Triple H has addressed the most significant unresolved question coming out of WrestleMania 42 Night Two — whether Brock Lesnar’s decision to remove his gloves and boots, embrace Paul Heyman, and exit the ring signals the end of his in-ring career. Speaking on ESPN SportsCenter after the event, Paul Levesque did not confirm or deny Lesnar’s retirement but offered a characteristically thoughtful framework for interpreting what the crowd witnessed.
“There comes a point in time when somebody comes along that’s bigger and better and just pushes you to a place that you can’t come back from. The smart ones know when that happens and they call it a day. I don’t think that was a planned thing. I think Brock went to the ring, walked into a wall called Oba Femi, and the intelligence in him said, ‘Maybe I should call it a day.’ And he took his boots off and he put his gloves down and he walked away. That is not a statement of Brock being afraid. That is an intelligent man meeting something that cannot be stopped. It is much of a statement of Oba as it is Brock Lesnar. You witnessed a changing of the guard at the apex of our business,” Levesque said.
Triple H Describes Oba Femi as One of the Most Calm and Confident People He Has Ever Spoken To Before a Major Match
Levesque reserved equal praise for the man who may have just ended Lesnar’s career. “Speed, power, all of that — and the things that you don’t see. It’s what I see in the afternoon when you talk to him. Not cocky, not arrogant. One of the most calm, confident people that I have ever walked up to and spoken to about this. Cool as could humanly be walking into a stadium of 55,000 people. We just saw a changing of the guard. I can’t say it enough.” Oba Femi has not lost a singles match since arriving on the WWE main roster, and his WrestleMania 42 victory over Lesnar has firmly established him as the next cornerstone of the company’s future.
