Goldberg talks potential retirement match, has rotator cuff injury that needs to heal first

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While appearing on Busted Open Radio this week, Goldberg was asked about potentially having one final match. He would love for that to happen, but he has a torn rotator cuff that he’s been dealing with for a while. Goldberg needs to finally get the injury fixed before he wrestles again.

“Oh, man, I’d love to, dude — 100 percent,” Goldberg said. “But I have to get my torn rotator cuff taken care of finally.”

Goldberg said the injury happened when he first returned to WWE against Brock Lesnar in 2016. Because he only wrestled sparingly, he never told anyone about the injury and kept working through it. He’s having stem cell treatment done soon and will then see if surgery is necessary.

“I ain’t doing sh*t until I get that done,” he said. “And that’s hopefully coming up — I’m doing stem cells here soon and then I’m going to see if surgery is needed. But yeah, man, I’d love to have one more match. You know how it is. Vince [McMahon] and I spoke about it. He gave me his word. But all that stuff happened. And, hey, man, I don’t hold grudges. Vince gave me so many opportunities, man, I’ll be forever grateful. But yeah, I would absolutely love to have that final match. I would. Am I good not having it? Yeah, I’m fine with it. But it’d be neat to have one.”

Goldberg has not wrestled since losing to Roman Reigns at WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 in Saudi Arabia. On Busted Open Radio, he said his final match wouldn’t need to take place in WWE. Goldberg said he could do the promotion himself with potential matches in Israel, India, Japan, and the United States. That retirement tour is something he’s talked about before but has not come to fruition yet.

“I’ll be honest with you, I have no idea,” Goldberg said about who he’d like to face in his last match. “I haven’t even thought about it, not for two seconds.” He was hoping over the past couple of years that Sting would be his opponent, but he didn’t want to take away from what Sting had going on with his own retirement.

 

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I really have no desire whatsoever to see a Goldberg match ever again. So, I’m good.
 
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Tbh a self promoted retirement show has Trainwreck potential, I'm not opposed
 

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If it’s truly his last match and they give us a worthy opponent, I’d be down.
 

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If it’s truly his last match and they give us a worthy opponent, I’d be down.
The only worthy thing would have someone like Gunther or Bron wreck the shit out of Bill.

...anything else ends up in them giving Bill what he wants and that is 100% to go out with a big W on a big card.
 

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I wouldn’t be against a proper 5 minute send off.
 

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Genuinely can't think of anyone out there I can see for a one off and seems like Goldberg can't either by his interview lol
 

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If Brock wasn’t person non grada at the moment, them running it back one last time would probably be on the table
 

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If Brock wasn’t person non grada at the moment, them running it back one last time would probably be on the table

I'm operating on the assumption that this retirement match if it happens will not be in WWE and you don't seem to be operating on the same assumption lol
 

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I'm operating on the assumption that this retirement match if it happens will not be in WWE and you don't seem to be operating on the same assumption lol
Cause I don’t believe him when he says he’d promote a match in Israel or Japan lol
 

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Cause I don’t believe him when he says he’d promote a match in Israel or Japan lol

He actually had something working in Israel before the war tbf but I think it's more likely than WWE taking him back at this point, he went hard at HHH for not honoring the retirement match that Vince promised him. He's already in the HOF, no incentive for HHH to play nice for that either
 

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:mjcry When Tony Khan books him for his last match and we get Goldberg vs Chris Jericho for the For The World Championship
 

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:mjcry When Tony Khan books him for his last match and we get Goldberg vs Chris Jericho for the For The World Championship
The match Jericho wanted 28 years later
 
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And Goldberg goes over; retiring as AEW Champion
 
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The match Jericho wanted 28 years later

I think they did it on WWE in 2003 actually so that's already a finished story lmao
 
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