Goldberg Blames Vince McMahon for Delayed WWE Retirement Match

Goldberg will be challenging GUNTHER for the WWE World Heavyweight Title at Saturday Night’s Main Event. This bout will be his retirement match but now Goldberg has revealed why his retirement match was delayed in the first place.

While speaking to 11 Alive, Goldberg revealed why his retirement match was delayed, explaining that this had actually been building ever since his last match. He said that most people probably know he was originally promised a retirement match, another bout after the final one that was on his contract.

That agreement was between him and Vince McMahon, but after Vince was fired, everything changed and the plan was basically left hanging. For a long time, nothing happened. Goldberg didn’t feel like picking up the phone to demand his promised match. He accepted that if it happened, it happened and if not, he was fine not wrestling again.

“No, this has been building since my last match. The reality is—and I think a lot of people know it—I was kind of promised a retirement match, another match after the last match that was on my contract. It was between Vince McMahon and I, and then Vince got fired and the rest is history.

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It just sat there for a while. And look, I’m not gonna pick up the phone and say, ‘Hey, give me my retirement match.’ So if it happened, it happened, and I was kind of fine with not performing again.”

Then a couple of years later, Goldberg got the call from WWE. By that time, he admitted he was older and more banged up than the 285-pound version fans remembered from his prime. Even then, as an athlete and a competitor, he couldn’t bring himself to say no. In his mind, even if he were 70 years old, 50% of what he’s capable of would still be better than what 99% of people on the planet could do.

“And lo and behold, I get a phone call—albeit a couple years later—and now I’m older and more beat up compared to the 285-pound guy you saw back in the day. But as an athlete, as a competitor, I’m not gonna say no. I don’t care if I’m 70 years old, because 50% of me is better than 99% of the people on the planet.”

We will have to wait and see whether Goldberg will end up beating GUNTHER or if the Ring General will make short work of the WWE Hall of Famer. No matter what, it will be Goldberg’s retirement match and it’s expected he will be happy with how it turns out in the end.

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