Paul Heyman Comments on Brock Lesnar’s Retirement

WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman recently opened up about the Brock Lesnar retirement announcement, claiming it’s for real this time. As noted, Lesnar lost to Oba Femi inside Hell in a Cell at SummerSlam: Minnesota Night One.

Following his defeat, Brock Lesnar hugged Oba and declared himself as the past and Femi as the future of WWE. Later, Brock appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and announced his retirement from pro wrestling.

Heyman appeared on the latest edition of Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway, where he commented on The Beast’s retirement announcement. The legendary manager said Brock Lesnar meant it when he told him that this would be his last WWE contract. Here’s what he said:

“I’m accepting of the reality of the situation. When you first break in, so many of the veterans would tell you, ‘Be Accepting of it. Don’t fight against the reality of the situation.’ It’s the same as if someone comes to you today and says, ‘We have this perfectly built for you for WrestleMania,’ you’re going to shut it down immediately because you’ve accepted the fact that this is what you’re doing now and that is what you were doing then. Brock has always been a realist about himself. It’s time. To him, I would hear this every year from him: ‘This is my last contract. This is it.’ He meant it when he said it. 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 this was it because he knew this was it. He wasn’t just saying it because he felt it in the moment. This decision was fait accompli.”

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