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The feud between Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar will come to a head at SummerSlam in August, and the matchup has the potential to be WWE's match of the year.
Femi defeated Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 and led to “The Incarnate Beast” deciding to retire – at least for a moment – at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Lesnar made a dramatic return a few weeks later, challenging and defeating Femi at Clash in Italy.
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Oba Femi looks on during 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 fight inside Hell in a Cell.
WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield called the upcoming match between Femi and Lesnar a “generational showdown.”
“I've never seen anything like Oba… well, yeah. I've seen Brock,” he told Fox News Digital. “It's very much the carbon copy of Brock's arrival. Brock's arrival said, 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 can he talk, he's a really smart guy. Brock became one of the biggest draws in pro wrestling. He became one of the biggest draws in pro wrestling. It's an incredible story, and now you have someone who can rival that 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 goes out with the silly little walk he does. Everyone does it, it's like The Bushwackers. But the whole stadium 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, so I just saw him in a sports bar. I stood in the back where no one could recognize me, and as soon as Oba came out, the whole sports bar was sitting there doing that Oba Femi dance. The guy is done amazingly.
“I really believe that somewhere in the NFL this year, you'll see an entire NFL stadium doing this dance. You'll have someone like Saquon Barkley or 'King' (Derrick Henry) or some of these guys doing this dance, and it's contagious. Once one of them does it, one of these big running backs or wide receivers, or someone scores a touchdown, that's when I think you'll see entire stadiums doing it. I just think Oba Femi is a lightning bolt and Brock has always been. like that. For me, this is a generational confrontation.
Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi face off during 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 1 and 2 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
