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The feud between Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar will come to a head at SummerSlam in August and the showdown has the potential to be WWE’s match of the year.
Femi defeated Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 and led to “The Beast Incarnate” deciding to retire – at least for a while – at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Lesnar made a spectacular return a few weeks later, challenging and defeating Femi at The Clash in Italy.
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Oba Femi attends Monday Night RAW at Allstate Arena on July 6, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Melina Pizano/WWE via Getty Images)
At SummerSlam, Femi and Lesnar will face off in a Hell in a Cell.
WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield called the upcoming meeting between Femi and Lesnar a “generational match.”
“I’ve never seen anything like Oba — well, I’ve seen him. I’ve seen Brock,” he told PK Press Club Digital. “It’s really a carbon copy of Brock’s arrival. Brock’s arrival was like, oh my God, who is this guy? The guy can even talk and he’s going to be one of the biggest stars in wrestling. Not only could he talk, but he’s a really smart guy. Brock became one of the biggest draws in pro wrestling. He became one of the biggest draws in the UFC. It’s an incredible story and now you have someone who can compete with this character.
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Brock Lesnar in action against Oba Femi during Monday Night RAW at TD Garden on March 23, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Michael Owens/WWE via Getty Images)
“This Oba Femi comes out with the silly little walk he does. Everyone does it a little bit, it’s like the Bushwackers. But the whole arena does it. I was in Vegas and I didn’t want to go to the games and deal with traffic and backstage and so I kinda watched him in a sports bar, I was standing in the back where no one could recognize me, and as soon as Oba came out the whole sports bar was sitting there doing this Oba Femi, the guy is incredibly finished.
“I definitely think somewhere in the NFL this year, you’re going to see an entire NFL arena doing that dance. You’re going to have someone like Saquon Barkley or ‘King’ (Derrick Henry) or some of those guys doing that dance and it’s contagious. Once one of them does it, one of those big running backs or wide receivers, or someone scores a touchdown, that’s when I think you’ll see whole arenas doing it. I just think Oba Femi is lightning in a bottle and Brock has always been like that, for me it’s a generational matchup.
Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi face off at WrestleMania 42: Night 2 at Allegiant Stadium on April 19, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
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SummerSlam will take place August 1-2 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
