Backstage News on Vince McMahon Holding Up Previous Goldberg WWE 2K Negotiations, How WrestleMania Plans with The Rock Factor In, More

June 2, 2016

When news broke this week that a Goldberg WWE 2k17 deal had been reached and the former WWE and WCW Champion will be the special pre-order name for this year’s game, immediate speculation began regarding a possible WWE return for Goldberg.

According to The Wrestling Observer, Goldberg’s deal to appear in the video game appears only to be with 2K Sports, and not with WWE. While Goldberg has appeared in past WWE video games, 2K has been trying to sign the former Champion to appear in the past few installments of the game, but it was Vince McMahon who nixed 2K’s past attempts to include Goldberg in the games.

Back in 2004, when Goldberg’s one year, $1 million deal with WWE expired, Goldberg left the company on bad terms, and his departure left Vince McMahon very negative on the former Champion. In fact, Vince was reportedly so negative on Goldberg, that when Vince had talks with UFC commentator Mike Goldberg about potentially signing with WWE, Vince wanted Goldberg to change his last name.

Additionally, back in 2003, the original plan for Goldberg’s arrival in WWE called for him to work a 3 match program with The Rock, which would have culminated in a match at WrestleMania. When The Rock’s movie career took off, however, The Rock was unable to commit to any further dates past him and Goldberg’s first match, so the program was cut short. Goldberg of course went on to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, and coincidentally Lesnar also gave WWE his notice shortly before the match, so it ended up being the final WWE match for Goldberg, and for that particular Lesnar – WWE run.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.