Various: Gage Goldberg on Pressure of Following His Father’s Legacy for Potential Pro Wrestling Career, Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano MMA Event on Netflix Drew 17 Million Peak Global Viewers, Indies/Misc.

May 20, 2026

Gage Goldberg Comments on Pressure of Following His Father’s Legacy for Potential Pro Wrestling Career

Memphis In May held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg and his son Gage Goldberg. One of the topics discussed included Gage’s thoughts about the potential of him pursing a pro wrestling career after his football career and the pressure of following in his father’s footsteps.

While speaking to Memphis In May in a new interview alongside his father, Gage Goldberg spoke about his mindset surrounding living up to his father’s reputation.

“I’ve always wanted to continue his legacy. I feel like there’s always been the shadow of it. So, I’m just trying to do exactly what he did and maybe do it even better.
I’ve been having to deal with it my whole life. I mean, I’ve just been overcoming it and just trying to do exactly what he’s been doing and live up to that legacy and then hopefully get over the shadow and become a better badass than he was.”

Bill gave his thoughts about the hardships in transitioning from football to pro wrestling.

“I think the hardest part was two very difficult things for me. First and foremost, it was not to hurt people. Because you go from a sport that’s 100% full contact to more of a drama-filled because you go from a sport that’s 100% full contact to more of a drama-filled the existing wrestlers because it it it I’m coming in from a professional background trying to take the job of one of these guys who have aspired to do that their entire lives. For me, I was born in a football helmet and I’ve wanted to be a football player my entire life. And I transitioned to wrestling because I had to retire from football ‘cause I got hurt.
It’s tough to enter a profession as an outsider and there was a lot of pressure on me. But the reality is I came from a sport where I got two guys that are 320 lbs trying to kill me at the same time. So for me, anything beyond the football field was easy.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano MMA Event on Netflix Drew 17 Million Peak Global Viewers

Netflix announced that the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano MMA fight at their co-promoted MMA Superfight event on May 16th drew a peak of 17 million global viewers on the service.

It was announced that the Rousey vs. Carano MMA fight averaged 12.4 million global viewers.

17 million global viewers tuned in to watch Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano on Netflix, averaging 12.4 million viewers across the triple main event! #RouseyCarano pic.twitter.com/p4TMQ3cPBn
— Netflix (@netflix) May 19, 2026

This would make the Rousey vs. Carano fight the most watched MMA fight in MMA history.

Rousey defeated Carano in 17 seconds in the First Round after submitting Carano with an armbar hold.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, this past Monday’s Monday Magic event for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Tokyo, Japan featured Mayu Iwatani officially vacating her GHC Women’s Championship due to a fractured big toe injury. NOAH provided an update on Tuesday announcing that a new GHC Women’s Champion will be crowned at their Wrestle Magic event on June 15th in Tokyo.

A&E recently announced that CM Punk and MMA legend and former WWE and TNA wrestler Ken Shamrock will be making an appearance on their upcoming new MMA-based television series titled UFC Rivals. This upcoming new series will be premiering on June 21st and will be focusing on some of the iconic feuds in the history of Ultimate Fighting Championship. A trailer for the upcoming new series was also released as part of the announcement.

Absolute Intense Wrestling recently announced that ECW legend Tommy Dreamer will be making an appearance for the company at their Weekend Rally’s event on June 19th in Lakewood, Ohio.

Jordynne Grace recently revealed on Twitter that her husband and indies wrestler Jonathan Gresham worked as a backstage agent for Sukeban’s event on May 19th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.

Book Pro Wrestlers recently announced that former WWE wrestler Heidenreich is currently accepting indies bookings following a photo of him working at a Walmart and putting his co-worker in a headlock went viral earlier this year. It was stated “I just got off the phone with Heidenreich. Many of you seen the photo of him working at Walmart months ago. Since then, we’ve talked and and now he is ready to accept bookings for Apperances, Signings, Interviews, Acting and Product Endorsements. To inquire about booking him for all types of appearances (except matches) – please contact @BookProWrestler http://Facebook.com/BookProWrestleokProWrestlers SteveNWA11@yahoo.com“

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that indies wrestler Liviyah recently signed an official contract with the National Wrestling Alliance.

The NWA recently announced one new match for the cad of their Hard Times 6 event on June 6th in Atlanta, Georgia: