Rumor Roundup (July 31, 2026): Brock Lesnar retirement, WWE baffled by AEW, Mercedes Moné plan, more!

Is Brock Lesnar retiring from WWE for real this time after his match on Saturday night at SummerSlam? Let’s see what today’s rumors have to say about it! Top rumor of the day: Brock Lesnar’s WWE retirement Ever since Brock Lesnar faked his WWE retirement at WrestleMania 42, there has been a lot of speculation that the plan all along was for Brock’s final career match to actually take place this weekend at SummerSlam, in his home state of Minnesota. Well, don’t get your hopes up about Oba Femi getting the ultimate rub of being the guy who kicked Lesnar’s 49-year-old ass into permanent retirement. According to WrestleVotes Radio, regardless of the outcome of Brock’s Hell in a Cell match against Femi at SummerSlam, people in WWE believe that Lesnar isn’t done in the ring. The internal expectation seems to be that Brock will do the typical thing that Brock always does, which is disappear for a while only to return for a huge payday at a major WWE show, like one in Saudi Arabia. That’s wher