Big E Reveals He Wanted To Be Involved In Goldberg's Retirement Match

Goldberg is back in WWE for his retirement match, with the WCW legend set to take on Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event, a match that Big E will be watching closely.

The former New Day member has been a known advocate for big meaty men slapping meat, and has spoken often about how he would have liked to have faced Goldberg in a WWE ring. Now with Big E out of action indefinitely, and Goldberg officially set to retire, that ship has sailed, but Big E would’ve liked to have been involved as he revealed on the Raw Recap:

“Look, it was like I was 13 years old once again. It was like, I harken back to him winning the title at the Georgia Dome. I met this man at a Walmart signing like 25 years ago. Like we got to do a Hot Ones together. This man, my wrestling fandom is so deeply connected to this man. My most famous promo of all time has to do with that man. I wanted his retirement match. That's obviously off the table,” said Big E.

“I will say, if this is indeed it, Gunther is so intriguing. I love the clash of eras. I think, and this is, I want to see, obviously, seeing Jey not have the title is disappointing. But I want to see Gunther be in the ring with the biggest fish. Sometimes that's the best guys on the roster, but like us, I think back to when we were really rolling with the New Day and the Dudleys came back. So you're not only getting an opportunity to share the ring with the best of your time, but you're also getting to share the ring with legends, and when you look back, look, I think a lot of our hardcore fans might roll their eyes and say, ‘why Goldberg?’ But if you're a Gunther fan, I think when it's all said and done, you want to look at the list of names on his resume that he's beaten and it's going to have guys from who had their heyday 20 years ago guys now younger guys who are going to be future world champions so I think it's such a great test for Gunther.

“I think, honestly, I think for a lot of fans, they want to see Gunther move on from Jey and this is such a unique out of the box (idea). My fiancée was asking me, ‘who do you think is up next for Gunther?’ I had forgotten about the whole Goldberg thing and I didn't know that we were just quick balling, and when his music hit, it was like, ‘Oh! That's so fun.’ Yeah. That's what I love about our industry is you get to make these matches and these moments that a lot of times you would never expect.”

H/T: Fightful

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