Goldberg then clarified that his farewell promo wasn’t something he did in the spur-of-the-moment, but that WWE was well-aware that he would address the crowd following the match. “But I never heard I was gonna speak, like, for 28 seconds? It is what it is, man… It is what it is…” Goldberg noted. “It’s not worth me… I’m not gonna snivel over it, by any means, I got an opportunity to have it for 28 seconds! Not many people get that, but it just…”

“You know, everything throughout the years have built up to something like the Ultimate Rib… I guess that was the Ultimate Rib!” Goldberg added, clarifying that he doesn’t think he was cut off on purpose, but that WWE purposely didn’t prepare for his speech. “They wouldn’t do that to ‘Taker, right? I don’t think. They’re not going to do that to Cena? Cena’s going around the world doing his retirement thing!”

Goldberg then expressed that while he was thankful for the match, he wasn’t happy that he came in with no angle and just had a World Heavyweight Title match. “It just felt a little ‘eh’ for me, that’s all!” he said. “And like I said: I’m not here to b***h and moan, because I don’t do that, and I’m not complaining by any stretch of imagination, I’m just… you asked me a question and I’m answering!”

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