Goldberg made his return on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW. It was revealed that he will now be facing Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam, instead of the Miz.
On Wrestling Observer Radio (subscribe here), Dave Meltzer reports that Paul Heyman plans on using Goldberg as a special attraction moving forward. Not just for Summerslam though, Meltzer suggests that this will be a long-term thing.
Here is what Meltzer and co-host Bryan Alvarez said about Goldberg (h/t to Cageside Seats for the quotes below):
“Meltzer: Bill’s got his role right now. As long as Paul Heyman is in charge of Raw, however long this run lasts, Bill has his place as his Bruno [Sammartino]. That’s the role. And he can do it! Because they’ve protected him in the last couple years. The Undertaker loss was a huge mistake. I knew it the – forget about the injury and that match was a disaster, but that’s cause he was knocked out, and they didn’t end the match when a guy had a concussion, and there’s a million mistakes made on that day. But the point is that who has more in the tank, Undertaker or Bill? I mean Bill just – the place went crazy for him and, I don’t what he does but man, the guy…
Alvarez: He’s got something very special, and if they use him sparingly, he can continue to be Goldberg
Meltzer: For a couple more years! Because somehow, he’s able to look the part… because that’s the role, you know, Bruno would come to a city twice a year at the end of his career and it was really special because it wasn’t your monthly thing, and it was Bruno the legend. And Bill is not the legend that Bruno Sammartino was, he didn’t have that kind of connection, but you know – he’s the best thing we’ve got for that position. And as an older guy, because he looks the part, there’s something there. There’s something really cool there.”
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