Brock Lesnar confirms he retired from pro wrestling at SummerSlam

Brock Lesnar speaks during SummerSlam at U.S. Bank Stadium on August 1, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Photo by Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images Now we know why WWE was acting as if Brock Lesnar was retired during and after Raw last night (Aug. 4). Lesnar was a guest on The Pat McAfee Show today, joining remotely. The host kicked off the interview asking him to reflect on the emotion of his loss to Oba Femi in the main event of SummerSlam Saturday in Minneapolis, after which he put over Femi as the future of the business and calling himself, “the past”. Brock paused, looked down, then responded: “I’m here today to do this interview, to let the world and everybody know that I am retired — and I wanted to say a big thank you to everybody. “Saturday was a very emotional day for me. Kinda weird cause I did, in my heart — when Oba Femi slammed me at WrestleMania, I was like, ‘I can’t do this again.’ [laughs] So I was like, ‘I think I’m done.” “But, the business and I still had s