{"id":318518,"date":"2026-04-14T14:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=318518"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:05:45","slug":"oba-femi-to-grow-to-be-a-paul-heyman-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/oba-femi-to-grow-to-be-a-paul-heyman-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oba Femi To Grow to be A Paul Heyman Guy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_106\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The contract signing for Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42 took an unexpected activate this week\u2019s episode of WWE RAW, setting the stage not just for his showdown with Brock Lesnar, but in addition hinting at a possible alliance that might shape his future.<\/p>\n<p>Femi made his approach to the ring and signed the contract, clearly focused on the fight ahead. But before he could fully speak his mind, Paul Heyman appeared on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman praised Femi as considered one of the fastest-rising stars he\u2019s ever seen, but quickly issued a warning. He stressed that momentum alone wouldn\u2019t be enough against Lesnar, suggesting that the rising star might be stopped cold by an F-5 at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman then offered Femi a future under his guidance \u2014 but only after Lesnar defeats him.<\/p>\n<p>Femi didn\u2019t hesitate to shut it down. Rejecting the offer outright, he made it clear that he has no intention of needing help after WrestleMania 42. As a substitute, he doubled down on his belief that Lesnar might be beaten \u2014 and implied that even Heyman knows it. He said,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe physical scars will heal \u2026 however the emotional wounds when your Beast loses at WrestleMania will last ceaselessly.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you have got any news suggestions or podcast recaps that you just\u2019d prefer to send in for us to post (full credit shall be given to you), please email me at <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"3765745b56455c676064776e565f58581954585a\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contract signing for Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42 took an unexpected activate this week\u2019s episode of WWE RAW, setting the stage not just for his showdown with Brock Lesnar, but in addition hinting at a possible alliance that might shape his future. Femi made his approach to the ring and signed the contract, clearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[12262,11822,20031,20616,4546],"class_list":["post-318518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-femi","tag-guy","tag-heyman","tag-oba","tag-paul"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! This could result in 404 errors for your site visitors.","status":"warning","options":{"id":"0a2ae5f84bc2c0423042ed7ec22d2e40","isDismissible":true,"actions":[{"url":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=aioseo-redirects","label":"Add Redirect to improve SEO","class":"aioseo-redirects-slug-changed"}]},"allowedContexts":["posts"]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318521,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318518\/revisions\/318521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}