WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg made a surprise return to WWE on last week’s Friday Night SmackDown. He confronted Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and challenged him for the Universal title. Now, it’s official that Goldberg will face Roman Reigns for the title at WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 later this month in Saudi Arabia.
This is reportedly Goldberg’s last match as part of his current WWE contract. On the recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed about what’s next for the WWE Hall of Famer after facing Reigns. He stated that WWE would likely re-sign him to another contract because there aren’t many stars from that era left.
“I would expect that they would re-sign him,” said Meltzer. “They’re not going to put the title on him unless he re-signs, I’m sure of that… I could see the argument because of being so high not to re-sign him, but I just sense that they probably will. One, to keep him away from the opposition, and the other, because they can afford to do it… Again, like the Saudis. There’s not too many guys from that era left.” (H/T: Ringside News)
Meltzer further stated that the fans in Saudi Arabia like to see the stars from the 90s who they grew up watching. He also noted that from all those legendary wrestlers, Goldberg is the only one who still looks like his former self and can give fans the nostalgia they want. So, he would be the attraction they want.
“But the people there, they want those 90s guys because that’s who they grew up on and that’s who the real wrestlers are to them,” Meltzer continued. “You can’t really… I guess they could bring Hogan back. They brought him there one year. But they want that nostalgia stuff. The old stuff. And Bill looks enough like Bill Goldberg to pull it off and, so, just for that, he’s that attraction if they want.” (H/T: Ringside News)
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