Teddy Long Wants Goldberg's Retirement Match to Be Against Bret Hart

Goldberg's retirement match is expected to happen later this year and there's been a lot of speculation on who might be his final opponent. Tony Khan has stated that he's had talks with Goldberg but has never said if a match is planned for him in AEW. Goldberg is reportedly looking to retire on his own terms after his WWE run ended in a way that was less than desirable for him.

Long started out by saying some nice things about Goldberg: "Only thing I can say about Bill Goldberg is he's just an outstanding guy. I mean, just as nice as anybody could ever be. And I'll always remember one time me and him was on a signing together. And he had this long line man at his table. And he saw me and he got up and he left that line and came just to speak to me and hug me. Much respect for Bill Goldberg. And, you know, like I said, there's still money in him, I still believe in him. It's just that what are you going to do with him? If you're going to use him right then you'll get the money out of him. And Bill is a guy that's been around this business a long time. He listened, he learned a lot from Bret Hart by working with him for a while. So I think you know, if they could come up with something for Bill in AEW, I mean, I don't know what he's under contract to WWE or not. But I mean, you know, everybody's got a price man. So I think if they offer Bill the right money, he may make an appearance. I mean, what does he got to lose? Why not?"

Bill Apter recalled seeing Goldberg sticking around for two to three hours so he could make sure every fan got their autograph. 

Long was asked who he would like to see Goldberg wrestle for his retirement match: "I was just thinking, you know, the person that I'd like to put him with is the person that really helped him along the way, but I don't know whether Bret wants to get back in the ring. But I'd like to, you know, for him and Bret Hart to have that final thing. I think that will be it because Bret is the guy that could hang. He can hang with Bret. Bret would make him look like a million dollars."

Apter pointed out that Bret has blamed Goldberg for ending his career in WCW. Long responded, "That's what makes it even better...That's what makes it even better. Right there. You got a real story. This really happened between these two. So there's something to settle here. So let's see what's gonna happen."

Apter said that he doesn't think that Bret would want to do that. Click below to check watch the entire conversation about Goldberg's retirement match.

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