Cody Rhodes said wrestling should move away from “absolute, definitive” retirements after Brock Lesnar appeared to retire at WrestleMania 42, then returned just 1 month later.
Lesnar had left his boots and gloves in the ring after losing to Oba Femi, a classic retirement signal that Rhodes argued no longer needs to be treated as final.
Rhodes said he prefers the older model of stars stepping away and later coming back, citing Terry Funk, Ric Flair and Randy Savage as examples of long-running, on-and-off retirements.
The debate now feeds directly into WWE’s next marquee matches: Lesnar faces Femi at Clash in Italy, while Rhodes defends the Undisputed WWE Title against Gunther in the opener.
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