Kevin Sullivan Comments On Coming Up With Goldberg’s WCW Character

Kevin Sullivan came up with the original idea for Bill Goldberg’s character in WCW, and that’s something he opined on during the latest edition of his “Tuesdays with the Taskmaster” podcast.

During the podcast, Sullivan discussed Goldberg’s character and how modern wrestlers don’t like to listen to advice from veterans.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On coming up with Goldberg’s character: “I created Bill Goldberg without really wrestling ability — until he got it. But, what I did was, I copied Mike Tyson, in a way — black shoes, the short ones, double socks, black tights. The other thing … I knew people would think, ‘Hey, he’s [looks] like Steve Austin,’ who was the hottest thing in the world. [When] people were going over what he’s going to do in his interviews, I was like, ‘He ain’t gonna talk, because once he opens his mouth, he’s dead, because people would start comparing him to Austin.’”

On modern wrestlers not listening to advice from veterans: “Some people say, ‘I don’t want to listen to Arn Anderson, Jake Roberts, or Tully Blanchard … my question is, ‘Would you learn to draw with Leonardo Da Vinci or Picasso [or] are you gonna get a crayon book?’”

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