Brock Lesnar's Retirement: Is He Truly Done with WWE? Insights from Behind the Scenes!

BROCK LESNAR’S WWE retirement at WrestleMania 42 appears to have been a last-minute decision.

Fightful reports that many WWE officials expected him to retire at SummerSlam in August – an event that takes place in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Brock Lesnar fought back tears as he laid his gear down in the ring Credit: Getty Paul Heyman, who was alongside Lesnar when he debuted in 2002, embraced him after the decision to retire Credit: Getty

BodySlam+ noted that Lesnar also handpicked Oba Femi as what would turn out to be his final WrestleMania opponent.

The 48-year-old superstar went on to lose to Femi in just four minutes and 42 seconds, eating a clean loss to help announce a new superstar for WWE.

The Beast Incarnate laid his gloves and boots down in the ring after the match, leaving the commentators and Paul Heyman seemingly stunned.

When Heyman, who has been associated with Lesnar since his WWE debut in 2002, entered the ring, Lesnar made an X symbol with his hands.

That gesture is normally reserved for injuries, but it also refers to something non-scripted happening.

WWE talent spoken to by SunSport were all unaware that Lesnar was going to call it a day after the match.

If key people did know beforehand, it was a very small, select circle.

Many fans are wondering if Lesnar will end up performing at SummerSlam, especially given that Gunther has been the man that has been sending legends into retirement over the past year.

Goldberg, John Cena and AJ Styles met their wrestling demise at the hands of The Ring General.

Lesnar left his boots and gloves in the middle of the ring Credit: Getty Oba Femi earned the biggest win of his career Credit: Getty

And although Lesnar has yet to meet Gunther and many consider it a dream match, a source told SunSport that the former UFC heavyweight champion “does what he wants when he wants. Obviously he felt the time was right at WrestleMania.”

Even if WWE had best-laid plans for Lesnar’s retirement, it seems as though The Beast, as he always has done, did what he wanted to do.

You know how it goes in wrestling – anything can change. Hell, maybe even the lure of Saudi money at WrestleMania next year might pique his interest.

But WWE sources confirmed to us that the belief right now is that Lesnar is indeed ‘done’.

It is also worth noting that more details regarding Lesnar were recently disclosed in former WWE employee Janel Grant’s ongoing lawsuit against former owner Vince McMahon, for which he is accused of sexual battery and trafficking during her time working for wrestling promotion from 2019 to 2022.

ESPN published those details on April 3 and while they haven’t appeared to derail Lesnar’s commitments this month, the lawsuit still looms.