“The Ruler” is officially now King of the Ring, as Oba Femi defeated Jey Uso within the finals of the tournament to open Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Uso put up a fight, but ultimately, he couldn’t conquer Femi to get the victory.
Femi immediately tossed Uso into the corner to begin to off the match, but Uso didn’t back down and hit Femi with some right hands before he was downed with a shoulder tackle. Uso slid out of the ring, but Femi followed him, and Uso sent him into the ring post. Uso followed up with back-to-back suicide dives, driving Femi ribs-first into the barricade, and he continued to focus on Femi’s midsection throughout the match.
He went for a 3rd dive, but Femi caught him with a right hand to get back within the ring. Uso dodged a chokeslam attempt and hit a superkick, then fought out of a Fall From Grace. He continued to rock Femi with superkicks to take him down, then went up top to hit an Uso Splash. Femi kicked out before one and got Uso up for the chokeslam.
Uso was capable of rally and hit two spears to Femi, then two more Uso Splashes. When Femi continued to kick out, Uso got him in a sleeper hold down on the mat. Femi fought up and tried to throw Uso across the ring, but wasn’t capable of achieve this until he connected with multiple upper cuts.
After launching Uso like a shot put, Femi connected with the Fall From Grace powerbomb to develop into King of the Ring. In an interview after the match, Femi didn’t say which champion he’d be difficult at SummerSlam, but commentary mentioned fans may discover on “WWE Raw” on Monday.