Goldberg examines SummerSlam preparation at age 54: 75% of me is better than 99% of the fools on Earth

Bill Goldberg will return to action on Saturday night when he will face WWE Champion Bobby Lashley in one of SummerSlam’s most important matches. Goldberg’s involvement in the match was a setback for fans who believed that the 54-year-old legend should reach the end of being a mid-day fighter.

Ask Goldberg, though, and he’ll tell you another story, which is until the business doesn’t want the same thing and the followers don’t react to the curtain when he steps on the curtain. For now, Goldberg says he’s worth it, even as his body struggles in new and different ways.

“I’m sitting right here peeking at the massage table,” Goldberg told CBS Sports. “The older I get, the harder it is to maintain, the harder it is to gain weight, the harder it is to be able to push injuries. But there’s a big picture here and it’s a low price to pay. Mentally, I’ll always be Goldberg while I can be and physically, to be able to show myself the looks, I think it’s worth the effort.

“I’m a fan of punishment and let’s say I feel pain every day, what’s a little more? I wouldn’t change anything in my life, maybe I wouldn’t punch a limousine window, and I wouldn’t have a pillow on the door when I was 51 and out on the way to the ring, but Well, we all have things that we would like to change. I’m in a pretty good place. Show another 53-year-old that he can do that at my level and give me a hand. “

Still proud of his ability to carry and drive the pains of a process that was easy in his time as a center that took over the world of wrestling with his long win at WCW, Goldberg admits his time as a competitor – even part-time – is coming to an end.

Goldberg’s blinking irony is that Ric Flair’s continued aging at WCW is also not lost on Goldberg, especially since he’s 10 years older than Flair when Goldberg wanted to hang up his boots.

“No, damn it. I don’t think I have much more time for a piece of imagination,” Goldberg said. “But I’ll push until I do or they don’t want to and then I’ll re-evaluate and figure out something else. I’m an active human being. I still train two or three a day. The body doesn’t react like before and things tend to hurt a little more. , man, everything is good.I am in a happy position.I work cheating with the time given.I like to train myself and think that I am able to prepare with anyone’s likes during that time.

“I don’t know, I’m not going to predict the future, because he reminded me of Flair when he was 43 and now I’m 53, and now I’m 53, since I said it shouldn’t have been. It’s hard, but I have to deal with it every day. [McMahon], companies and businesses still want me, then I do my thing. If not, I’ll be in ‘The Goldbergs’ or I’ll do ‘NCIS’ and blow up some people. “

In Lashley, Goldberg confronts someone with a significantly different career path, despite having many of the same physical tools. As Goldberg crossed paths with WCW, defeating major stars and capturing titles to become one of the biggest names in the industry, Lashley made an effort to gain momentum, even as he tried to promote himself as a WWE main player.

From 2005 to 2008, Lashley’s career was filled with starting points and stops, and he also played an important role at WrestleMania 23 against Umaga, who represented Donald Trump’s muscular Vaga McMahon. When Lashley didn’t reach the heights that seemed guaranteed early in his career, Lashley left his WWE contract and took the time to reinvent himself in Impact Wrestling before returning to WWE in 2018, 10 years after his release.

After more stumbles at the start of the race, Lashley teamed up with the MVP and formed The Hurt Business, becoming the company’s main heel and winning his first real WWE World Championship. This placed him as a man who could have been in front of a legend like Goldberg in a massive paid show.

“20 years ago or 20 days from now, Lashley is a guy I’ve always wanted to mess with,” Goldberg said. “It’s true that the wrestling business has a lot of variables and I’m amazed that for him and his career, whether he has done it long or not, he’s gotten to the point where he understands what he has done and the time and work he has done. he is in it and he deserves it.He has won.He looks like a part and he is the part.

“It’s always been a potential game, I won’t say I pushed it, but I always wanted it to happen. Didn’t it happen that day? That’s right. I’d really like to have my fingers crossed with him in my first season. But I’ll say it again, 75% of my “It’s better than 99% of the fools on the planet. So let’s go.”