WWE Must Not Make One Mistake With Oba Femi
A WWE Hall of Famer reflected on a mistake that shouldn’t be made with Oba Femi.
Oba Femi moved to the main roster at the beginning of this year and has continued to rise as the next big thing in the WWE. He has been in a feud with Brock Lesnar since WrestleMania 42. Oba defeated Brock at Mania but lost to him in the rematch at Clash in Italy. Femi also won this year’s King of the Ring tournament.
However, Oba Femi decided to post pone his World title opportnuity despite becoming King of the Ring and is set to take on Brock Lesnar inside the Hell in a Cell at SummerSlam 2026. Meanwhile, the WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T opened up on a mistake that the compnay must not make with Oba Femi.
Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T was asked whether Oba Femi should form his own faction in WWE. Booker said Oba is heading to the top right now and he doesn’t need a faction:
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to play with that. You don’t do anything like that, as far as the faction goes, with somebody like Oba until he’s in his tenure and getting ready, until he’s well into his career. Right now, Oba’s just getting off the ground. He’s got the rocket on him right now; he’s going straight to the top.”
Booker T also said that WWE needs to pull the trigger on Oba right now:
He’s doing everything right. Oba Femi — the only thing they’ve got to do now is just pull the trigger and let Oba Femi do his thing. And like I say, there definitely will be room for something like that in the future, but I just don’t think it’s time for something like that right now.” [H/T PWMania]
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Oba Femi threatened WWE Hall of Famer before SummerSlam 2026
During the SummerSlam 2026 kick off event, Oba Femi threatened the WWE Hall of Famer, Paul Heyman with the following statement, ahead of his Hell in a Cell encounter with Brock Lesnar:
You’ve done enough talking, and you’ve done enough running. So who is ready for SummerSlam? Who is ready for Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar? Who is ready for Hell in a Cell? You don’t even have the guts to stand right here while I walk out.”
They’ve called you a sleaze bag, a criminal, a walrus. But now you’re just a big fat chicken. But the good news is at Hell in a Cell, it all comes to an end, all the running, all the ducking, all the low blows, all the attacking from behind, all the BS, it comes to an end.”
It remains to be seen who walks out of the Hell in a Cell victorious.