Oba Femi defeated Brock Lesnar in a remarkable and memorable main event at WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night 1. The highlight came when Brock Lesnar ripped the ring apart, unveiling the wood holding up the ring. Lesnar delivered a tombstone on Femi, who kicked out and finished off Brock with a Fall from Grace.
The hard-hitting match made use of a table, chairs, steel steps and a ring mat, but not the cell. It was essentially a weapons match surrounded by a cage, but a great one at that. After the match, Brock Lesnar
Oba Femi destroyed Brock Lesnar in their first encounter, which made an already rising Oba Femi into an overnight sensation. Oba Femi’s popularity has only increased since then, with the Nigerian Ruler winning the 2026 King of the Ring at WWE Night of Champions. Prior to Oba claiming the crown, Brock Lesnar came out of apparent retirement to attack Oba Femi and get his win back. Lesnar did just that at WWE Clash in Italy after seven F5’s in a controversial decision.
WWE overthought its booking of Oba vs. Brock, with Oba foregoing his No. 1 Contender’s shot that he earned at King of the Ring to challenge Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell. While Oba will undoubtedly receive a world title shot in the future, it was an awkward choice for the rising star to publicly declare that he was planning to put his world title aspirations on hold to beat Brock Lesnar twice and for all.
Either way, fans were excited for the return of Brock Lesnar to Minnesota inside Hell in a Cell where Brock Lesnar is undefeated.
Oba Femi Beats Brock Lesnar And Hails Femi As The Future
- Oba Femi and US Bank Stadium took part in an Oba Walk during his entrance. Michael Cole paid homage to Taz by saying “here comes the pain” as Brock Lesnar walked out. Locked inside Hell in a Cell, Brock Lesnar immediately hit three German suplexes. Oba Femi shrugged it off and dumped Brock out of the ring. Fans were split between Oba Femi and their hometown hero Brock Lesnar.
- Oba Femi hit a suplex of his own to Brock Lesnar on the outside and drove Brock Lesnar into the steel stairs shoulder-first. Oba Femi pulled out a table to the delight of Minneapolis. Oba Femi drove Brock Lesnar into the shoulder as Oba dominated early.
- Back inside the ring, Brock Lesnar defended himself with a steel step, bludgeoning Oba Femi three times. Lesnar returned to his bread-and-butter, delivering a fourth and a fifth German suplex. Lesnar added multiple steel chair shots to the back of Oba. Brock posed for the the crowd, who cheered.
- Oba Femi countered an F5 and drove him down with a standing spinebuster. Femi planted Lesnar with a suplex followed by a biel toss. Femi hit Fall from Grace. Lesnar kicked out and hit Oba with three consecutive F5s, two of which Oba immediately got up from. Oba kicked out, prompting Lesnar to bend a steel chair over the back of Femi multiple times. Brock Lesnar ripped the canvas apart and lifted up Femi for an F5. Brock transitioned into a tombstone on the wood. Oba kicked out!
- Desperate, Brock Lesnar grabbed a chair. Oba Femi punched the chair out of Brock’s hand and stuck him with the Fall from Grace for the win. After the match, a tearful Brock Lesnar paid his respects to Oba Femi as Michael questioned whether this was the last time we would ever see Brock Lesnar in a WWE ring.
- Brock Lesnar took the mic and called Oba Femi the future of WWE.
