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Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar’s feud will come to a head at SummerSlam in August, and the showdown has the potential to be the WWE Match of the Year.
Femi beat Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 and led to “The Beast Incarnate” deciding to retire – at least momentarily – at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Lesnar made a dramatic comeback a few weeks later, challenging and beating Femi at the Clash in Italy.
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Oba Femi looks on during Monday Night RAW at the Allstate Arena on July 6, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Melina Pizano/WWE via Getty Images)
At SummerSlam, Femi and Lesnar will battle inside Hell in a Cell.
WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield called the next meeting between Femi and Lesnar a “generational matchup.”
“I’ve never seen anything like Oba — yes, I have. I’ve seen Brock,” he told Pakinomist Digital. “It’s very much a carbon copy of Brock coming in. Brock coming in 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, he’s a really smart guy. Brock became one of the biggest draws in professional wrestling. He came to one of the biggest draws in UFC history, and that can now compete with a UFC history. character.
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Brock Lesnar in action against Oba Femi during Monday Night RAW at the TD Garden on March 23, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Michael Owens/WWE via Getty Images)
“This Oba Femi comes out with that goofy little walk that he does. Everybody does it, 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 the traffic and deal with the backstage area and then I just saw it in a sports bar, I was standing in the back where no one could even recognize the sport. doing that Oba Femi dance. The guy is just incredible over.
“I really think somewhere in the NFL this year, you’re going to see an entire NFL arena doing this dance. You’re going to have somebody like Saquon Barkley or ‘King’ (Derrick Henry) or some of these guys doing the dance and it’s contagious. When one of them does it, one of these great running backs or wide scorers score a touchdown or somebody thinks you’re going down. arenas that do that, I just think Oba Femi is lightning in a bottle, and Brock has always been that way, for me, a generational match.
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 on August 1st and 2nd at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
