Goldberg apologises for botched match with Undertaker and says he was concussed after nearly breaking his neck at WWE Super ShowDown

GOLDBERG has revealed he suffered a concussion as he endured a nightmare WWE return against The Undertaker last night. The WCW legend, 52, battled The Dead Man in a dream match at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia but the botched finish had fans fuming. Taker also looked furious after he claimed victory in an error-strewn […]

GOLDBERG has revealed he suffered a concussion as he endured a nightmare WWE return against The Undertaker last night.

The WCW legend, 52, battled The Dead Man in a dream match at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia but the botched finish had fans fuming.

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Taker also looked furious after he claimed victory in an error-strewn clash that failed to deliver after a number of mistakes.

And afterwards Goldberg, who busted his head open during contest, took to Twitter to answer his critics and admitted he had let down his supporters with his performances.

He wrote: “Knocked myself out and thought I could finish…. love my fans…..but let u down. Everyone else that found ‘pleasure’ ….. hope ur happy.”

The match was Goldberg’s first in over two years since he lost to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33, but despite it lasting just under nine minutes, it was heavily criticised.

It began in explosive fashion as the Goldberg hit Taker with two spears before his physical condition quickly declined after colliding head first with a ring post, which many are speculating is when the concussion occurred.

He continued to fight and attempted to hit the Reaper with a jackhammer, but the weary Goldberg could hardly lift his foe and he ended up dropping Taker on his neck.

Worse was to come as Goldberg narrowly avoided a broken neck.

Undertaker lifted Goldberg up to hit his famous Tombstone piledriver, but the latter failed to tuck his head inbetween Taker’s legs, and that caused a sickening collision as the top of his skull struck the apron upon impact, bending his neck in the wrong direction.

Goldberg continued to battle through and attempted to hit his own Tombstone, but he was unable to lift the WWE icon again as both men slumped to the mat after dropping him.

Mercifully, the match ended as Taker hit him with a chokeslam and claimed the pin, but he looked to be just as angry as the fans after the bell over the finish.

And Undertaker appeared to back criticism afterwards as fans were shocked to see the 54-year-old like an Instagram post to WWE which read: “Can you please stop bringing Undertaker back now?

“Jesus Christ after everything he has done for the company just let him retire in peace. Literally, the match was terrible because those two guys are in their 50s, they can’t compete at main event level any more.

“You saw how Undertaker was struggling to stand after just five minutes, and Goldberg was too weak to even pull off a jackhammer. ‘Just let them live out the rest of their days in peace, or they will end up getting seriously hurt.”

And it was not only wrestling supporters who were critical, WWE star Matt Riddle was also vocal on Twitter.

The former UFC fighter, who is now on the NXT roster, could not resist digging out Goldberg after he cut his head even before entering the ring after headbutting his dressing-room door.

He tweeted: “Awesome job bro, you’re already bleeding and the match hasn’t even started.”