Deadd2009 said:

Why wasnt this at the PPV again? I dont think the WHC has been defended at any PPV since Mania.

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“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. 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.”

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“I ain’t freaking going out the way I went out — period, end of stor. 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 shit. 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.”

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“[Gunther's] a formidable opponent. I mean, he’s the World Heavyweight Champion. I remember meeting him years ago right when he broke in. The guy had a shooting star up his ass at that point, and I knew he was going to be destined for big things. And, hey, it’s an honor for me to get in the ring with him. It’s an honor to step into a position to be vying for the World Heavyweight Championship at 58 years old. I mean, I don’t know of any other ones who have retired with a match like that.”

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