 The Survivor Series event marked the first time <unk> met Goldberg from the Raw brand . After <unk> claimed in a backstage interview that he could beat anybody in the world , Goldberg interrupted the interview and introduced himself to <unk> , shaking hands with him before leaving with a <unk> . <unk> followed this rivalry with a feud involving Hardcore Holly . In the storyline , Holly wanted revenge on <unk> for legitimately injuring his neck during a previous match between the two in 2002 which left Holly in need of neck surgery and out of action for a year . At the Royal Rumble in 2004 , <unk> defeated Holly to retain the WWE Championship . Later in the Royal Rumble match , <unk> attacked Goldberg and delivered an F @-@ 5 , enabling Kurt Angle to eliminate him . 
