Having spent the years since his loss to Roman Reigns making it clear he wanted his career swan song in WWE, Goldberg and his son, Gage, were in attendance for Bad Blood 2024 in their hometown of Atlanta. That came into play during the event, with CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque coming down to the ring to announce the Champion vs. Champion bouts for the Crown Jewel Championships at the namesake event in Saudi Arabia. With the announcement pitting him against WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, who would be in action later on, GUNTHER then came down to the ring to cut a promo touting his confidence in beating his counterpart. 

GUNTHER spotted Goldberg in the crowd, shifting his attention to slamming Goldberg for his parenting and prompting the veteran to jump the guardrail and confront him in the ring. Officials separated them as GUNTHER was then attacked by Sami Zayn, with Goldberg closing the segment with his signature warning, “You’re next!”

After months of training and injury setbacks, Goldberg finally emerged on the June 16 episode of “WWE Raw” to confront and formally challenge GUNTHER for the World Heavyweight Championship he had pried from Uso the week before. The match was then announced for “Saturday Night’s Main Event,” emanating from Atlanta, on July 12. GUNTHER has since proclaimed his intent to quash the legend of Goldberg and demonstrate that his time has passed before himself asking, “Who’s next?” After he called out Goldberg on the July 7 episode of “Raw,” however, the living legend showed up in person to run the champion out of the ring, with GUNTHER only just managing to roll to the outside before Goldberg could hit his signature Spear. If he connects with that move on Saturday, Goldberg might find he has another match or two in him after all.