WWE Hall Of Famer Goldberg returned to WWE in 2016 after a hiatus of more than 12 years from the company. He decimated Brock Lesnar in a squash match at Survivor 2016 and then win the Universal Championship against Kevin Owens in 2017. He defended his title against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 in one of the show’s main events.  As revealed by his contract, Vince McMahon can only have him compete in one more match every year, so it needs to be meaningful. It was rumored to be the last match of his contract, so it may be his retirement match. Goldberg was also previously diagnosed with a bad illness as well.Â
He had two matches against Bobby Lashley at WWE SummerSlam and then WWE Crown Jewel on October 21st, 2021 in Saudi Arabia respectively. Goldberg beat Lashley in the second match. Since then, the WWE Hall Of Famer has been absent from WWE television.
On his podcast, The Ryback Show, former Intercontinental Champion Ryback spoke about possibly going head-to-head with Goldberg.
“Nothing was ever like a dig,” Ryback said. “I like Bill. We met. I wanna be his last match. I think that the story is built in. Or a [regular] match if he’s not ready to have his last match. I like Bill, I’ve never had any hate or animosity or anything. I was never trying to be Bill.”
I think Stone Cold Steve Austin influenced me a lot more than Goldberg, but I think we have similarities in how we look and the intensity and things. I liked Bill watching him growing up in WCW, but it was never like, ‘I’m gonna go out and just pretend to be Goldberg,’ or anything. Nothing was ever done in that sense
In fact, a new report from Fightful Select has further cemented prior reporting from Wrestling Inc. that there is no active litigation against CM Punk surrounding the post-All Out backstage incident. CM Punk ‘still has the bug’ to wrestle, and could be back in WWE or AEW.
