Goldberg is going to go out on his own terms.
Rumors about the end of Bill Goldberg's career have been swirling for months now, as Fightful Select recently reported that Goldberg's contract with WWE expired at the end of 2022. Before the expiration of his deal, Goldberg had last wrestled for WWE at the Elimination Chamber premium live event in February 2022.
Many fans have been buzzing about the possibility of Goldberg coming to All Elite Wrestling, as Tony Khan noted that he was paying attention to the legend's free agent status.
In a new interview with 93.7 The Ticket, Goldberg was asked to comment on the rumors surrounding his wrestling status, to which he dove into the fact that WWE never gave him a proper retirement match. Goldberg also noted that he's leaning towards promoting the end of his career by himself in a four city world tour.
“I’ll stop the rumor mill right now. The reason for these rumors is because Vince McMahon and I had a handshake understanding that after the Roman Reigns match, I would have a proper retirement match. That hasn’t come to fruition to them, therefore… You know, nobody puts a stamp on my career. Nobody tells me when I’m done, period, end of story. When somebody tells me that, I kinda like to fight against it [laughs]. I like to do things my own way and I go out on my own way. I certainly don’t go out, you know, under Roman Reigns three weeks after I’ve had COVID and agreed to a match. If I go on a world tour and promote it myself, that’s a possibility. Hey, I’m a businessman and I’m fortunately in the position where I firmly believe that I can still make it happen. At the end of the day, like I said, I do believe that my character deserves a proper sendoff and until that happens, I don’t believe I’m hanging them up. Anything and everything is an option and I’m very much so leaning towards promoting it myself and doing a four city world tour. Let the rumor mill start up after that.”
Goldberg first noted that WWE owes him a retirement match back in an interview in March. Fans can learn more here.
Eric Bischoff recently joked that AEW should book Bill Goldberg vs. CM Punk for AEW All In at Wembley Stadium. Fans can learn more by clicking here.
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