When Goldberg returned to WWE in 2016, the fans cheered and let him know that they were happy to have him back.
Goldberg went on to win the Universal Championship when he defeated Kevin Owens, and at times he received a mixed reaction heading into his match with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33.
This year Goldberg was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and some fans took it upon themselves to boo the former Universal Champion during his speech.
Goldberg recently opened up to Digital Spy about what it was like to get booed during the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and he said that he understands why some fans wanted to boo him.
“I can understand a little bit in that I was extremely limited when I came back. I think I did three moves, and that gets old. I mean, when you’re in your prime and have three moves, that’s one thing, but when I’m asked only to do a pretty short skill set, it further reinforces why they’d probably want to boo.”
The WWE Hall of Famer went on to say that he thinks some fans want to make the show about themselves.
“These days, it’s a whole new generation of kids, I mean, a couple generations since I’ve been in there, seemingly. But, you know, it’s all about them. ‘Hey, look at me. I wanna take a video on my cell phone and show everybody where I am and what I’m eating and what I’m wearing and what I’m doing’. It’s too much. They want to be the ones that start that goofy chant. They want to be the ones to mess the guy up when he’s doing his promo. I remember a day where they sat back and were entertained by what we did. They didn’t try to dictate everything. Now, they wanna dictate stuff. So, you know, I jumped on them a little bit after [WrestleMania] that night, when I got a little indifferent when I went out there and was speaking from my heart. I will have absolutely none of that.”
