Brock Lesnar’s retirement plan involves hunting season, hockey rinks, and a shot put circle.
The 49-year-old laid out what comes next during Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, the same appearance where he confirmed he has wrestled his last match following his Hell in a Cell loss to Oba Femi at SummerSlam.
I’ve got some hunting lined up, and I’ve got two boys in hockey. I’m gonna support that and their dreams as long as that’s feasible, and my daughter, she’s got her eye on 2028 Olympics. I’m just gonna spend some more time with the kids and in the woods, and just reap what I’ve sown. Just enjoy life.
The daughter in question is Mya Lesnar, a two-time NCAA shot put champion who won the 2024 indoor title and the 2025 outdoor title while at Colorado State. The 2028 Summer Games are in Los Angeles.
Lesnar was blunt about the physical cost of Saturday night, and about why the timing felt right.
I spent the last two days in bed. I got run over by a Nigerian Nightmare dump truck on Saturday night, and it’s time. I’m 49, and I still want to be able to get around and move, but I’m grateful, very grateful.
Lesnar’s thank-you list stretched past WWE
Before signing off, Lesnar ran through the organizations that gave him a shot, and it covered every stop in a career that bounced between three sports.
Oba was great and the WWE Universe. I want to thank the promotion itself, TKO, Dana White, the UFC, the Minnesota Vikings, and the University of Minnesota, everybody that believed in me and took a chance on me. I’m just grateful.
He framed the whole run the same way he framed the SummerSlam finish, as something he never expected to get. “I was just a farm kid from South Dakota with a big dream, and a big heart, and a big-ass chip on my shoulder,” Lesnar said.
The retirement caps a week of tributes. WWE aired a career retrospective on Monday’s Raw, and Roman Reigns broke character to thank Lesnar shortly after. The Miz has since confirmed that Lesnar’s endorsement of Femi at SummerSlam was not scripted.
