Jim Ross has talked about his memories of the 2004 WrestleMania 20 Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg match, which has since become infamous, during his podcast, Grilling JR.
Goldberg and Lesnar were both leaving the company, with Lesnar leaving for the NFL and Goldberg letting his contract expire. During the match, the fans booed both of them.
Ross said, “They were dead. The jury had already declared their verdict before the trial had started. We’re done. I felt bad for those guys. I really did. I signed Brock. I helped sign Goldberg. I liked both guys for various reasons.
“They both had a lot of similar characteristics as far as physicality. I’ll tell you that for as good an athlete as Goldberg was, he wasn’t in Lesnar’s league in terms of being a pure athlete.
“Thank God Austin was there, because those two stunners at the end, one to each guy, was money. It finally gave the guys something to embrace and cheer for.
“They were making a ton of money, and they didn’t want to be there. What more could I do? Pay them more money to rent their services? Not their heart, not their soul, not their passion, but to rent their services. It was not the time to do that.”
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(h/t to SEScoops for the transcription)
