WWE Apologized to Goldberg After His Final Match Mic Cutoff But He’s Still Not Happy

Goldberg may have finished his legendary career with a match against GUNTHER, but he clearly didn’t get the sendoff he wanted—and he’s not staying quiet about it.

In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, the WWE Hall of Famer shared his disappointment over how his final night went down at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta. Goldberg said he always imagined his retirement would play out on his terms, but instead, it happened on live TV without much fanfare—and ended with his post-match speech getting cut off almost immediately.

“Yeah, I mean, I—I can’t say that I was too thrilled about part of that, but…”

When asked which part specifically, Goldberg made it clear.

“Not—well, I mean, the Saturday Night’s Main Event and live TV in Atlanta. I mean, you always have your dreams of how you’re going to do things. And ultimately to have a little bit more control over the time and the space would have been much more preferred, let’s just put it that way.”

His biggest frustration came when he wasn’t allowed to speak to the crowd the way he’d hoped.

“Yeah, absolutely. They cut me off for freaking 20 seconds with the microphone in my hand, for God’s sakes… I got two weeks before I can really, you know, spill the beans and, you know, make my feelings kind of known about the entire rundown from the inception of the idea to its delivery. It was a little less than to be desired.”

But in an update shared on Fightful Select’s Backstage Report podcast, Sean Ross Sapp revealed WWE did in fact reach out behind the scenes.

“I was told that someone within the company apologized to Goldberg for the interview getting cut off as quick as it did. But those that I spoke with were adamant that it was not intentional. It wasn’t an intentional disrespect thing for Goldberg to have his speech cut off.”

Sapp also noted that WWE sources weren’t shocked by Goldberg’s reaction.

“They said they just weren’t surprised by his reaction. And they think that whenever the nature of his WWE deal is up, he’s probably going to talk about it a lot more.”

So while the apology was issued, Goldberg’s frustration clearly remains—and it sounds like he’s holding back until the clock runs out on his contract.

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