It was a bittersweet farewell to the former WCW and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg when he graced the crowd – live in his adopted hometown of Atlanta – one last time, challenging GUNTHER for the Heavyweight Championship at Saturday Night’s Main Event last Saturday. This week, Goldberg reflected on his final match, stating that his big moment felt shortchanged. Alluding to the rib they think WWE pulled on the Hall of Famer, Bully Ray thinks this ball dropping moment could present a lucrative opportunity for Tony Khan over in AEW to give Goldberg the retirement match he actually deserves, especially after his company garnered record breaking profit from All In: Texas this past weekend. Timothy Norris/Getty Images

Although Ray’s thoughts on this what-if scenario sounded great for some, “Busted Open” host Dave LaGreca doesn’t think AEW needs to extend its services and redo Goldberg’s lackluster retirement match to satisfy his needs. Meanwhile Tommy Dreamer, who, like Ray, knows the ins and outs of this business from what happens in the ring, backstage. and from a fan’s point of view, sees how this pen and paper idea could translate towards something monumentally good, business wise, but reviewing this from the other side of the fence, he could also see how this could greatly impact AEW and Goldberg negatively from the AEW fan base’s perspective.

“I do think business wise, it would get interest in the wrestling community, but I think AEW fans would hate Bill Goldberg being there,” Dreamer mentioned. “If you’re just trying to do it like WCW used to do it, like, shock value or you know, hey, he’s going to save this, that’s one thing.”

Next, Dreamer comments on how moments like this could open up old wounds, not just for those who’ve shared the ring with the Hall of Famer, but to fans who thoroughly believed last Saturday was Goldberg’s final in-ring match.

“The other part: you and I both know there’s certain things that when you talk about them they’re going to trigger emotions where you have your own personal feelings, but also your own knowledge to the subject, and where it’s, ‘Man, these motherf***ers are doing this again,’ no matter what, and it’s hard to let it go…I do think some of that resonates,” Dreamer concluded.

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