Brock Lesnar WWE Retirement Update

An update has emerged on Brock Lesnar’s retirement plans following suggestions that his career would end in WWE next year.

During a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, John Cena indicated that Brock Lesnar will be gone from WWE “very soon”, with the pair having faced off at WWE Wrestlepalooza in September.

With Cena reflecting on their match, reflecting on his loss in the opening match and saying:

“You have to figure out who gets the shine that night, and if in his return – again, only my perspective – this attraction we are going to build until he goes into the sunset… creatively it’s very soon.”

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Cena would go on to speculate that WWE SummerSlam could play host to Lesnar’s final WWE match, taking place in Minnesota next August.

Dave Meltzer has provided further insight into the retirement plans for Lesnar in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, revealing that Lesnar stepping away from the ring has been discussed within WWE.

Meltzer wrote:

“There is a story going around that Lesnar will retire at SummerSlam 2026. I can’t confirm that date, but did at least a month hear that the working plans for 2026 would be the WWE retirement runs for Lesnar, (AJ) Styles and potentially (Chris) Jericho if he signs.

“I didn’t get the impression it was locked in except for Styles, who has made it clear it will be in 2026 but not when. But the Lesnar name has been talked about, which is probably where the story came from.”

John Cena previously revealed a conversation that he had with AJ Styles about the Phenomenal One’s in-ring future, and whether or not Styles is planning on having a full retirement tour.

The Chris Jericho WWE return rumors have seen the AEW star state that he’s “not done yet, so still figuring out everything”.