5 WWE Superstars who retired at WrestleMania

Modified Mar 17, 2019 06:30 GMT

Austin's final match was at WrestleMania 19 against The Rock

#4 Goldberg

Goldberg lost his last match to Lesnar at WrestleMania 33

One of the most over Superstars in WCW history, Goldberg had quite a run when he came to WWE back in 2003. He went on to defeat The Rock, win the Worlld Heavyweight title and pin Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 20.

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The former WCW World Heavyweight champion left the company after his match against Lesnar. To the amazement of the WWE Universe, Goldberg made his triumphant return to the ring at Survivor Series 2016. He made quick work of Brock Lesnar in the main event of the PPV, to the utter delight of the fans.

Goldberg went on to eliminate Lesnar in the Royal Rumble match. After he won the Universal title from Kevin Owens at Fastlane, Goldberg was set to face off against Brock Lesnar one final time at Mania. The match didn't last long this time too, but Lesnar managed to put down Goldberg after an F5, finally getting a win over the master of the spear. Goldberg was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 and is likely to stay retired for good this time.

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