Bill Goldberg

William Scott Goldberg, often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American retired professional wrestler and football player born on December 27, 1966. He rose to fame in World Championship Wrestling during the late 1990s boom with a lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition from 1997 to 1998, became the highest paid WCW wrestler and led the company as its franchise player until it was sold to WWE in 2001. In WCW he was a one-time World Heavyweight Champion, two-time United States Heavyweight Champion and one-time World Tag Team Champion with Bret Hart. He wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 2002 and 2003 and for WWE from 2003 to 2004, then returned in 2016 and won the WWE Universal Championship in 2017 and 2020. He headlined the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018, is recognized as a four-time world champion, and had his retirement match on July 12, 2025.