Originally published at Goldberg had COVID when WWE contacted him for the match with Roman Reigns
The WWE Hall of Famer recaps his most recent trip to Saudi Arabia.
WWE is almost a full week removed from their Elimination Chamber show in Saudi Arabia. Before going into WrestleMania 38 to face Brock Lesnar, Universal Champion Roman Reigns defended his title against Goldberg. Reigns was able to retain after locking in a guillotine choke onto Goldberg.
Earlier this month, Goldberg made his return to WWE to begin the build to his match with Reigns. He recapped the match, his trip to Saudi Arabia and the fallout of the match during his CarCast podcast and shared that he was dealing with COVID-19 when WWE contacted him about the match.
He said he had two weeks to prepare and as he was discussing this, he mentioned that a documentary is in the works.
Well, I’m again behind the eight ball. Not only do a plethora of people understand what the outcome 55-year-old. It’s — I’m one of the .003 percent of humans on the planet that can pull something like that off. But in doing it, it’s very tough mentally to keep yourself in a positive space because you’ve got so many negatives going against you, right? And then, 90 percent of them understand what the storyline is gonna be so I’m fighting an uphill battle the whole way but you know, at this point and throughout the years I’ve been able to do this in a short schedule, you go out, you do your job as best to your ability. You don’t — you can’t contribute to the creative of the outcome because that’s not my job. I just go out and try to perform the best job that I can and hope that people can appreciate it in some way, shape or fashion. Now these days with social media, things are different. Back in the day, wrestling was extremely interactive, right? When somebody had a chant, these fans couldn’t wait to get on board with it. Now, you got schmucks that wanna be the person that yells during somebody’s chant, right? To completely change the narrative, right? And then they go on social media and go, ‘Hey, I was that schmuck that did that’ and try to get some adoration. So, it’s a different crowd.
Goldberg spoke about viewers being aware that he’s coming in for a program to build Reigns up. He said he does not write the script and just follows it and if he can make Roman look solid heading into WrestleMania, then that’s his job.
Well, Roman then that’s my job.
Prior to Elimination Chamber, Goldberg said the match with Reigns could be his final mission in the world of pro wrestling. He previously confirmed that he had one more match left on his WWE contract.
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