Goldberg’s contract expired with WWE at the end of 2022, but news broke in March that he is a free agent, leading to fans speculating about what the future holds for the WWE Hall of Famer.
This includes whether he would go back to WWE or join AEW. Tony Khan, AEW’s President, has noted that he’s keeping an eye on Goldberg.
While appearing on 93.7 The Ticket, Goldberg was asked about his future and mentioned again that he had a handshake agreement with Vince McMahon after losing to Roman Reigns that he would have a proper retirement match. That didn’t happen.
Goldberg is open to any possibility, but he’s leaning toward doing his own tour.
I’ll stop the rumor mill right now. The reason the rumors are out there is because Vince McMahon and I had a handshake understanding that after the Roman Reigns match that I would have a proper retirement match. And that hasn’t come to fruition through them and therefore…nobody puts a stamp on my career. Nobody tells me when I’m done. Period. End of story. When somebody tells me that, I kind of like to fight against it. I like to do things my own way. I go out my own way, and I certainly don’t go out under Roman Reigns three weeks after I have COVID [19] and agreed to do a match.”
Goldberg continued, “If I go on a world tour and promote it myself, that’s a possibility. Hey, I’m a businessman, and I’m fortunately, you know, in the position I firmly believe to where I can still make it happen. At the end of the day, like I said, I do believe that my character deserves a proper send-off. Until that happens man, I don’t believe I’m hanging them up, you know. Anything and everything is an option. I’m very much leaning towards promoting it myself and doing a four-city world tour. So, let the rumor mill start up after that.”
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