Bill Goldberg Says That MMA Fighters Want To Be Pro Wrestlers

– Bill Goldberg recently spoke with The Ringer (via wrestlinginc.com), and said that MMA fighters want to be pro wrestlers. Here is what he had to say…

“I’m never gonna answer that question and say: “Yeah man, they come up to me and go: [mockingly] ‘Hey, yeah, that’s the famous Goldberg.'” I was at Jared Allen’s Night-Ops golf tournament, benefiting the military, and Ryan Bader was there two days ago. And Bader came up and asked to pick me up, asked me to pick him up; it’s a completely different relationship. All those guys wanna be us. All the fighters wanna be in professional wrestling, I don’t care what they say. There’s a huge parallel in it and they [the MMA fighters] very much appreciate those guys [the pro wrestlers] and conversely we very much appreciate what they do. Those are the real tough guys, all we do is act like we’re doing it sometimes. Whether it’s being over at Dynamite in Japan in the late ’90s or being at the UFC events, I’m a huge fan of what they do and I thought it would translate well in the wrestling world. I got lucky and less is more?—?go out there and head-butt a couple people and put your shoulder through their chest and call it a night.”