Goldberg Says Paul Wight Hated Being Upside Down, Help Him Up As Long As Possible As A Rib

Goldberg says that Paul Wight hated being upside down, recalling holding him up as long as possible for a rib when they worked together.

Over the years in his wrestling career, Goldberg would hit his Jackhammer finishing move on many professional wrestlers, including on talent such as the Big Show (Paul Wight). In the past, he has even shared that was one of the toughest instances of him hitting the finishing move, but still managed to get in a rib on the spot.

While speaking to Memphis In May in a new interview, Goldberg spoke about working with Paul Wight, noting that the giant hated being upside down.

“The biggest obstacle I had when I was wrestling was a guy named The Big Show, Paul Wight, and he was the biggest obstacle because he was literally the biggest obstacle. He was a 525 pound man who ultimately I had to beat in the ring, which meant that I had to pick him up and walk around the ring with 520 something pounds on me, and that was tough, but I enjoyed it, and to give you a little behind the scenes info, he hated being upside down. Obviously a man that size, it’s very rare that anybody could do that to him, but he had never been up in that move, and I tried to hold him up in the air as long as possible to where he would squeal and I’d let him down, right? So that was the only way that I could have any control over a guy that big. So he, no question, was my largest obstacle.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Goldberg spoke about the hardest part of transitioning from football to pro wrestling. You can read more about that here.

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