Followers have been involved for WWE referee Charles Robinson after he seemingly suffered an harm throughout Goldberg’s final match in July 2025.
Nonetheless, he faked all of it, as he informed Chris Van Vliet (by way of Cultaholic Wrestling). The image of a damaged rib that he posted was from on-line, and fortuitously, Goldberg was okay with it.
“Usually, he picks you up, lays you down, good and gentle. He went proper by way of me,” Robinson mentioned of Goldberg. “My girlfriend and I have been on the films. I mentioned, ‘What can I do to place this over to make Goldberg really feel good?’ I mentioned, ‘Hmm, there’s a picture of a damaged rib on-line, so I simply posted that.’ Individuals have been so mad at him for that.”
Granted, Robinson was “sore” after the match. “I used to be sore, severely, for about 10 days, you already know, coughing and stuff,” he revealed. “They can not do something a few rib anyway, so why go get it checked?”
Charles Robinson’s faux WWE harm
It has been a tough yr for Robinson, who was additionally rammed into by John Cena earlier within the yr. Throughout Goldberg’s retirement match towards Gunther, the “Ring Basic” sidestepped a spear try by Goldberg.
Robinson ate the spear as an alternative. It was brutal, and it led to hypothesis that the referee was injured. Fortunately, he seems to be okay and never injured.
Over his profession, Robinson has had the honour of officiating a number of high-profile matches. Goldberg was retired by Gunther on the July 2025 version of Saturday Night time’s Foremost Occasion.
The match was the primary occasion of the present. Gunther defeated Goldberg by technical submission in what was the latter’s ultimate wrestling match in his illustrious profession.
At the moment, Robinson is the lead referee on the Friday Night time SmackDown model. He has been with WWE since 2001 when it was nonetheless WWF.
Earlier than that, he was a part of WCW. Robinson served as a heel referee as a part of the Alliance steady, which was led by Shane and Stephanie McMahon.
