Vince McMahon Insisted Goldberg Hit Jackhammer In Controversial Match

Taking to Fightful Select yesterday, Sean Ross Sapp revealed a rather interesting note regarding the infamous Universal Championship match last year at Super ShowDown between The Fiend and Goldberg.

Goldberg was reportedly not keen on hitting the Jackhammer due to shoulder issues he was dealing with, and wanted to finish the match with a Spear. The report notes that Bray Wyatt was also happy to end the match in this manner.

However, Fightful noted that Vince McMahon was “adamant” that Goldberg won the match with the Jackhammer, which is how the eventual match did end.

With Goldberg appearing on WWE programming, we’ve started to learn some older stories from his previous runs. Goldberg told Fox Sports that his Jackhammer against Undertaker is one he’d take back, and other sources told us that Goldberg actually wasn’t gung-ho on the idea of doing the Jackhammer to Bray Wyatt during their 2020 match as his shoulder was banged up. Another source told us that Bray Wyatt was on board with simply using a spear, and everything seemed agreed upon with both Wyatt and Goldberg. However, Vince McMahon was adamant on Goldberg using the Jackhammer to win the match, which is what would eventually happen. It was a less than impressive finish, but much like the lack of ad libbing in his Drew McIntyre promo upon his return, was another case of Goldberg just doing what the company asked of him from those we spoke with.

Goldberg will be in action tomorrow night at the Royal Rumble, which WrestleTalk.com will have live coverage of, when he challenges Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship.

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