WWE champion Brock Lesnar has announced that he retired from wrestling at the start of the pandemic.
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At the Madison Square Garden live event, the current WWE Champion Brock Lesnar intends to successfully defend his title so that he may put it on the line in a title versus title championship unification battle against Universal Champion Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38 next month.
Fans have been adoring the Beast Incarnate’s most recent run since his comeback at SummerSlam 2021, but the wrestling world might have been drastically different.
He disclosed the following when speaking on the Michael Kay Show, as transcribed by Fightful: “When I was younger I thought, “I wanna retire when I’m 40. I actually retired when Covid hit and my contract was up in 2020.
“Full circle Brock Lesnar story, I had my first wrestling match in Minnesota was in a garage with no people. 20 years later, had a WWE Title match at WrestleMania in a warehouse in front of no people. 20 years, full circle. I was like ‘I’m out.’”
But the champion chose to return, much to the delight of fans and the WWE as a whole. He also came up with a usually excellent rationale for his return.
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In the end, a large payoff was enough to entice Lesnar back to the ring, and the wrestler went on to have a phenomenal run of form, with fans getting to witness a whole different side of him from a character perspective.
It turns out that his new style, which saw him grow out of his facial hair and adopt a ponytail, was inspired by a bet with his children, which explains a lot about his character.
Brock says, “My whole life I’ve been wearing a flat top, crew cut. In UFC I grew my beard out once. I said, “I’m gonna let it all go [once I left WWE]. Last summer, before any of this evolved, it was so hot, I said ‘I’m gonna cut my hair.’
“So my kids cut my hair. They said, ‘We’re going to give you a mohawk.’ Then they go, ‘I bet you won’t wear a ponytail.’
“I wasn’t gonna lose a bet to my kids. So, I wore this look. It wasn’t a mastermind [plan], it was a joke. Here I am. Brock Lesnar is a big ass joke!”
