Overview
- McAfee announced Monday on The Pat McAfee Show that he is done with the wrestling business and thanked WWE and its fans.
- The decision fulfills his public promise to walk away if Randy Orton lost to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 42.
- During Night 1 in Las Vegas, he was put through the announce table by musician Jelly Roll, taken out on a stretcher, returned in a neck brace and referee shirt, and then took an RKO from Orton.
- Hours after the Saturday show, he appeared at a 50 Cent concert in Las Vegas still in the brace and stripes, in viral clips alongside Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton.
- Outlets note that on-air retirements in wrestling are often revisited in future storylines, so observers are watching to see if his exit holds.