Goldberg spoke with WWE.com to promote WWE 2K17. During the interview, Goldberg was asked about wrestling another match in WWE and according to Goldberg, he has 50+ matches left in him.
“I’ve got 50 more (matches) in me,” Goldberg declared. “It just depends on the ability to keep it up to my standards. I love everybody to death, and I greatly appreciate their opinions, but none of it matters except for mine because I hold myself to such high standards.”
“The reality is, you’ve got movies, TV appearances, a kid, you’re 49-years-old – things aren’t like they used to be. It’s a completely different day,” Goldberg said. “I’m 20 to 30 pounds less than what I was because I just don’t need to be that dude with traps from his ears to his shoulders. Would I like to be that guy again? Absolutely. He’s still in there.”
Goldberg’s last match in WWE was back in 2004 at WrestleMania 20 against Brock Lesnar. Goldberg commented on the fans booing them because they knew that both Lesnar and Goldberg were leaving the company. Goldberg won the match.
“We were behind the eight ball from the beginning. What could have been arguably the most vicious and intense match that WWE or any wrestling ring has ever seen, bar none, the potential for that match was not reached by any question. People knew that we were both leaving, so what do you expect? I may have acted the same way as the fans. I don’t blame them one bit,” Goldberg said.
“There were some good moments from [the match]. Any time I get in the ring with Brock Lesnar and go toe-to-toe and have some fun – I’m an athlete, bro. I’m a competitor; that’s what I do till the day I die. I’m going to be that guy… At the end of the day, leaving WrestleMania, having my hand raised, beating Brock Lesnar, I’d say it was a pretty successful tenure.”
You can read the entire interview here.
