Oba Femi had a rough begin to this week’s episode of WWE RAW, because the opening segment was affected by technical problems before ending with an obvious in-ring botch.
The show began with Triple H and Adam Pearce standing contained in the already-lowered Hell in a Cell structure for a weigh-in segment ahead of Femi’s match with Brock Lesnar. Femi stepped onto the size first, with Pearce announcing that “The Ruler” weighed in at 302 kilos.
Brock Lesnar then made his entrance alongside Paul Heyman, locking the cell door from the skin before Heyman attempted to hype up his client. Nevertheless, the promo quickly went off the rails as Heyman’s microphone repeatedly malfunctioned, forcing him to change to a different mic while Lesnar paced across the cage with a smile.
Heyman eventually revealed that Lesnar had already weighed in backstage at 303 kilos. As Lesnar and Heyman began to depart, Femi grabbed a microphone and accused Lesnar of backing down, prompting “The Beast Incarnate” to return to the cage. The 2 exchanged obscene gestures before Lesnar and Heyman finally headed backstage.
Along with his opponent gone, Femi unleashed his frustration on the safety officers contained in the ring. He successfully Power Bombed one officer, but the subsequent attempt went badly flawed as he failed to finish the move cleanly. Femi was forced to lift the officer a second time before finally hitting the Power Bomb.
Clearly frustrated, Femi then awkwardly shoved one other officer out of the ring before briefly covering the camera together with his hands.
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