Did WWE spoil Goldberg's retirement match at SNME
5-timeime WWE World Champion, Goldberg officially announced his retirement at the end of his World Heavyweight Championship match against Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event.
He bid adieu to the WWE Universe in front of his family and people of his hometown at Atlanta. But the end of this illustrious career was rather shambolic and left a sour taste among the diehard fans of the former WCW Champion, who is also a WWE Hall of Famer.
Here are five reasons why Goldberg deserved a better swansong from WWE
1. SNME was not even televised
Unlike other big PLE's of WWE, the Saturday Night's main Event which had the Gunther versus Goldberg match for the World Heavyweight Championship, (Goldberg's last match) was not telecasted on Netflix and rather streamed live on the official YouTube channel of WWE.
Goldberg definitely deserved a full-fledged PLE and a live broadcast on Netflix in the final match of his two-and-a-half-decade long WWE career, instead of being meekly streamed live on YouTube.
2. Making him lose his last match
Yes, it would have been a big deal if Goldberg had actually defeated Gunther for the World Championship, yet if it had to be his last match in WWE, the former five-time World Champion definitely deserved a win to end on a happy note.
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Even if the WWE did not want to put a belt on Goldberg, then they should have at least made Goldberg fight some other big name in the WWE and made him win his last match. Goldberg, for long had been known as the epitome of victory in WCW and WWE and seeing him lose his final match, was heartbreaking for his diehard fans.
3. His 'Goodbye Speech' was cut short abruptly
While Goldberg was announcing his retirement after the end of his match against Gunther, at Saturday Night's Main Event, his final speech was cut short due to lack of time and hard schedule.
This was really uncalled for on the part of the management, especially considering this was the well-deserved deserved retirement speech for the WWE Hall of Famer.
4. The way he lost the match
Gunther vs. Goldberg | World Heavyweight Title Match: Saturday Night's Main Event, July 12, 2025
Gunther put the legendary Goldberg in his signature 'Sleeper Hold' and made the WWE Hall of Famer pass out to retain his World Championship. This can be considered one of the worst ways for Goldberg to say goodbye to his fans who have seen him winning everything and anything on his way in WWE and WCW.
Even if the WWE had to make Gunther win this match, a pin fall would have been a more respectable way to make Goldberg lose his parting match in WWE.
5. Losing his final match at his hometown
Another blunder, the WWE made around the retirement of Goldberg, was making him lose his swansong match at his hometown, Atlanta, in front of his family and friends. Firstly, Goldberg should not have lost this match in front of his hometown people. Secondly, if he had to put Gunther over, another city or another event would have been apt to do so, rather than making his mockery in his hometown.
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