The original plan for the opening of Monday’s WWE Raw was supposed to feature Hulk Hogan do a promo in the ring, but that was changed at some point to a backstage promo.Â
The original closing was meant to be Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy with Drew McIntyre then doing a promo about the legends that would lead to the surprise return of Goldberg after Drew retained the WWE Championship over Keith Lee.Â
Plans of course changed and officials wanted Goldberg out at the end of the show to challenge McIntyre to a match at Royal Rumble. There were reportedly some timing issues and McIntyre's promo was cut to set up for Goldberg’s entrance which was rushed.
Goldberg was hidden backstage until he made his entrance.
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