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Goldberg shares his thoughts on getting ready to return to the ring for his last match.
WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg has not wrestled since 2022, but he has announced that he will have his last match in 2025.
Speaking on his CarCast podcast, Goldberg discussed the fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. He was asked whether seeing the fight impacted his mindset about his last match. He stated that he was a different person than Tyson. Goldberg also said that he would be doing something different.
“I just have to be me again,” he said. “The fact is, there’s a part of…this is something I’ve been trying to teach my son, it’s a difference in reality. I’m at least twice the age of whoever I’m gonna wrestle, at least, but your mind is a very powerful thing. Your mind can make you do things that your body completely tells you no.
“But it can only go a certain distance. It puts things in perspective, but I’m different person than Tyson is. I’m being asked to do something different than Tyson, and 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.”
Goldberg On Having More Time To Prepare
Goldberg went on to explain that he had months to prepare for the match, which is more than he’s ever had before. He shared his belief that fans will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome of his performance.
“I’ll have a long time to recover after this one, so I’m putting it all out there on the line,” Goldberg said. “The fact is, I’ve got a number of months to get ready for something that will take 15 minutes in the ring. The preparation always is much harder than the 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 on. Again, I don’t give a flying fart if I’m 58 years old.
“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 in any other match. So if I can’t get ready in that period of time, with what I have to offer, 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.”
As of this writing, the exact date of Goldberg’s last match has not been confirmed.
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