Oba Femi has been going on a tear with his open challenges in WWE, but one legend doesn’t believe they’re working as intended.
During a recent episode of SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray opened up about the open challenges. To him, they aren’t working, and he pointed to this past week’s edition, which didn’t feature much of the fanfare of the challenge in or out of the ring.
“When I saw the look on Oba Femi’s face, when he got in the ring, and he was walking around the ring, I said, something’s up,” said Bully (via Wrestling Inc.). “Something’s not right with the look on his face. And lo and behold, we got the segment that we did. So last night could have been a wonky night. You have the Oba Femi Open Challenge, right? What is my incentive as a wrestler in the back to come out and face the guy that just retired Brock Lesnar? Oba’s a big man, a strong man.
“He can shot put men like Otis across the ring. He’s got a devastating sit-out powerbomb. He’s a strong mother trucker. What’s my incentive to go beat, to go face Oba? So if I go out there and I beat Oba, I can just say, ‘I’ve beaten Oba?’ Like I would love to see them tie something.”
Bully Ray went on to note that, on the flipside, it’s almost useless for Oba to go out and compete, as the competition he’s facing is mostly a bunch of non-high-profile stars.
“He beats Brock Lesnar. Great. And then what? What are we doing the Monday night after? And the Monday night after that, the Monday night after that, we’re going to do an open challenge. Okay. Who are his opponents?” he said. “And you told me this list of guys, I tell you, you’re fu**ing crazy.”
Femi has a bright future in the world of WWE, but for now it seems like he’ll continue to keep himself fresh for an opportunity by taking down would-be challengers.
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