AEW President Tony Khan expressed interest in Bill Goldberg since his WWE contract expired. However, Goldberg previously stated that AEW’s product was too cheesy and expressed no interest in joining Khan’s company.
On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, Goldberg compared Khan to former TNA President Dixie Carter and revealed that he had an idea to be part of Sting’s retirement tour in AEW.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his talks AEW: “I just think we have a different perspective on it….It’s hard for me to really pass judgment on their production because I don’t watch it. I see clips of it. And it’s hard to give a rational breakdown of how they are if I don’t really watch it, so I don’t really know…He reminds me of Dixie Carter, but a male version. I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing. But he reminds me of that scenario. And it’s just a different feeling. It’s different.”
On whether he was close to coming to AEW and his idea for Sting’s retirement: “No, I don’t think I was ever close to making a deal with him. I think it was much more of a realistic transition when Sting was involved. That’s why….I reached out to Sting because I wanted to be a part [of it]. I thought he and I could do a farewell thing at some point together. But it wasn’t about me. It was about Sting and I could never overshadow anything that he does. But I don’t want to conquer the waters. It would have been a nice crescendo, but it wasn’t about me. So the timing was kind of off.”
