberg to finally face him in a one-on-one match when they met at a convention in New York in 2016. But, according to Gill, Goldberg “never took it any further” and he did not have any interest in facing the man who mocked him on TV in the late 1990s.