Randy Orton Once Nearly Got A Goldberg Tattoo

Randy Orton will go down in history as one of the greatest WWE stars of all time, and he’s seemingly done it all in the wrestling world.

Randy’s success may have been a lot lower if he rocked up on WWE TV with the same tattoo as Bill Goldberg, but per the man himself on the Out of Character podcast, we very nearly saw that happen.

Randy told the story, saying:

“As a wrestling fan in my teenage years in high school, I loved Goldberg, so I actually, my first tattoo, I went into the tattoo shop and I told the guy I wanted the Goldberg tattoo. I swear to god. Well, so I’m not ‘The Legend Killer’, ‘The Viper’, you know… I’m 18. I can get some ink now and I want to look tough dammit.

“So Goldberg’s my guy and I’m an idiot [laughter]. So you know, the tattoo artist said ‘How about, let’s come up with something that’s just for you,’ So okay, that’s a good idea. And so you know, some version, one of this was born. But anyway, I forgot what we were talking about. I don’t know if I’ve ever told that story before, because it’s pretty embarrassing that I would even… but, yeah, there you go.”

Orton would go on to wrestle against Goldberg five years later, and it would have been quite the sight to see two men with the same tattoo facing off against each other.

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