Aug 19, 3:30 PM
Paul Heyman on why Brock Lesnar’s SummerSlam retirement was for real this time
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Paul Heyman (L) comes into the ring to console Brock Lesnar after he appeared to retire following his loss to Oba Femi in their match during WrestleMania 42 at Allegiant Stadium on April 19, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images After Brock Lesnar left his boots in the ring at WrestleMania 42, his longtime advocate and friend Paul Heyman generally sold it as a retirement — and continued to sell the importance of the moment even after Lesnar returned to the ring. But after a SummerSlam farewell the WWE and UFC legend says is really, truly the end, Heyman told Undertaker on the latest Six Feet Under that he’s “accepting of the reality of the situation.” “Brock has always been a realist about himself, and it’s time. “And to him, I would hear this every year from him, ‘Nope, this is my last contract. This is it.’ And he meant it when he said it. And as we got closer, he would then change his mind or it didn’t take a lot to talk him into it. ”But I knew that th