LAS VEGAS-- When UFC 141 ended on Friday night, rumors ran rampant as to how the newly-retired Brock Lesnar was going to spend the rest of his days.
Was it all just talk, would he fight again? Was he going to fade into the sunset and literally retire to his ranch in Minnesota, where he would be free to farm, shoot, and pummel anything he liked? Or would he—as most people predicted—return to the place that made him a superstar, the WWE.
As Lesnar wasn’t at the press conference, the only man to field questions was UFC President Dana White.
To say White was short on details is an understatement. He gave us lines that basically said, I’m not sure what’s going to happen. We’ve always been fair, and so on. Even if there wasn’t a definitive answer given, most in attendance felt that Lesnar would undoubtedly be testing the waters of professional wrestling at some point in the near future—even if White was mum on the subject.
Well, apparently all it takes is a little par-tay to get Dana White to open up. I guess we should have been doing some Jell-O shots up in the press conference. Note to self: bring the party to Dana next time.
That’s because a video has surfaced this morning of a ‘happy’ and ‘playful’ Dana White fielding questions from a local paparazzo, outside an L.A. club earlier this week. The main question centers on the possibility of Brock being able to return to the WWE.
To make a long story short, White says Lesnar is free to return to the company where he made his name, Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment.
This news doesn’t come as that surprising, as most thought this was the inevitable. But to those of you who ignored his run-in with The Undertaker at UFC 116, or his appearance in the newest WWE as an unlockable character, or his verbal interest in a possible return—here is your confirmation from the UFC President himself, Brock Lesnar is free to return to the WWE.
Whether Lesnar even wants to go to the WWE, is still up for debate. But I will leave you with this. Pro Wrestling has changed a lot since 2004 (when Lesnar left). Lesnar has a ton of legitimacy he can bring in to storylines now, and his legacy as a real athlete is cemented in the history books. Lesnar has the chance to be twice the superstar he was during his original run in the company.
So I say, why not? He’s big, he’s bad, and he’s Brock.
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