Goldberg talks relationship with Vince McMahon, young WWE Superstars being thankful to him, locker room difference

WWE Universal Champion Goldberg was recently the first ever guest on the new E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness podcast, hosted by Edge and Christian. Here are some of the highlights:

On saying ‘belt’ vs. ‘title:

“I took the belt, pardon me. I took the title, the [WWE] Universal title. Yeah, I forgot a lot of things in 13 years. There’s a list of words, man. I didn’t make it up.”

On his relationship with Vince McMahon:

“I can sit down and I can have a conversation with Vince McMahon and we can look each other in the eye and we can speak on different terms, I believe. It’s a relationship that I wish I would have had the first time. And I don’t know because we’re both older. I don’t know, man. I can just tell you that it’s completely different, guys.”

On young WWE Superstars being thankful towards him:

“I feel like dad. And, hey, I’m greatly appreciative of everybody with accepting me with open arms, at least it’s seems as if they are, thanking me for being a part of the show, and saying that they’ve been fans of mine, and it’s really cool. There’s a great group of kids there, they really are. I’m only there sparingly, but it seems to be, the nucleus, they’re on top of it. Now, it’s a completely different nucleus of people than when we were there.”

On differences in the locker room now vs. The Attitude Era:

“It just seems to me that it’s just different, man. You don’t have the big characters that you did back in the day. I mean, you do, but I don’t know. It’s hard to explain the landscape right now. It’s just completely different from when we were there.” Goldberg continued, “it’s also having the talent to be able to do that and having the trust in them. And maybe there aren’t as many as there were back in the day. There aren’t, that have the ability to go out there and wing it and feel it. It seems as if it’s a little bit more structured now. I’m walking that fine line now.”

(All transcribed quotes courtesy of Wrestling Inc.)

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