Goldberg Claims Vince McMahon Promised Him A Retirement Match

In an interview with Steven & Captain Evil (via target=new>Fightful), Goldberg took a shot at Vince McMahon, claiming McMahon agreed to give him a retirement match but went back on his word. Goldberg noted that he agreed to put over Roman Reigns on the condition of the retirement match, but never got it. The match with Reigns, at Elimination Chamber, ended up being his last in WWE to date.

He said: “Vince is like Dana White. He’s the big boss and he makes everything happen, and in all honesty, he gave me the opportunity to put my wife and son on the front row and gave me the ability to perform again in front of them. So, I owe him everything, until we went to Saudi Arabia and he asked me to put Roman Reigns over, and I had COVID. I remember calling him from my house and said, ‘Listen, here is the deal. I’ll do it if you give me a retirement match.’ I did what he asked. As a performer, I was 56 years old. As a human being, you’re conscientious about how you look in a bathing suit, especially two months prior to being in that bathing suit, you couldn’t work out because you had COVID. I put myself in a horribly shitty situation to get what I wanted to, but to satiate him and give him what he wanted. Problem is, he never held up his bargain. Vince is a piece of shit as far as I’m concerned.“