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The dream match is happening - over ten years after it realistically should have. Goldberg and The Undertaker will go to war in the main event of WWE Super ShowDown 2019. As advertised, it will, in fact, be the first time that the two legends ever face off.
We've only ever gotten one tease of Goldberg vs The Undertaker before - at Royal Rumble 2017. But Goldberg's purpose in that match was just to eliminate Lesnar, while The Undertaker was a realistic strong option of eliminating him. As for The Phenom himself, his role in that match was to put over Roman Reigns.
Ultimately, it's been over two years, two retirements and one Hall of Fame induction later - and they're finally going head-to-head. Unsurprisingly, it's in Saudi Arabia, a place where legends seem to happily come down.
Either way, we firmly believe that The Undertaker will not only pin Goldberg, but he'll give him the second clean loss of his career (the first of which was at WrestleMania 33 against Brock Lesnar, believe it or not).
Here are five reasons why Vince McMahon won't allow Goldberg to beat The Undertaker.
#5. It makes no sense for Goldberg to win
Think about this. What exactly does a Goldberg win achieve? Realistically speaking, nothing. Sure, Goldberg is an absolute destroyer and 10-15 years ago, nobody would have doubted the decision to have Goldberg go over The Undertaker.
However, Goldberg has been on the sidelines for a while now (and deservedly so). He's basically just coming out for a one-off. So if you were to think from the perspective of Vince McMahon, what incentive is there realistically for Goldberg to go over.
With The Undertaker, age isn't exactly on his side, but there are still options.
#4. The Undertaker could be built to face a younger star at a later point
As we said, with The Undertaker, there are still options left, realisticially. Is he past his prime? Sure. Should he have retired five years ago? Absolutely. Is he milking it out more than he should by constantly appearing? It's true.
But the fact of the matter is that it's ultimately The Undertaker's choice and he's being very selective about the dates he works. Naturally, Saudi Arabia makes the most sense to him because it's simply that big a pay day (even more than WrestleMania, allegedly).
While The Undertaker may not perform often, he still does wrestle a couple of times a year, if not more. WWE may want to build a program with him and a younger star who he can put over. This means that giving him the clean Goldberg win will mean an even bigger rub to the younger superstar.
#3. Goldberg is still a "WCW" guy
All said and done, the fact that Goldberg is a WCW guy still matters more than a lot of people realize. Think about this - Sting came to WWE over 14 years after WCW was brought out by Vince McMahon.
Even then, both opportuntities McMahon got, Sting wasn't treated right. Sure, you could make an exception for Seth Rollins since he was the hottest thing going in WWE at the time, but with Triple H, there was really no excuse for Sting to lose (and Scott Hall himself seemed bewildered by the idea that he lost his WWE debut).
In this case, it's a massive WWE legend vs WCW legend. While fans may think that WWE will let bygones be bygones, that's not the case at all. If anything, it only further cements the fact that The Undertaker will go over.
#2. Saudi Arabia shows are the new WrestleMania for The Undertaker
Late 2018 in an out-of-character interview, The Undertaker revealed that he worked way too much in 2018. Given his age, even working one time a year seems to be true, but he seems to be fine otherwise.
In a sense, he's realized that it's smarter for him to work Saudi Arabia shows twice a year rather than WrestleMania, where he knows that his legacy will be tarnished the more he performs.
It works out well because it's a great payday on both occasions, so he's still earning millions for minimal appearances. In that sense, WWE may want to build the Saudi shows as his events, where he's featured as a special attraction.
In order to do that, Vince McMahon knows that he realistically has to protect The Undertaker and make his appearances an even bigger deal.
#1. It's probably Goldberg's last match
In 2016, Goldberg proved the world wrong. He did have one last match left in him. If anything, he technically had four matches left in him, though the total time of those matches didn't last more than 10-12 minutes combined.
Either way, one can only hope that his match with The Undertaker is similar to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 - a chaotic, fast-paced and intense match that ends in a matter of minutes.
With that being said, it's quite clear that Goldberg won't wrestle again after this. Sure, he could do a Saudi appearance and get paid millions for it, but he's been very open about the fact that training at his age is extremely difficult, despite having consistently trained for years in retirement.
If it is indeed his last match, then Vince McMahon knows that the only way to go out is on his back - putting over The Undertaker.
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