>>18888709there's a video, and I've seen a webm from it here on /pw/ once, of the kick from an angle kind of behind Goldberg, a bit to his left. The kick seems to go to the cheek, not so devastating whatsoever, while regardless Bret blocks the kick with his hand.
Look at it in slowmo here (blocking with left hand shown a second after or so in that slowmo speed), Bret has been lying since then like the schizo he is, now fully drown in sunken cost fallacy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmWhsMBGUEBtw:
>Following this "career ending kick", Bret wrestled the next day again with Goldberg, and the day after with Benoit. And wrestled another 7 matches in next 2 weeks with one being a hardcore match.