The Hollywood Byte #58: Bill Goldberg

Wrestling fans know Bill Goldberg on a last-name basis. For years, he dominated the ring in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He also took a stab at Hollywood with the movie Universal Soldier: The Return. These days, Goldberg is working on a new SpikeTV series called "Bullrun," which is like a reality show version of the popular '80s flick Cannonball Run. The new TV series, which airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m., follows 12 teams of two drivers who use their own cars in a cross-country rally.

"It's something different," said Goldberg. "It's an eclectic group of people and their cars. They go on a rally for 4,000 miles. The kick is that they really have no communication and only $2,000 cash for the entire trip. It's a really diverse group of cars and even more diverse group of people. The interaction between the cars and the people is really what drives the show."

Goldberg believes the TV show could spawn its on videogame. He said the concept is perfect for a racing game. He also hopes the show will warrant subsequent seasons. "I think it'd be great to come back and do this show every year," he said. "Hopefully, this thing is a huge success and I can work on changing the setting of the race and come up with more interesting cars and more interesting drivers. There's a lot of potential there."

Goldberg has been a gamer all of his life. He really got into games back when John Madden Football debuted on Sega Genesis and he was playing linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons.

"When I was in the NFL, during training camps, we had a lockdown curfew situation where we couldn't go out," said Goldberg. "One of the ways we kept ourselves sane was beating the hell out of each other on the videogames. It was pretty cool to be able to play your own team. I don't know if I was ever on there, because I was a backup, but it was pretty cool to play guys in the videogame that you were actually playing against. It was pretty fun."

Nowadays, he's not nearly the gamer he used to be because he has a new nine-month-old baby boy to take care of. He said it's hard to find the free time to waste away and play videogames.

"I have an Xbox 360 and I have a big high definition 52-inch flat screen," said Goldberg. "I get away when I can and play Fight Night Round 3, FEAR and some of the racing games, the NASCAR games. It's awesome. One of the coolest things I heard is that NASCAR drivers play the game and get better prepared for a track they've never been on before by playing the videogame. These guys have every edge they can ask for with NASCAR."