bill goldberg confirmed his return to inring action during the october 18th edition of monday night raw held at denver colorado the former wcw world heavyweight champion accepted brock lesnars challenge to a fight and the two will most likely have their wrestlemania 20 rematch at the 29th annual survivor series in novembergoldberg had tweeted last week that he would be present on raw to answer lesnars advocate paul heyman who had laid down the challenge during the final segment of longest running weekly episodic show the 49yearold returned in his typical manner the camera showing goldberg making his walk from backstage then standing in the pyro before entering the ring to the one of the biggest pops in recent memory12 years ladies and gentleman it has been a long time and you didnt forget goldberg began when lesnar laid out the challenge i thought to myself maybe i have one more beating left in me i thought to myself maybe i have one spear left in me then i thought to myself maybe i have one last devastating jackhammer in me goldberg said referring to his two finishing moveshowever goldbergs last statement hinted that his match against lesnar might very well be his last so brock lesnar not only does that mean that youre next but most importantly it means brock lesnar youre last he concluded before walking off to an overwhelming response from the crowdgoldbergs speculated return to the ring dates back to july this year when he first appeared as a preorder playable character bonus for the video game wwe 2k17 it was then that many believed that the return of the holder of the longest winning streak in the history of professional wrestling 1730 was imminent and that he would came back to the profession that him into a megastar in the 90sin the previous years the late ultimate warrior and the icon sting have also appeared as character bonuses and as it turned out eventually came to the wwe while the warrior did not wrestle given his age he was inducted into the prestigious 2014 wwe hall of fame sting however wrestled three matches before a neckinjury forced him into retirementgoldberg is one of the last remaining links of a bygoneera of professional wrestling that was dominated by superstars such as stone cold steve austin shawn michaels triple h sting and the undertaker most of them have walked into the sunset while some are semiretired even though goldberg hasnt officially announced his retirement at 49 years of age youve got to believe that the feud against lesnar will be his final runthe rumors of his return to the squared circle has always generated a euphoria among the fans who grew up watching most of their professional wrestling between 19972002 a period famously known as the attitude era so when goldberg walked out to the wwe arena for the first time in 12 years the crowd went berserk chants of goldberg goldberg and this is