As previously reported, Vince McMahon, at the age of 77, announced his retirement from the WWE just a few hours prior to this past Friday's WWE SmackDown episode going on the air. Brock Lesnar reportedly walked out of the show shortly following the news breaking out of Vince McMahon's retirement, but The Beast Incarnate eventually returned in the main event segment of WWE SmackDown and laid waste to "Mr. Money In The Bank" Theory.
Pro wrestling legend Jim Cornette recently took to his "Jim Cornette Experience" podcast to discuss a number of topics such as what he thinks the WWE did to convince Brock Lesnar to return.
Jim Cornette said:
“I think Brock probably, an offshoot of two things. Either, ‘What the f*ck? Without Vince this place is going to go to sh*t.’ Or number two, he was probably offended at the concept, because let’s face it, Vince did not retire on purpose.”
“We had established that he wasn’t going to quit until he drew his last breath. But I can see Brock being upset [imitates Lesnar] ‘You’re gonna make him f*cking resign? F*ck that! I’m outta here.’ I can see that.”
“We don’t know what conversation enticed Brock to return to the fold in less than five hours, but he stormed out before 5pm EST and he was back by 9:45 to come out and beat everybody up.” “You know that if Heyman got on the phone with him, I would have to think that financial remuneration would be a part of that conversation.”
Jim Cornette also speculated that they must have had Vince McMahon call Brock Lesnar to return.
Jim Cornette said:
“If it was necessary then it absolutely did happen. By the reporting of the incident, they may have tried to do that first depending what Brock’s b*tch was. If it was about Vince himself, yeah they probably went to that first.”
“If it was about the principle of the thing, they may have gone to someone who is close to Brock like Heyman. You know that Vince was standing by with some form of communication to that building, and knew what was happening as soon as it happened. Whatever method they thought was best is what they implemented first.”
You can check out Jim Cornette's comments in the embedded audio player below. H/T to Inside The Ropes for transcribing the above quotes.
