{"id":14131,"date":"2025-07-16T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14131\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:16:08","slug":"nascar-legend-joins-goldberg-in-the-ring-for-emotional-wwe-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14131\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR legend joins Goldberg in the ring for emotional WWE Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg\u2019s wrestling career came to an end on July 12 in Atlanta but the biggest surprise for NASCAR fans came after the final bell. As the WWE Hall of Famer stood in the ring after his last match, NASCAR legend <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/tony-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Stewart<\/a> walked out turning an already emotional goodbye into something even more special.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, 58, went out the only way he knew how, fighting. He faced World Heavyweight Champion Gunther at Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event XL and pushed the younger star to the limit in a hard-hitting final match. After the match the WWE legend thanked the Atlanta crowd and talked about his career and what\u2019s next, including a new car-themed show called Car-lectibles.<\/p>\n<p>But just when you thought the night was over Tony Stewart appeared first at ringside then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NASCAR\/comments\/1lzri7j\/ot_tony_stewart_and_leah_pruett_in_ring_with\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=website_internal&amp;utm_campaign=web_link_2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">in the ring<\/a> with Goldberg. Standing side by side the two legends from different worlds shared a moment that immediately went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Two Legends, One Ring<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHRA-Nevada-Nationals-21765851-788x516.jpg\" alt=\"NHRA: Nevada Nationals\" class=\"wp-image-1142136\"  \/>Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>The two men have been friends for a while. Last year they traded jokes about Toyotas and Mopar loyalty. A bit of friendly trash talk that fans loved. Seeing them together again, this time in the ring was the payoff. Tony Stewart wasn\u2019t just there to watch. He was part of the WWE moment.<\/p>\n<p>Fans quickly noticed Stewart\u2019s new lean look. He\u2019s been training hard for the NHRA drag racing season. \u201cTony looks like he could get in the ring\u201d one fan joked online.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a real connection between the two. Goldberg is a Mopar guy and a fixture in the racing world off screen. Stewart and his wife drag racer Leah Pruett are tied to that same world. Their shared love of cars, speed and performance made this crossover feel natural, two legends supporting each other in a new setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/farrah.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMy  love  for  motorsports  started  in  my  childhood  in  Tunisia,  watching  races  with  my  family.  Fast  forward  to  today,  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/farah-ben-gamra\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farah Ben Gamra<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg\u2019s wrestling career came to an end on July 12 in Atlanta but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99,13597],"class_list":["post-14131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports","tag-tony-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}