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Bill Goldberg says he’ll be cleared to wrestle soon

Posted: Mar 20th 2025 By: Ian Carey

Bill Goldberg believes he’ll be cleared to wrestle soon.

During an appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show on Wednesday, the 58-year-old said it’s still the plan for him to wrestle his retirement match in 2025, and he will likely be cleared to do so shortly after recently undergoing stem cell treatment.

“I don’t have any idea,” he said when asked about a time frame for the match. “I just know that I got stem cells five weeks and six days ago, and I’m cleared physically in a very short period of time.”

Goldberg said on his podcast in December that he planned to undergo stem cell treatment ahead of his 2025 retirement match, citing his shoulder as his biggest concern.

“I haven’t been able to do much at all preparation-wise. But I think that the positives of the stem cell treatment were such a positive that it was worth me staying out of the gym for the longest period of time I ever have in my entire life and and staying away from physical activity.”

“I’m going to jump in the ring and start sparring seven to eight days from now. I got to be smart about it. But yeah, 2025, it’s going to happen. And I don’t know who it’s going to be against. I don’t know when it’s going to be. But I guarantee you, whoever it’s against, they’re going to understand what it’s like being in there with Goldberg.”

Goldberg also addressed the possibility of facing Gunther in his retirement match after they were involved in a segment at WWE Bad Blood in Atlanta last October. During the segment, Gunther referred to the former WCW and WWE World Champion as a “one-trick pony” and said he hoped Goldberg was a better father than he was a wrestler.

“If it was Gunther and I that would be logical. There’s some heat there, obviously, that’s already been placed. And he’s the new generation. I’m the old generation. It’s kind of like a passing of the torch in a way.”