Golberg recently revealed why he returned to WWE.
WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg returned on the latest episode of RAW and confronted Gunther. The star challenged The Ring General to a World Heavyweight Title match at Night of Champions on June 28. The contest was soon made official and will also be the Hall of Famer’s retirement match, although that has not been expressly stated by the promotion.
Ahead of the contest, the Hall of Famer was asked about Gunther, their upcoming match and why he was doing it.
Goldberg revealed the real reason behind his WWE return and opting for a retirement match
Speaking on The National Football Show with Don Sileo, Goldberg revealed the real reason behind his return.
The Hall of Famer stated that his last match against Roman Reigns was not the right one to go out on for him, as he was not happy with his performance. He later added that even at 50% capacity, he was better than 99% on the planet.
“There’s a lot of reasons why I’m doing it. If push came to shove, I wouldn’t have planned it at 58 years old, but that’s just the way things go,” he said. “Unfortunately, my last match with the WWE contractually, it was against Roman Reigns, it was in Saudi Arabia, there were a number of things that were wrong with that scenario. First and foremost, me coming off of COVID three weeks before. You know, I hadn’t trained for three months, I had COVID. So to make an extremely long story short, it just wasn’t the right way for me to go out. That’s all.”
“I ain’t freaking going out the way I went out — period, end of story,” Goldberg said. “So at 58 years old, if I have to go in there hobbled, if I have to go in there 30 pounds lighter, I don’t give a sh*t. Because I have a point to make. And at 58 years old, can I still make that point? I don’t know, but I’m going to do my best. And my best — 50 percent of me is better than 99 percent of the pricks on the planet, I believe. So if I still give that effort and have the work ethic, though I’m not who I used to be, but [mentally] I am. I mean, we don’t lose that. So it’s a risk. It’s a huge risk. Am I risking the legacy of Goldberg in the ring? Yeah, I mean, always. Every time you step in there you risk that. But it’s risk versus reward.” [H/T F4W Online]
It remains to be seen whether Goldberg will be able to defeat Gunther at WWE Night of Champions.