Bill Goldberg is set to have his retirement match at some point in 2025.
Goldberg last wrestled in 2022, losing to Roman Reigns at WWE Elimination Chamber 2022. He previously stated he was owed a retirement match by Vince McMahon, but never got it.
"I don’t beg. I’m never going to do that," Goldberg told Ariel Helwani on the Ariel Helwani Show when asked if he went to WWE about a retirement match.
"I was lucky enough one day to be on my tractor here, on the property, cutting the grass, and I get a phone call from Hunter [Triple H]. I was astonished. I hung up the first time because I didn’t know who it was. Once we had the conversation, I was extremely appreciative and honored that he would think of me. It was an interview that I did that he saw where I said I thought I was owed a retirement match and if I would still be up for that, and maybe let’s talk. It’s a testament to something I did in the past because I deserve that kind of respect. We all know it’s a business decision at the end of the day. To what degree, nobody knows. I do believe that he was speaking from the heart and he thought if it’s something that I wanted, that I deserve it. It took them that long to call me. I wasn’t going to [beg for] it. I don’t work like that. If I had to go down like I went down in Saudi, then so be it," he said.
Goldberg appeared at WWE Bad Blood 2024 and confronted WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther before officials intervened.
Elsewhere during the interview, Goldberg commented on potentially facing Gunther in his last match. You can find his comments here.
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