In a recent interview with the RomanAtwoodPodcast(via 411 Mania), Goldberg talked about meeting411 Mania), Goldberg talked about having met with WWE officials before ultimately signing a contract with WCW. The legendary superstar revealed that he met with Jim Ross and Vince McMahon.

 “I flew up to WWE and I met with them first. Jim Ross, who was a commentator, who was also living in Tulsa, Oklahoma when I was growing up and he covered me in High School Football. He worked for WWE and I picked up the phone and called him and said ‘Please, just get me an introduction.’ I went up and it was completely foreign to me.” 

“I lived in Atlanta where WCW was and it was based and all those guys I knew.” Goldberg shared that he flew to Connecticut and realized he needed agent representation. Ross told Goldberg, “Oh no, Mr. McMahon hates agents.” This led Goldberg to make a life-changing decision, “So I immediately thought ‘Ok, I gotta get one, right now.’ So I go in there and I meet with [Vince] and Jim Ross, and they offer me a training deal, and I flew back to Atlanta and I called the owner or the President of WCW.”

Goldberg would meet with Eric Bischoff, whom he had previously encountered. “Our paths had crossed, I’m not gonna tell you how, but we had seen each other a number of times in a number of places,” Goldberg continued. “I called him and said ‘Listen, here’s the deal. I want to do this wrestling gig. I’m not gonna be one of those $500 throw-around-the-ring punks, I’m gonna make a difference in this business. And that’s just the confidence that I had.”