Former UFC commentator Mike Goldberg recently appeared on the “From The Stands” podcast and commented on turning down an offer to join WWE back in 2005.
Additionally, Goldberg revealed whether he’d be interested in working for WWE or AEW in the future.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if he would consider working for WWE or AEW: “Yeah, I would definitely consider getting into AEW, WWE, whatever it is, At the time in 2005, I was absolutely thrilled and absolutely honored and humbled by the author by the interest from the WWE. I was absolutely thrilled. Their production is second-to-none still, and they had offered a three-year deal that was a solid three-year deal.”
On his past offer from WWE in 2005: “I just said — [Joe] Rogan teased me the week before I was going to make the decision. He kept going, ‘You’re not going to go do porn, are you? You’re not gonna go do porn.’ I go, ‘Joe, this is it.’ So Joe went up and he talked to Dana [White] and Lorenzo [Fertitta], and he basically said, ‘This is my guy. We’re great together. We love working together. Don’t let him do this.’ And I didn’t put a gun to anybody’s head. I just said, ‘Hey, this is what they’ve offered me. I want to stay here, But I have a family,’ and they totally understood. But I remember the call, Lorenzo and Dana called me from a hotel room in New York City. And Dana said, ‘Goldie, [it’s] Dana. Lorenzo’s in the room too.’ And boom boom, boom. And it was funny because Dana did the math of, ‘How many shows would you do on Monday Night Raw? You would do nearly 50, right?’ So Dana did the math. He goes, ‘You know, in the big picture, Goldie, you’re only gonna get this much per show.’”
(h/t – 411 Wrestling)