{"id":24002,"date":"2012-05-08T14:07:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T21:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=24002"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:34:27","slug":"brock-lesnar-quits-wwe-on-monday-night-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brock-lesnar-quits-wwe-on-monday-night-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar Quits WWE on Monday Night Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24050\" title=\"Lesnar\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Lesnar.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<br \/>\nLast night on Monday Night Raw, Brock Lesnar&#8217;s representative Paul Heyman gave Brock&#8217;s farewell speech live on air to millions of viewers and fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I came back to bring legitimacy to WWE. That&#8217;s exactly what I did. And how was I rewarded? With the same corporate BS and politics that led me to leave eight years ago. I don&#8217;t regret what I did to John Cena. I embarrassed him. Another guy I embarrassed was Triple H. He&#8217;s always been jealous of me. He lasted one hour in a cell with Undertaker but he couldn&#8217;t last one minute with me. I had an agreement with the company and he broke it so I broke his arm. I don&#8217;t care about him, you people or the corporate suits at WWE because I, Brock Lesnar, am never coming back. Because I, Brock Lesnar, quit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This farewell speech comes shortly after his loss to John Cena on April 29th. This also comes after Brock retired from MMA after his loss to Alistair Overeem.<\/p>\n<p>Is Brock&#8217;s departure from the WWE just another WWE publicity stunt? 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