PWInsider recently interviewed Goldberg and talked about his negotiations with WWE. Goldberg says he’s talked to Triple H but they didn’t specifically talk about WrestleMania and at no point was there ever any mention of him facing Ryback. According to Goldberg the conversations didn’t really go anywhere.
When asked if he would ever return to the ring Goldberg said:
“Would I love to do it again and have my son and my wife, who has never seen me wrestle? Abso-damn-lutely. Would I jeopardize what I’ve done in the wrestling world just to make that happen? No. So if I wasn’t ready to do it, physically ready to do it, and it wasn’t the right situation, I wouldn’t do it just to do it. If that was the case, I’d probably be at WrestleMania this year. It just has to be right and if it’s not right, then I’m retired, for good.”