Goldberg Comments on Knowing Date for His Retirement Match in WWE
As noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg has been preparation and training for a retirement match in WWE for his wrestling career that is currently planned to take place at the July 12th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show in Atlanta, Georgia.
In a recent episode of the CarCast podcast, co-host Goldberg provided an update on his training for his upcoming retirement match and revealed that he knows the date for this final match.
“It’s been really tough, I gotta tell you. I mean, I’m a bitch to deal with period, anyway.
…I know the date. No one else knows the date, public-wise. And so, at my age, you obviously have to do a lot of different things to get yourself prepared for what I’m about to embark upon. It’s uncharted water, because not many people my age have done this, right? And not just showing up to show up; I need to show up and be me. I’ve tapped into me a little bit more as of late. My training, with all my injuries, and with my age, it makes it extremely difficult to get prepared without going overboard.”
Goldberg also gave his thoughts about one reason why his training for his upcoming retirement match has been “extremely difficult” for him.
“I hurt myself a couple times in the past three months. But I pulled back. It’s really tough to have the mentality I do, but to have the body that I do now, with the mileage on it, and then go into the Muay Thai gym and hit the pads, and not go crazy. And then you blow your shoulder out, you blow your bicep out, pull your hamstring from throwing a high kick. There’s huge balance. I’ve been in the ring a couple times. I’m gonna get in the ring again today. It’s just tough, man. It is tough.
I’m extremely limited because of my left knee. I can’t run. I mean, I can run, but it hurts. So I’m not gonna exacerbate the pain by going out and running…but you find ways around things. The scenario’s not perfect by any stretch, so you gotta work around stuff. Hell, I’m working around my shoulder that you remember six months ago I couldn’t [lift up].”
Transcript h/t: CagesideSeats.com
Katana Chance Comments on Her WWE Release & Being Doubtful on Continuing Wrestling Career
A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured former WWE talent Katana Chance, real name Kacy Catanzaro, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Catanzaro’s thoughts about her initial reaction when she found out that she was being released from WWE.
“I think at first I thought that I was in shock and not able to process it, because I feel like when you work there, there is a joke of you could literally be fired at any time. We’re nervous about it often. Not like I’m sitting there upset every day. But enough that someone will make a random joke every now and then like oh, something happened. Well, what if we get fired? It is in the back of your mind because it does happen, and you know how the business works. But I actually was very surprised. It wasn’t on my radar.
…It was a shock, but I had been there for so many years that I think that’s normal. So now I’m just working on really letting myself process it and kind of feel everything, figure out how I feel. So I’m not really sure. I’m bummed because I know that I have a lot more potential that I could have shown that I didn’t get to. But if I think about it, I could really say that about anything I’ve done. There is no top, there’s always more you can do. So I think I will come to terms with that. It’s just you kind of have to grieve it, appreciate it, be grateful. Be okay that it’s sad and then be kind of excited for whatever’s gonna come next.”
Catanzaro also gave her thoughts about how there were signs she should have seen indicating that she might be getting released from WWE.
“So we were supposed to be leading to this six-woman tag with me, Lacey [Kayden Carter] and Zelina against Chelsea, Piper and Alba. So we’re like, okay, cool, it’ll be some tag stuff, some single stuff. This will be great. They start having their singles matches, which is supposed to lead to a tag, which is supposed to lead this, whatever. Things keep changing where it just keeps getting pushed. So they had a singles. The next week was supposed to be the six woman, then it didn’t happen. We were like, Oh, well will there be a backstage? But then it didn’t happen. Zelina had something, and we’re like, Oh, are we gonna be there with her? And they were like, no, no, we’re just gonna do this first. Then it was the week of WrestleMania and it was supposed to happen, and then the day before it got pushed.”
Catanzaro also gave her thoughts about her being doubtful about wanting to continue her wrestling career after her release from WWE.
“That’s a good question. I’m not sure. I’m gonna say I’m not sure, because it could go either way. I feel like most people, they know right away. The second it happens, they’re like, Okay, I’m doing this. I think part of it is because I didn’t wrestle beforehand. I never got those experiences that people who did are like, Okay, I’m gonna go back to that. I know that I wanna do that.
For me, I feel like my whole adult life I’ve always really gone right from one challenge to the next. I did gymnastics for four years. I had a scholarship. I couldn’t really do anything else. I was really locked in. Right after I graduated, I went to American Ninja Warrior for five years. I was in contracts with them each season, which WWE took me right from there. I didn’t have any in between. I had to choose to leave, to go there.
So eight years there, now I’m like, I really have never not been in a contract, and just thought what does Kacy want to do? And so I think that takes more than a week or two. I’m hoping it’s not just me that can’t figure it out, but I think it’s a really important question to ask myself and figure out. I know the core of things that I’m passionate about, but I think just what direction that’s gonna take me is gonna maybe take a little time.”
Transcript h/t: CagesideSeats.com
Mariah May WWE Ring Name Status Update
As noted before, this past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center featured former AEW talent “The Glamour” Mariah May making her surprise debut appearance in WWE. May’s debut was notable for her not being reference by name on-screen leading to online speculation of her getting a ring name change in WWE.
Figthful Select reported that their sources within WWE stated that May’s ring name will be adjusted and changed for her new career in the company.
Those spoken to reportedly also stated that they currently do not know what May’s new ring name will be.
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