After a lot of speculation, Bill Goldberg addressed the rumors that he’ll be fighting for GLORY in the near future, and fans who want to see the former professional wrestler slug it out in a kickboxing bout might like what he had to say.
Goldberg noted last week that he was offered a fight for the kickboxing promotion on May 8th against fellow former WWE Superstar Alberto Del Rio (Jose Alberto Rodriguez), but claimed those plans fell through.
Despite that fact, Goldberg insists that there’s a good chance we’ll see him compete this year regardless.
“”In 2015, there’s a distinct possibility (fighting for GLORY). I’ve been training three to six days a week since September,” said Goldberg to SportingNews.com. “If everything aligns to where I believe its the best business decision for first and foremost, myself because there’s a lot riding on Goldberg and his legacy. Although I personally believe I can distance myself from that because I’m doing this out of pure passion. I’m not doing it for any other reason.”
“I put a lot of work in,” Goldberg continued. “I think it would be kind of cool for people to see me display what I’ve trained because nobody knows. Its funny, but now its a huge topic of how much I’ve trained. But, I’ve been doing this for a long time. I just don’t wear it on my sleeve. That’s like when people ask me about the success of CM Punk. Why hell, I don’t know because he could be training just like me, just not telling everybody about it. Rico Verhoeven is the GLORY heavyweight champion. I sent him a direct message on Twitter, right at the beginning when he heard I was involved and he was excited. He’s a fan from my wrestling days.”
Goldberg contined, “I said, ‘Listen man, I’m coming in here, bowing to you guys saying what you do some of the coolest crap I have ever seen and I know what it takes. I respect you guys even more because the amount of time you put in to display in front of millions of people is unbeknownst to mostly everybody unless your doing it.'”
“I just want to help and that’s what I told him. I don’t want to demean his product, his training or demean any of there fighters. I just want to add to it with what I bring to the table and if I get to a point to where I’m confident enough in my technique and my ability at 48 years old to step in the ring.”
“I guarantee you, I have no problem doing it,” Goldberg concluded.
