WWE Rumor Roundup - Triple H says emotional goodbye to popular name, Major Superstar to miss WrestleMania 36 - 16 February 2020

#5. Goldberg may not wrestle at WrestleMania 36

Goldberg is all set to face The Fiend for the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown at the end of the month. However, as speculated by Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio, the former WCW Champion may not compete at WrestleMania 36.

WWE already has John Cena and The Undertaker working at the Show of Shows and they may not need Goldberg's star power.

Meltzer also explained that getting Goldberg back and the implications on a big WrestleMania match is a disconcerting indictment of the current product.

Well, I mean, I guess Goldberg's probably not going to be on the WrestleMania card. It's just going to be Cena and Undertaker as the special guests.

It's just weird, we're getting too much of these, too much of these special guests all at once, you know what I mean and it's such a sad thing. The Goldberg thing was really sad to me because it was so clear that you've been building up Bray Wyatt and he's the most creative new character that they have, it's tough.

His matches aren't that good other than the Daniel Bryan matches, but he's such a great character and he's over, he sells a lot of merch, and everything like that and he's been protected more than anyone on the roster and yet, Bill Goldberg comes back against him and obviously the winner is going to face the winner of the Elimination Chamber, which is certainly at this point scheduled to be Roman Reigns.

when you think about it, there would be more interest, even now, in Goldberg and Roman Reigns than The Fiend. And what does that tell you about the idea that all those guys from the past are like, they can't make stars, like people's nostalgia for the past, is stronger than the current and that's a real indictment of the product to me, but, there you go.