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Goldberg explains why he won’t suck like Mike Tyson did in his WWE retirement match

Posted: Nov 22nd 2024 By: Cain A. Knight

Bill Goldberg will turn 58 years old in December. That’s the same age as Mike Tyson, who was easily defeated in last week’s fight against Jake Paul.

While discussing the very underwhelming Tyson-Paul fight on CarCast, Goldberg acknowledged there are certain things an athletes body just can’t do anymore at that age. However, despite his advanced age, Goldberg is confident that he will perform well in his WWE retirement match next year. That’s because unlike many of his past matches, he’s getting several months to prepare his body for this one.

Here is Goldberg’s logic, now accompanied by the phrase “flying fart”:

“It puts things in perspective. But I’m a different person than Tyson is. I’m being asked to do something different than Tyson did. The amount of pressure that I feel after watching Tyson and Jake Paul does not weigh heavier on me by any stretch of the imagination compared to the pressure I’m gonna put on myself anyway.

...I have a long time to recover after this one. Let’s just say that. So I’m putting it all out there on the line. And the fact is I’ve got a number of months to get ready for something that will take 15 minutes in the ring. And the preparation always is much harder than the actual performance. But at the end of the day, you just try to do whatever you know and whatever is at your fingertips to prepare for whatever you’re about to embark upon.

And again, I don’t give a flying fart if I’m 57 or 58 years old at the time. This time I’m actually getting some prep time. I’m actually getting the ability to get ready. So comparatively, even though I’m at the age that I’m at, I will have five times as much time to prepare than I ever have for any other match. And so if I can’t get ready in that period of time, with what I have to offer, then, you know, then it’s not gonna be enough. But I do believe that, I set my standards quite high, and at the end of the day, I think people will be more than pleasantly surprised with the outcome of my performance.”

After listening to Goldberg’s explanation, my immediate reaction was to laugh at the idea that he might go 15 minutes in the ring for his retirement match next year. But if you give him a six minute entrance and a six minute send-off after its over, I suppose that still does leave three minutes of match time for someone like GUNTHER or Bret Hart to beat him.

Goldberg previously mentioned that Vince McMahon gave him almost no time to prepare for his last match in WWE against Roman Reigns in 2022, so that’s likely the comparison he’s thinking about when making this point about how things are different this time. Goldberg also said that his “torn up shoulder” already feels better now than it did days before many of his past WWE matches, and it feels “unbelievable” to be in such a strong position to perform well when he gets back in the ring for his final match.