Brock Lesnar’s status in wrestling is up in the air. Lesnar was reportedly set to be part of this year’s Royal Rumble to set up a WrestleMania feud but those plans were scrapped when Lesnar was named in the lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon.
It’s no secret that Lesnar was never a fan of the travel schedule, which is why he’s only worked a limited number of dates since he returned to the company over a decade ago. Lesnar’s WWE departure in 2004 was primarily due to unhappiness with being on the road all the time.
On the latest episode of the “Kliq This” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash talking about being on the road with Brock Lesnar in the early stages of Lesnar’s wrestling career:
“I remember I was driving, just me and him were driving and he’d been in the business, I mean, you know, he’d been on the main roster for maybe about a month, and me and Scott got cars and hotels. Brock was driving with me and Scott. We’re pulling up to the Nassau Coliseum. Scott and I would get two queen beds, and then we’d get him a king so it wouldn’t come out of his pocket to pay for a room. We’ve been on the road for about a week. We were catching workouts and everything else. We pulled up underneath the arena. He just looked over at me and goes, ‘Hey, Nash. How long have you been doing this?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, man, 20-something years.’ He goes, ‘I’ve been doing this shit for a couple months. I fu**ing hate it.’ He hated it. He was just like, ‘I don’t get it, man. I don’t know how you guys drive 300 miles every fu**ing day, do this sh*t, get in the car, go to the gym and do it again, do it again, do it again, go home, wash your sh*t, come back and do it again, do it again, do it again.” I said, ‘I can’t sing and I can’t dance, so I gotta do this sh*t'”
While the door seems to be open for Lesnar to return to WWE, there’s no sign of that happening anytime soon. Lesnar is believed to be set financially for life and at 47 years old, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he could see himself as being retired.
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