Goldberg Only Retired “In Principle,” Could Wrestle Again
Goldberg knows the wrestling door is never fully closed.
At Saturday Night’s Main Event, Gunther defeated Goldberg in the last match of the night to bring down the curtain on the career of the WCW legend.
In recent years, the veteran has been open about how hard he’s found it to get into wrestling shape, and the impact his in-ring and football career has had on his 58-year-old body.
But as history has shown time and time again, wrestling retirements are notoriously flimsy.
Goldberg Retired “In Principle”
In an explosive new interview with Ariel Helwani, the WWE Hall of Famer was asked whether his recent farewell meant that he’d never wrestle again. In response, he said that while he’s not rushing to wrestle again, he can’t promise that he won’t.
“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,”
When asked whether he’d be lingering around WWE in the future, the veteran quickly distanced himself from the company.
“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,”
During the same interview, Goldberg admitted he was disappointed with how his retirement run played out, and that his retirement speech was cut off the live broadcast. He added that he felt things could have been handled differently, but remained happy with his performance on the night.
H/t to Fightful