7 WWE Superstars who could retire Goldberg

It's crazy to think that Goldberg has three World Championship reigns in WWE compared to just one in WCW. Granted, his impact was far greater in his peak in WCW, but what's even more surprising is that two of the three said World titles have come far past his prime in 2017 and three years later in 2020.

The assumption after WrestleMania 33 was that putting over Brock Lesnar (and losing clean for the first time in his career in a singles match) would mark the end of his legendary run. A Hall of Fame induction a year later seemed to cement the fact that he was done.

However, he would return a year later for an unfortunately underwhelming 'dream' match against The Undertaker at Super ShowDown. It seemed to prove that he was truly done for. However, he's back and in 2020, he's set to compete in the main event of the second day of WrestleMania 36. It will also mean that he'll have a WrestleMania main event under his list of accomplishments.

Leaving out Brock Lesnar, here are seven Superstars who could retire Goldberg.

#7. Roman Reigns

We'll get the most obvious one out of the way. Roman Reigns is set to face Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 for the Universal Championship - a title shot that he earned by simply going to Goldberg and saying "I'm next!".

Roman Reigns should win that match and is certainly expected to. In all likeliness, he could be the one to retire Goldberg, but with so many Saudi Arabia paydays coming up over the years, we find it hard to imagine that Goldberg will stay retired.

Hopefully, Reigns becomes the person to do it and put an end to part-timers winning World titles.

#6. 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt

We'll be the first to admit that we were largely a part of the fanbase that was outraged by the decision to have Goldberg beat 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt clean at Super ShowDown 2020 and win the Universal Championship.

In short, it felt like a complete waste of building Bray Wyatt up for 10 months - only to lose in minutes to a man who's over 50 years old. However, the fact that The Fiend is set to face John Cena at WrestleMania 36 means that there's still hope for him and for all we know, his best is still yet to come.

However, if Goldberg were to return at some point later on, which we expect him to, running back a match against The Fiend may not be a bad idea. There doesn't need to be a title or WrestleMania stakes on the line and it can be a match where Wyatt avenges his loss to Goldberg. It'll be a huge boost for Wyatt and it can be the one that officially retires Goldberg.

#5. John Cena

John Cena is perhaps the most loved part-timer on the roster

John Cena is a Superstar who has long surpassed his 'polarizing' status that dominated most of his career. His transition into a part-timer isn't one like The Undertaker or Goldberg where fans think that they need to take a step back.

If anything, John Cena's decreased presence on WWE television has made fans fonder of him. Every time he returns to the squared circle, we're reminded of why he's truly among the all-time greats - something that fans never realized until he took a step back.

While his time on the top seems to be all but over, there's never a dull moment when he's around. Win or lose, he'll always have a prominent spot on television and returning to face 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36 is one such example of that.

From what the rumors suggested, WWE considered the possibility of John Cena vs Goldberg. We can't imagine that they won't try making that match at some point and Cena would be the perfect big-match opponent to end Goldberg's career.

#4. Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre's 2020 saw him win the Royal Rumble and was supposed to lead to him receiving a grand coronation in the main event of WrestleMania in front of 75,000+ people. The circumstances of the situation with coronavirus means that his coronation may have to come in front of an empty crowd in the WWE Performance Center.

Either way, 2020 is set to be the year where Drew McIntyre finally breaks into the top of the card and has a crack at becoming the face of the company. From the look of things, his push is going to be a sustained one and if he beats Brock Lesnar, which he's expected to, he'll be the top star of the company.

Once he reaches this status, title or no title, he'll be big enough a star to go up against top names such as Goldberg. If they were to meet down the line, McIntyre could have another great achievement under his belt by becoming the superstar to retire Goldberg.

However, it's a match we don't see happening. But one can't deny that McIntyre is one of the best candidates.

#3. Braun Strowman

Sadly, Braun Strowman is the least-imaginable person on this list to take up the role of possibly retiring Goldberg. They had a brief confrontation in 2017 in a segment that also teased the possibility of Goldberg vs Roman Reigns.

Ultimately, it was used to get over two spears on Strowman. The story of The Monster Among Men has been a somewhat predictable trajectory - with him getting over, getting pushed, and then being utilized to get over other Superstars such as Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar.

He's never been pushed to the level that many had hoped, with fans believing that 2017 or 2018 was the right time to pull the trigger on him. However, as we know with WWE, all it takes is a good hot streak of wins to rebuild momentum again.

With Strowman especially, there's still a chance that WWE could get him over at the same level he was if they truly tried. If they achieve that, he would be the most credible opponent on this list to beat Goldberg and retire him.

Also read: 5 top WWE superstars whose push lasted less than a year

#2. Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins' resurgence as a heel hasn't been as big a deal as many had hoped. Perhaps his 2014-2015 run as WWE's top heel was too high a standard to set since he was carrying the company on his back for over half a year before getting injured.

Either way, he's always going to be one of WWE's most prominently pushed Superstars and rightfully so. He's established himself on a level above most and while he may not be competing for any World title right now, it's only a matter of time before he does.

Although Goldberg vs Seth Rollins isn't a match that may have crossed many minds, the fact that it puts a top RAW star against a legend like Goldberg is big enough to sell itself as a PPV main event.

Seth Rollins has achieved almost everything there is to in WWE minus a full-fledged WrestleMania main event (though he technically headlined WrestleMania 31).

Either way, he wouldn't be the worst option to pick for WWE to retire Goldberg when the time comes.

#1. Matt Riddle

Matt Riddle is blunt in who he wants to call out and who he wants to talk trash to. Two such names that he's brought up on many occasions are Goldberg and Brock Lesnar. There were rumors that he had a verbal altercation with Brock Lesnar, but a documented interaction was one behind-the-scenes with Goldberg.

It seemed as candid and tense as one would imagine, with Goldberg telling Matt Riddle to stop calling him "bro". Either way, he didn't seem very appreciative of Riddle bringing up his name as many times as he has.

It could be real, or Goldberg is simply smart enough to capitalize on it along with Riddle. While The King of Bros could be in NXT for a while, his jump to RAW or SmackDown is inevitable and when that does happen, there could still be a possibility of seeing Riddle vs Goldberg.

It all depends on how WWE views Riddle, but if they do see him as the potential main event star that he is, then he's the best option to retire Goldberg.

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