Brock Lesnar has always received a monstrous booking since coming back to the WWE. It’s safe to say that he had been the top-most protected superstar of the company for over a decade. The Next Big Thing was eventually converted into the Beast Incarnate via 10 separate world championship reigns. Plus, he has also become the highest-earning superstar on the roster.
In fact, Brock Lesnar is earning so much that he doesn’t need to work anymore. That was proven after he totally quit the company during a crucial time in WWE history during the pandemic. WWE carried on with the television taping throughout the pandemic, and it did bring up WrestleMania without anyone in attendance. Without the presence of a couple of top stars, WWE did have a tough time.
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At WrestleMania 36, the event took place with strict COVID-19 protocols in place where in the main event, Brock Lesnar lost the WWE Title to Drew McIntyre at the show of shows with zero audience present, and soon after the match, the ex-champion went home. Drew McIntyre then carried the WWE Title for months after that alongside the company on his shoulder with the top title on his broad shoulders.
Paul Heyman became Roman Reigns’ Special Counsel after Brock Lesnar was done with WWE
During an interview with Faction 919, Paul Heyman explained how he became Roman Reigns’ Wise Man in that year from the manager of Brock Lesnar. Heyman proceeded to say that his prime client was literally “done” with WWE after that the Covid-19 edition of WrestleMania that went down at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
“Nobody approached me on that. Brock Lesnar’s contract was up in April or May (…) 2020. After the match with Drew McIntyre in that WrestleMania, Brock Lesnar went home to Saskatchewan. He was done in WWE, he wasn’t coming back. My calendar was open, and so was Roman Reigns.”
Brock Lesnar was recently found telling people backstage in WWE that he is finishing up with the company, soon. He has a match against Omos scheduled for WrestleMania 39, and there are still some discussions over the booking of the match.
PWInsider reported behind their paywall that Brock Lesnar was saying goodbye to some people during a recent appearance on Raw. The report noted that he was also “finishing up” with the company but moving on from Wrestlemania 39, there was no such sign of him stopping.
