Goldberg Can’t Say He’ll Never Wrestle Again, ‘In Principle, I’m Retired’

Goldberg stepped into the ring one last time at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, taking on Gunther for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

The bout was billed as Goldberg’s final match.

As fans know, in wrestling, never say never when it comes to retiring.

Appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show, Goldberg was asked if he would never wrestle again.

“I can’t say that. In principle, yeah, I’m done, but I worked my ass off for five months. I don’t think I’ve dedicated that much of my life towards one goal, one night. I would be remiss in saying it didn’t feel as though it was a waste because I only went out there for 14 minutes and that was it. I’m 58 years old. My body is kind of torn to shreds. Hopefully, I was able to cover a lot of it up. I had my retirement match. I have 91 people fly in from all around the world that were personal guests. I don’t know if I want to kick start that again and say, ‘Guess what, I didn’t retire. I want to go one more time.’ You don’t plan stuff like that. In the world of professional wrestling, I guess you’re not retired until you’re dead. In principle, yeah, I’m retired,” he said.

Later in the interview, Goldberg was asked if he might be lingering around the WWE in the future.

“I don’t think I’m lingering anywhere around the WWE anytime in the future, by any stretch of the imagination. Wrestling world, you’re never retired until you’re dead. I ain’t dead yet. It was reinvigorating. It was a lot of fun. It taught me that I could do things that I never thought that I could do,” he said.

Elsewhere during the interview, Goldberg detailed why he was pissed off at how his retirement match played out. You can find his full comments here.

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