Goldberg returned to WWE in 2016, having been away for 12 years. Since then, he has wrestled seven times and squashed Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and The Fiend in a total combined time of less than five minutes. During these matches, he’d twice win the Universal Championship, and some fans weren’t happy about this, resulting in him being heavily booed at times. Now talking to professional strongman Robert Oberst on his American Monster Productions YouTube channel, he stated that he finds it disrespectful.
The reality is they are paying for me to put on a show for them, they are not paying for them to be a part of the show. They’re a part of the show because they interact, but interacting in a negative malicious way is very disrespectful.
Goldberg hasn’t appeared in WWE since his dud of a match against Braun Strowman that lasted just over two minutes at WrestleMania 36. Thankfully for him, there were no fans in attendance as he would surely have been on the receiving end of more boos that night.
Goldberg has a very high price to compete, and Vince McMahon knows this and therefore uses him as an attraction, meaning it has to be a high profile spot. It remains to be seen if he will be brought back for the match Vince McMahon deems to be a dream match against Roman Reigns.
