He states that his most recent match is not how he’s ending his career.
The last time that Bill Goldberg competed in the ring was at the 2022 Elimination Chamber Premium Live Event. He challenged Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship and lost via referee’s decision.
In March of this year, it was reported by Fightful Select that Goldberg is a free agent. The WWE Hall of Famer spoke about his future on 93.7 The Ticket and shared that there was a handshake agreement between himself and Vince McMahon about getting a ‘proper retirement match’. That was not followed up on.
He’s leaning towards the idea of doing a four-city world tour and promoting it himself. Goldberg said no one gets to put the final stamp on his career other than him and he wants that proper send-off.
I’ll stop the rumor mill right now. The reason why these rumors are out there is because Vince McMahon and I had a handshake understanding that after the Roman Reigns match, I would have a proper retirement match and that hasn’t come to fruition through them so therefore, you know, nobody puts a stamp on my career, nobody tells me when I’m done, period, end of story and when somebody tells me that, I kind of like to fight against it, I like to do things my own way and I go out my own way and I surely don’t go out, you know, under Roman Reigns three weeks after I have COVID and agreed to a match so, 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 I firmly believe to where I can still make it happen so, at the end of the day, like I said, I do believe that my character deserves a proper send-off and until that happens, I don’t believe I’m hanging ‘em up. So, anything and everything is an option and like I say, I’m very much leaning towards promoting it myself and doing a four-city world tour so, let the rumor mill start up after that.
He would go on to add that there are a plethora of people on his list who he’s looking to work with in the promotions he’s eyeing for the potential tour.
There are a plethora of people that are on my list, whether it’d be partners or teammates in the promotion of what I’m about to do so we’ll see what happens. You never say never. Anything could come of it, you never know but the fact is that, like I said, I do believe that the character needs a proper send-off so, there you have it.
AEW President Tony Khan reacted to Goldberg being a free agent and said it’s something to keep an eye on.
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