Overview
- Lesnar confirmed his retirement on Tuesday on The Pat McAfee Show after he lost to Oba Femi inside Hell in a Cell on Saturday at WWE SummerSlam.
- Following the match in Minneapolis, Lesnar raised Femi’s hand, called himself the past and publicly anointed Femi as the future of WWE.
- Lesnar told McAfee his decision covers the squared circle and “everything else too,” and he rejected crossover fight offers while saying he will focus on family, hunting and his children’s activities.
- WWE moved Lesnar’s profile to its alumni section and coverage frames his exit as the end of a rare cross‑discipline career that included multiple WWE world titles and a UFC heavyweight championship.
- Analysts note skepticism that this retirement will be permanent given Lesnar’s history of earlier exits and returns, and reporting also recalls his recent naming in Janel Grant’s lawsuit connected to Vince McMahon as part of his late‑career context.