During an appearance on the Michael Kay Show, Brock Lesnar spoke about considering himself retired back in 2020.

“When I was younger I thought, I wanna retire when I’m 40. I actually retired when COVID hit and my contract was up in 2020. Full circle Brock Lesnar story, I had my first wrestling match in Minnesota was in a garage with no people. 20 years later, had a WWE Title match at WrestleMania in a warehouse in front of no people. 20 years, full circle. I was like ‘I’m out.'”

When asked what brought him back to wrestling, Lesnar just said "cha-ching!"