Overview
- Brock Lesnar aired a pre‑taped message on Raw saying his WrestleMania 42 loss humbled him while still calling himself 'retired' and vowing to 'rule over' Oba Femi.
- Lesnar left his gloves and boots in the ring after WrestleMania 42 as a traditional retirement gesture then returned on Raw to attack Femi, escalating the rivalry.
- WWE has scheduled a rematch for Clash in Italy on May 31 at Turin's Inalpi Arena with the event streaming on ESPN in the U.S. and on Netflix internationally.
- Oba Femi confronted Paul Heyman on Raw, signed the Clash in Italy contract, and threatened to 'retire' Lesnar again in a heated in‑ring exchange.
- Reporters and insiders are treating the retirement as a storyline and have speculated that Lesnar's final, official farewell could be held at SummerSlam while a local Saskatchewan hardware store has posted a reported public meet‑and‑greet appearance for Lesnar.