WWE.com: We interviewed Goldberg recently, and when we asked him about the incident involving the two of you at a convention a few years ago, he said to ask you about it. So what happened?
Triple H: What happened was, I was sitting at an autograph booth signing autographs. Bill Goldberg came, and while I was sitting down at the autograph booth, stood about 30 feet away and hurled a bunch of obscenities and threats. I thought he was joking. At the time as he was yelling, I thought it was one of those type things where you might see somebody from the business, and you heckle them -- "Ah, you suck!" and stuff like that -- then when they look up, you laugh and wave and go about your business. I thought that's what it was at first, so I laughed, you know? And then he kept hurling obscenities. I was doing the autograph session with Steph (McMahon), and I remember I looked at her and said, "Is he serious?" It was funny at first. And he was 30 feet away from me, standing there with nobody between us. If he had that strong of an issue, you'd think he would have just come right over to me and said something, or whatever. And that was really it. I think it's been blown out of proportion over the course of time.
WWE.com: Why did he feel the need to hurl obscenities at you?
Triple H: Honestly, I don't know. I've never asked him about it. Honestly, I've not seen or talked to Bill in any way, shape or form since that incident happened. I've just never seen him. I've heard that he heard I said something about him either on the Internet or in an interview. Again, there's a lot of misinformation out there. Maybe I did say something about him. If I did say something about it, I'm sure it's nothing I wouldn't have said to him if he would have asked me. I don't know Bill enough to judge what it was. But it was a long time ago, and I'll judge him today. And if he smarts off again, I'll just drop him on his head.
WWE.com: Is this an issue that the two of you are going to have to settle now that you're on the same team?
Triple H: It's not an issue we have to settle. We don't have to be best friends, we've just got to exist at work. I don't have to go to Bill Goldberg's house and have a meal with him. I don't have to go hang out with him. I don't have to go shoot pool with him. I don't have to do anything with Bill Goldberg other than do business. And he doesn't have to do anything with me. He's just got to be able to stand in the ring, and I've got to be able to stand in the ring. That's it.
WWE.com: And it's safe to say you are looking forward to working with him in the ring?
Triple H: I think Bill Goldberg is a huge star. And I think that together we can make a lot of money, for the company and for everybody. There's a lot of guys here that Bill can draw money with. So I'm certainly looking forward to that. That's the one thing that people don't understand about the business. Everybody says I'm holding guys back. Why would people hold guys back? The more guys who are over, the more guys you have to work with and make money. You look at WrestleMania. There were a lot of big-time matches on that card Sunday. A lot of great, big-time matches. I don't know how people can say that the company or the boys are holding guys back when there are more top guys working in more matches on this WrestleMania than there's ever been. If you asked me, it looks like they were getting held back more years ago, when one match meant something and all the others were just kind of a bunch of matches. I don't see it, but of course to the Internet, they say that's because I'm the one holding everybody back.