WWE: The Brock Lesnar 'emergency button' meme

Whenever things started getting a little too quiet, Brock Lesnar’s entrance was enough to make everything feel instantly important again. But this time, The Beast says he’s actually finished. Brock Lesnar faced Oba Femi inside Hell in a Cell at SummerSlam Night 1, where Femi defeated him after a brutal battle. After the match, Lesnar embraced Femi and told him he was the future of WWE. A few days later, Lesnar appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and announced his retirement, revealing that SummerSlam had been his final match while thanking the fans who supported him throughout his career. Of course, this is professional wrestling. Never say never. Lesnar became one of WWE’s most dominant and recognizable stars after making his main-roster debut in 2002. He went on to become a multiple-time world champion, stepped away to pursue football, and later became a UFC Heavyweight Champion before returning to WWE in 2012. For more than a decade, he remained one of the company’s biggest attractions. Now, after announcing his retirement in 2026, fans are left wondering whether this really is the final chapter of The Beast Incarnate.