Gillberg thinks WWE left some fairly apparent cash on the desk when it got here to his parody of Goldberg. Not solely did he by no means get the Goldberg vs. Gillberg merchandise matchup he thought made excellent sense, however he claims there could have been a really particular motive why WWE by no means gave him a lot merchandise in any respect.
Talking on Developmentally Talking, Gillberg talked about Goldberg’s obvious dislike of the parody character and questioned why WWE by no means launched a battle pack that includes the 2 of them. Contemplating your complete Gillberg gimmick was constructed round mocking Goldberg, he couldn’t perceive why WWE by no means cashed in on the plain pairing.
“They — I don’t understand how they didn’t make a battle pack of Goldberg-Gillberg.”
That wasn’t the one time Gillberg felt surprisingly lacking from WWE merchandise. He introduced up Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens’ well-known Pageant of Friendship section, the place Gillberg made a shock look as a part of Jericho’s try to offer Owens “Goldberg.”
In keeping with Gillberg, WWE finally produced merchandise based mostly across the Pageant of Friendship however by some means left him out. He even claimed that a picture that includes these concerned within the section didn’t embody him.
“I don’t perceive. I don’t perceive. I used to be on the Pageant of Pals. They did your complete Pageant of Pals — all people on it however me. Even the image, you recognize what I imply? However not me.”
Gillberg then dropped a way more fascinating rationalization for why that may have occurred. He claimed he’d heard that Goldberg really had language in his contracts stopping WWE from giving Gillberg sure merchandise alternatives.
“As a result of I heard that Goldberg had in his contracts that Gillberg will get nothing — no motion figures, no video video games, no nothing.”
That’s Gillberg’s declare, and he didn’t say that he’d personally seen Goldberg’s contract or confirmed the language himself. Nonetheless, if what he heard was correct, it will actually clarify why a personality so intently related to Goldberg by no means acquired the sort of merchandise remedy Gillberg anticipated.
It’s additionally why Gillberg nonetheless appears confused about WWE by no means placing the 2 collectively in one thing so simple as a battle pack. Greater than 20 years after the parody grew to become a part of WWE historical past, he nonetheless believes Goldberg and Gillberg merchandise virtually offered itself.
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