If you've seen Bron Breakker in the ring, you've probably noticed the very '90s tattoo on his upper arm. It's a curious tattoo for a 24-year-old to have, but eagle-eyed fans may notice that it bears an uncanny resemblance to a tattoo on the arm of WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg ... the similarity between the two tattoos is no coincidence.
“I liked Goldberg growing up, he’s one of my favorite wrestlers of all time,” Breakker said during a recent chat with Ryan Satin on the Out Of Character podcast. “But I wish I didn’t have the tattoo, to be honest with you. The similarity -- I was 18 at the time when I got it, it was obviously a mistake, but it is what it is. He was one of my favorites growing up..."
The NXT Champion isn't the only sports entertainer to pay homage to Bill Goldberg by getting a similar tattoo. Randy Orton did the same thing!
"I've got some symmetrical-looking tribal here that I've kind of messed with over the years, and what that started out as was the idea that it was going to be a duplicate of Goldberg's tattoo," Orton told Kurt Angle on a recent episode of Angle's podcast. "And the tattoo artist was like, 'Oh, you don't want to put another guy's tattoo on your arm.' And looking back, it's like, 'Thanks, tattoo artist.' Holy s***!" The Viper recalled.
Breakker (real name Bronson Rechsteiner) signed with WWE in February 2021. At WrestleMania Backlash last May, Breakker portrayed one of the "zombies" in the lumberjack match between Damian Priest and The Miz. In August, he portrayed a security guard during an NXT segment featuring Samoa Joe and Karrion Kross. The segment concluded with Breakker being choked out by Joe.