Goldberg Says One Of The Hardest Things About Transitioning To Wrestling From Football Was Not To Hurt People

Goldberg recalls transitioning from football to pro wrestling noting that the hardest thing was not to hurt people.

In the 90s, Goldberg would transition from a pro football career to a wrestling one, becoming one of the top stars in WCW and later WWE as a result, coming back for another run beginning in the mid 2010s and ending last year, when he lost to Gunther.

While speaking to Memphis In May in a new interview, Goldberg spoke about the transition from football to pro wrestling.

“I think the hardest part, there were two very difficult things for me. First and foremost, it was not to hurt people. Because you go from a sport that’s 100% full contact to more of a drama-filled kind of profession, right? The second thing was kind of blending with the existing wrestlers. Because- I’m coming in from a professional background trying to take the job of one of these guys who have aspired to do that their entire lives. For me, I was born in a football helmet, and I’ve wanted to be a football player my entire life, and I transitioned to wrestling because I had to retire from football because I got hurt. I had to figure out something first and foremost that I would be passionate about and that I could translate all the things I’ve been doing with my life and my body for the past 20 years prior, and it’s tough to enter a profession as an outsider. There was a lot of pressure on me, but the reality is I came from a sport where I got two guys that are 320 pounds trying to kill me at the same time. So for me, anything beyond the football field was easy.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Gage Goldberg spoke about having to step out of his father’s shadow. You can read more about that here.

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