At WWE Super Showdown in February of 2020 fans saw The Fiend defend the Universal Title against Goldberg, and people were shocked when Goldberg defeated The Fiend and won the belt. The decision to have Goldberg defeat The Fiend was met with a lot of backlash from fans online who made it clear that they were happy with the result.
Recently Goldberg spoke to SHAK Wrestling about the controversial title change, and he explained that he originally flew to Saudi Arabia thinking that he was going to lose the match.
“Let’s put it this way. I’ve never said anything that wasn’t true in the wrestling business. I’m a talent and I do what the boss tells me to do. I flew to Saudi Arabia knowing that I was gonna lose. Then somehow it changed and the finish was different. And it surely wasn’t me. Because it’s an extremely selfish move, number one, to do. Number two, then truly it wouldn’t be about the business, it would be about myself. And number three, who the hell am I as a part-time guy to come in and demand anything. Truly I mean I’m not.”
“Vince gave me opportunities that, you know, maybe I didn’t deserve in the past. And I owe that man just about everything. First and foremost, I’ve never said no to put anybody over. Maybe back in WCW I didn’t agree with Jericho over or something like that, if I can remember correctly. Coz I didn’t think it was time for the character to be involved in any comedy. But not in a million years in that Fiend situation in Saudi would I have done that. No way in hell! And I’d love to get on the phone with Bray and tell him, I’d love to see him face-to-face and make sure there’s not one percent of his being that believes that I changed that match.”
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