Brock Lesnar has been moved to the alumni section of WWE.com. There has been speculation amongst fans that perhaps the favor owed to Gunther from Paul Heyman is a match with Lesnar but on TV, they pushed hard as if Lesnar is actually done.
At WrestleMania 42, Lesnar left his gloves and boots in the center of the ring after the loss to Oba Femi, fighting back tears as Paul Heyman looked on. Michael Cole’s commentary suggested on the broadcast that it looked like the end. WWE later aired tribute video packages on both RAW and SmackDown and released commemorative merchandise celebrating his career. SmackDown’s opening video package was also quietly updated to move Lesnar from the “now” segment to the “forever” section.
A Career-Spanning Resume
Lesnar leaves WWE as one of the most decorated performers in the company’s history. He held the WWE Championship seven times and the WWE Universal Championship three times. He was the 2002 King of the Ring winner and the 2003 Royal Rumble winner.
His resume extends outside WWE in ways no other wrestler’s has. Lesnar is the only person to hold the primary heavyweight championships of WWE, UFC, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship), the Inoki Genome Federation, and the NCAA. He won the NCAA Division I national wrestling championship at the University of Minnesota in 2000 before signing with WWE.
After his first WWE run, Lesnar left for the NFL in 2004 and tried out for the Minnesota Vikings. He moved to mixed martial arts in 2007 and won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in his fourth professional fight, defeating Randy Couture at UFC 91 in November 2008. He returned to WWE in 2012.
He debuted on WWE television in March 2002 and won his first WWE Championship at SummerSlam 2002 at age 25, setting the company’s record for the youngest champion to that point. His 2014 victory over The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30, ending Undertaker’s 21-0 WrestleMania streak, remains one of the most shocking moments in WWE history.
The Final Run
Prior to the feud with Femi, showed up at SummerSlam last summer and attacked John Cena with an F-5 after Cena’s loss to Cody Rhodes in the main event. He defeated Cena in his return match at Wrestlepalooza on September 20, 2025.
He teamed with The Vision’s Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed, plus Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre at Survivor Series: WarGames on November 29, 2025, defeating a team led by Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. He entered the Royal Rumble at number 22 on January 31, 2026, eliminating multiple competitors before being eliminated by Rhodes and LA Knight.
