Combat sports icon, 10-time WWE champ Brock Lesnar retires - ESPN

Brock Lesnar has announced his official retirement from professional wrestling — «and for everything else, too.»

The 49-year-old Lesnar, appearing on «The Pat McAfee Show» on Tuesday, confirmed that his appearance at WWE SummerSlam on Saturday would be the last of his career. He admitted he felt he was done earlier this year at WrestleMania, when he removed his boots and gloves in the ring, but he ultimately opted for one final Hell in a Cell match last weekend in Minneapolis.

«I'm here today to let the world know [that] I am retired,» Lesnar said. «Saturday was a very emotional day for me. It was kind of weird. When Oba Femi slammed me at WrestleMania, I said, 'I can't do this anymore. I think I'm done.' But the business [called], and I still had some fuel in the tank.

»Saturday, for Brock Lesnar, that's it. That's it for me in the squared circle and everything else."

Lesnar's announcement brings an end to one of the most unique and successful careers in professional sports history.

A two-time All-American and a two-time Big Ten champion, Lesnar won an NCAA Division I national championship in wrestling for the University of Minnesota in 2000 before going on to sign a pro wrestling contract.

With his devastating «F-5» finishing move, Lesnar beat Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson in 2002 — just his second year on the roster — to win the first of his 10 WWE world championship belts. Along the way, «The Beast Incarnate» emerged victorious in two Royal Rumbles (2003, 2022), won the King of the Ring tournament (2002) and won a Money in the Bank ladder match (2019). In 2014, Lesnar stunned the wrestling world by ending The Undertaker's 21-0 streak in WrestleMania matches.

In 2004, Lesnar sidelined his wrestling career to pursue a