We recently learned that Goldberg will headline this year's WWE Hall of Fame and while his return to the squared circle last year was a success, it was clear that he only had a limited number of matches left in him. During a recent interview, the former Universal Champion reflected on his time wrestling again and admits that his main regret was being held back by his body.
After all, it was clear to see that Goldberg struggled with the demands of wrestling again and that he could only really go for so long before he's so much older now than before!
"I was far removed from the 290 lbs., traps popping out of my ears, and deltoids as big as 20 lbs. bowling balls. My adrenaline was there, everything was there, the honor couldn't be any bigger, the responsibility was huge, the pressure was huge, but I would have liked to have been Godzilla doing it like I used to be and I would've liked to have been given an opportunity to maybe [gorilla] press a could of dudes and do some of the moves I used to do back in the day. I was limited with my repertoire because of everything, because of storyline or whatever it may be, but I would've liked to have given more because of the Goldberg two move crap. I'm sick of hearing it!"
Goldberg's final match was against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania and he admits that going up against The Beast left him black and blue as it was so physically demanding on him.
"Well, being older, how did I feel after?" Goldberg joked. "I think my groin turned black. The back of my right quad turned black. The back of my quad, excuse me. The back of my right leg turned black, I think, two weeks after 'Mania. It didn't happen till then! My body was in shock, I think! But I'll be honest with [Booker], man. I'll be honest. I was ready to go that night and I could've gone. I mean, whatever. I was waiting for Brock to hit me with 10 more suplexes. I was amped. I was ready to go. If there was ever a match or a time that I realized a good formula, it was that night because I was relaxed!"
He concluded by reflecting on how lucky he felt to return for one final WWE run and while he clearly wishes he could have done more, it sounds like he's mostly very happy with his work.
"I'll tell you what, I had a great time, man!" Goldberg admitted. "All things considered, it was an unbelievable opportunity. I wish I could have done this, I wish I could have done that, but taking everything into note, man, I'm one of the luckiest dudes in the world to get to come back and get that opportunity to rectify a lot of the things that had happened before and I couldn't do it by myself! I mean, Vince was a completely different person, at least to me. Our relationship is completely different, man."
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