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Bill Goldberg on new season of Forged in Fire & potential interest in a Saudi Arabia appearance

Posted: Oct 4th 2018 By: Justin Barraso

Bill Goldberg returns Wednesday night at 10 p.m. ET to the History channel to resume his role as host of Forged in Fire: Knife or Death for the show’s new season. For those wondering if Goldberg will also return to WWE, potentially for one of the upcoming shows in Saudi Arabia, the former Universal champion said to wait and see.

“I don’t really foresee that happening, but if Vince [McMahon] picked up the phone and asked me to do something of that magnitude, I’d have to listen,” said Goldberg. “It’s always a possibility.”

“If it’s just a money grab or it’s just a thing to throw me out there, I’m not interested. The biggest issue there is storyline. I don’t do things just to do them. If they can come up with a story or a reason for me to go back comparable to what they did last time, I’m in.”

Goldberg’s last run in WWE was bookended with Brock Lesnar matches, starting with a victory at the 2016 Survivor Series and ending in defeat at WrestleMania 33.

“The last run was so special,” Goldberg reflected. “It was everything it could have been, I believe, storyline-wise. As a whole, I couldn’t have asked for much more.

“All things considered, nothing that they put out there is ever guaranteed to succeed, but I think the stars aligned. It was the right time and the right circumstances. I don’t know if the stars will align like that again.”

In the interim, Goldberg has evolved as an actor and is ready to showcase his growing repertoire beside co-host Tu Lam, who is a knife expert and Special Forces veteran, on the second season of Forged in Fire.

“I challenged the competitors, and that was a big difference in my role this season,” said Goldberg, who plans on introducing viewers to the human side of the world’s most experienced edged weapons experts. “It’s a history of the blade on the History channel, but the biggest draws for me are the people and the differences between the contestants. I love hearing their stories, going along with them on their journeys, and holding their hands as they’re going through this course, jumping on their back and feeling what they feel.”

Drawing from the pro wrestling handbook, Goldberg explained that it is imperative the viewer either likes or dislikes the competitors.

“I want you to care about the people you’re watching,” said Goldberg. “I want you to care whether they win or lose.”

The show will build to its finale, the “Knife or Death” championship, which will see competitors slice their way through a series of obstacles that include flying watermelons, 50-pound ice blocks, tubes, and ropes for a shot at the $20,000 prize.

“I had a very rudimentary knowledge of knives, but at the end of the day, this is a competition show and I’m a competitor,” said Goldberg. “We’re in the forefront of blade sports, and we are the benchmark when it comes to blade sports competitions. There is nothing out there like this. It’s unparalleled, and these people are at the top of their game.”

Goldberg encouraged any viewers interested in watching a show based around power, speed, ferocity, angle, and anger to invest time every Wednesday in Forged in Fire.

“We’re putting an implement of destruction in real people’s hands and giving them the ability to go through a visually spectacular course,” said Goldberg. “They have stories, they’re real human beings with real problems, but they just so happen to be in the right place at the right time with a blade in their hand to vie for $20,000.”