As reported on several earlier occasions, Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg was canceled at WrestleMania 36 amid Coronavirus pandemic.
These two were supposed to lock horns over the Universal Championship until Reigns pulled out of the match because he was concerned about performing during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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As noted earlier, Roman Reigns was left in an immunocompromised state following his battle with leukemia in late 2018.
His scheduled WrestleMania opponent Goldberg appeared on the latest “Carcast” podcast this week to make first public comments on the situation. He confirmed that he’s done with WWE after losing the WWE Universal Title to Braun Strowman.
Also, Goldberg revealed that there was still a possibility of his match with Roman Reigns happening. Chances were there even after the match against Braun Strowman was taped. But the news of someone getting ill reached Roman Reigns and he backed out of doing the match in the 11th hour.
“So literally until the 23rd hour, it was still a possibility that he and I were going to wrestle. So plans kind of changed at the very last minute. I did my match with Braun, and it was possible that I could do a match with Roman again before the 5th [the night the match aired]. That obviously fell through.” (Courtesy 411mania.com)
Goldberg also confirmed that WrestleMania 36 was the final night of his WWE deal. He is no more competing in the year 2020,
“You’ve seen me go through this stuff. Can you imagine me being done on Friday? My obligations were complete for the year,” Goldberg said. “My second match was already wrestled. So I was literally done. So I come back here on Friday and jump on the tractor, and eat as many Bon Bons and Uncrustables and Coke, drink as many Cokes and don’t go the gym for five days. And then I get a phone call in the middle of the week that it’s still a possibility.”
Reports suggested that Roman Reigns backed out of the WrestleMania match against Goldberg after hearing that SmackDown Tag Team Champion The Miz was sick while being at the Performance Center.
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The Miz did not have the coronavirus, but the sickness did not allow him to work the WrestleMania tapings. So Reigns did not want to take any chances with his health which could also affect his family.
However, Goldberg does not have any hard feelings on Roman Reigns for not letting the dream match happen. At the end of the day, Reigns had to attend show tapings amid Coronavirus pandemic if he would have become the new Universal Champion which isn’t possible. Goldberg gave Reigns props for agreeing to do the match until the 11th hour. Below is his reaction to Reigns pulling out of the match,
“You know, more power to him to continually want to get it done. Whether that’s realistic or unrealistic from a person in his shoes are concerned. But you’ve got to love the guy because up to the 11th hour, he was still willing to do it.”
