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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 04: Bill Goldberg attends WWE 20th Anniversary Celebration Marking Premiere of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX at Staples Center on October 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 04: Bill Goldberg attends WWE 20th Anniversary Celebration Marking Premiere of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX at Staples Center on October 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)
Lately, the WWE Universe has had a love-hate relationship with the product these days. Some days the fans just can’t stop chanting the name of their favorite wrestler and the other time they point out the obvious rematches and returns. Dolph Ziggler recently took to Twitter and addressed the fans for mocking the product when Goldberg returned to WWE back in 2019.
Ziggler and the 54-year-old veteran faced each other at SummerSlam two years back in which Goldberg decimated Ziggler and almost cut Ziggler in half with this spear.
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Goldberg made his surprise return on an episode of Raw to challenge Bobby Lashley for his coveted WWE Championship at SummerSlam PPV in August.
Dolph Ziggler calls out fans for hating when Goldberg returns
Ziggler made his feelings known while responding to WWE’s official Twitter handle, calling these fans “pathetic”. WWE tweeted a video, throwing back to the time when Goldberg faced Ziggler at SummerSlam in 2019.
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Ziggler also says these fans do “nothing but constantly complain”, further adding that they’re the ones who cheer for these old-timers returns. Further adding that he loved the match when he was squashed by Goldberg in 2019.
The same fans that do nothing but constantly complain online about stuff like this, legit squeal for joy when it happens. Pathetic https://t.co/u6qYP76E6n
— Nic Nemeth (@HEELZiggler) August 5, 2021
A fan then replied to Ziggler’s comment, pointing to the audio/technical problems WWE was facing while broadcasting last week’s Raw.
Wasn’t this Vince pumping crowd noise through the speakers?
— Kyle Nadeau (@Kyle_Nadeau) August 5, 2021
Soon Ziggler replied on the Tweet, asking if he’s sure that this what happened?
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Do you really believe that’s what happened here?
— Nic Nemeth (@HEELZiggler) August 5, 2021
WWE has been heavily relying on their old superstars in order to get more viewership and involve them in a title picture before they disappear again for several months.
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Goldberg will fight against Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship at the SummerSlam pay-per-view on August 21. It will be interesting to see how WWE creative team books this match and which wrestler walks out as the champion.
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