Goldberg & Riddle Have Buried The Hatchet
Goldberg and Riddle finally accepted their differences backstage at a recent WWE Raw episode.
It sounds like WWE's Riddle and Goldberg have squashed their long-standing beef.
Interviewed on Sky Sports India, Riddle explained how the duo outlined their differences (and how they have seemingly accepted them), having spent the past few years taking social media shots at the WCW legend (h/t Sportskeeda for the transcriptions):-
"I'll say this. I had my interaction with Goldberg, bumped into each other, he's not my bro, I get it, you're not my bro. I kept calling him bro and he didn't like that whatever, you know me, I'm not the best listener. Then I talked to him after the match, we had a disagreement, you know, I think he has the belief... and it worked for him... all he needs is a couple of moves in wrestling to be one of the best, and he has the Spear and the Jackhammer. My philosophy is you gotta be good at everything, you gotta talk, you gotta be able to walk, you gotta be able to grapple, you gotta be able to suplex, you gotta be able to do it all, so we disagree on that."
On how they buried the hatchet, Riddle ran through a couple of interactions he and Goldberg had backstage at a recent Raw taping:-
"Bill Goldberg is extremely entertaining, I can't take anything away from that but I'll tell you this, I saw Bill the other day before he challenged Bobby Lashley and he was walking to the Gorilla Position and I was standing there and I was with Damian Priest at the time and he says hi to everybody and then Goldberg comes up to me gives me a look. He was making a face and then he goes, 'Hey, congratulations kid....' and I was like, 'Oh man, Goldberg is kind of nice', so I gave him a little handshake and he went out and challenged Bobby and then he was coming out, through Gorilla again and I was like, 'Hey Goldberg, good stuff' and as he gave me a fist bump he says, 'I only need two moves' so I was like, 'Oh man, the guy's still got it'."
Riddle has previously used social media to criticise Goldberg for being "unsafe" and limited between the ropes, though he has eased off on this considerably in 2021. The former United States Champion hasn't thrown shade at the veteran since January, when he mocked Goldberg with a picture of Gillberg, claiming the parody act was "10 times the man Willy G could ever be."
Goldberg will challenge for Bobby Lashley's WWE Championship at SummerSlam 2021 on 21 August. Riddle is yet to be booked for the show.