Heyman: In early 2020, Roman considered himself retired

[héad.casé]

"I was executive director of Monday Night Raw, and Roman was assigned to SmackDown. But every week I heard all the SmackDown writers and producers and personnel saying, 'God, I just wish Roman would come back.' And I would ask, has anybody talked to him? Yeah, he says he's retired. He's not coming back. No way. Thanks a lot. Done. Finished. Goodbye,"

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[thechase]

Makes one think about how his match with Goldberg might have gone if he'd faced him at that 'Mania when he'd made his mind up about the schedule at this point.

[Jindrak Mark]

I think Brock was the same at that time. He went home after Mania 36 and it was never a guarantee he would be back. At the time there was so much uncertainty around Covid it's not unfeasible that some thought worst case scenario it might take years and years for things to get back to normalcy and by then they might be too old/have no interest in returning.

[Perd]

With his schedule? Most fans still consider him retired. /rimshot