{"id":325788,"date":"2026-04-28T14:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=325788"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:56:46","slug":"oba-femi-proclaims-regular-open-challenge-after-squashing-grayson-waller-on-wwe-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/oba-femi-proclaims-regular-open-challenge-after-squashing-grayson-waller-on-wwe-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Oba Femi Proclaims Regular Open Challenge After Squashing Grayson Waller On WWE Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2158853\/wwe-raw-oba-femi-open-challenge-grayson-waller\/\" data-post-title=\"Oba Femi Announces Regular Open Challenge After Squashing Grayson Waller On WWE Raw\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2158853\">\n<picture id=\"p46927b392c6751984cfeff30e3ee4b36\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-raw-oba-femi-open-challenge-grayson-waller\/intro-1777343457.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-raw-oba-femi-open-challenge-grayson-waller\/intro-1777343457.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">WWE<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Oba Femi announced a weekly open challenge after beating Grayson Waller during &#8220;WWE Raw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only one week faraway from declaring himself &#8220;The Ruler&#8221; of &#8220;Raw&#8221; following his win over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, Femi was back within the ring wrestling Waller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The match didn&#8217;t last long; shortly after the bell rung, Femi quickly ensured it was ringing again, then took to the microphone and declared that he shall be within the ring every week fielding challenges from whoever thinks they&#8217;ll step as much as the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Femi beat Lesnar in lower than five minutes at WrestleMania, with Lesnar leaving his gloves and boots within the ring to indicate the age-old wrestling retirement tradition. In fact, wrestling retirements also include the caveat that they are not at all times everlasting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Femi put out the challenge after beating Lesnar to Roman Reigns after he won the World Heavyweight Championship within the most important event of Sunday&#8217;s WrestleMania show. For his part, Reigns said he can be keeping track of Femi and whether he&#8217;s ready in the approaching months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Oba Femi announced a weekly open challenge after beating Grayson Waller during &#8220;WWE Raw.&#8221; Only one week faraway from declaring himself &#8220;The Ruler&#8221; of &#8220;Raw&#8221; following his win over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, Femi was back within the ring wrestling Waller.\u00a0 The match didn&#8217;t last long; shortly after the bell rung, Femi quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2237,399,12262,13014,20616,1574,7476,23512,38792,21082,6221],"class_list":["post-325788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-announces","tag-challenge","tag-femi","tag-grayson","tag-oba","tag-open","tag-raw","tag-regular","tag-squashing","tag-waller","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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