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Ryback Says He Should Be Facing Goldberg; Talks Brock Lesnar Not Being Drug Tested By WWE, More
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Former WWE Superstar Ryback was a guest on Busted Open this week. Among other things, Ryback talked about the unconfirmed rematch between Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg. Also, ‘The Big Guy’ shared his thoughts on WWE’s Wellness Policy.
According to Ryback, he can relate to Goldberg’s rationale for wanting to compete in a WWE ring again; however, the former WWE Intercontinental Champion admitted that he thinks he should have been Goldberg’s opponent instead of Lesnar, given that Ryback was often compared to Goldberg during his run with WWE. Also, Ryback theorized that 2K Sports may have even pushed for the possible WrestleMania 20 rematch as a means of promoting the recently released WWE 2K17.
“I think it’s really cool that he, he’s going to be 50 years old, that he wants to come back and come back for his family and kids to see him in true time do his thing. Now, I will say, he knows, he said it himself, he’s going on 50 years old and he has been away from the game for quite a long time. And for me, for my own selfish reasons, that should be me and Goldberg. It shouldn’t be him and Brock. It has been there. They’ve done that 13 years ago. It’s 13 years have gone by. We’re in a different era now.”
Ryback continued, “who’s to say that 2K17 doesn’t have money in this and they’re not throwing money around to …