A WWE Hall of Famer is sold on Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi's blowoff match at SummerSlam 2026. The third match was something everyone saw coming, but never at the expense of Oba's title shot. Now, the very veteran is explaining why Femi's choice to close the Lesnar chapter over a world title match was necessary.

On a recent episode of Busted Open, the WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray broke down the psychological storytelling behind Femi’s shocking SummerSlam decision. He first praised how brilliant the Lesnar and Paul Heyman segment was, which completely manipulated the situation. Instead of making a calculated business decision, Oba was entirely swept up in the pursuit of confronting The Beast Incarnate.

The WWE Hall of Famer explained that Lesnar mentally blindsided Femi right before he was set to choose his path, potentially a bout with Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship. However, Brock's presence triggered a reaction in Oba to the point that he felt the world titles could be chased later.

All this, however, came up in the discussion about Cody Rhodes getting back in line for the Undisputed WWE Championship against CM Punk. However, he should keep that path ongoing and not leave that bout for Gunther.

WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray noticed that when CM Punk got in the ring to face Sami Zayn, the latter shoved him off, almost like a frivolous reaction to how Sami was prepared for Cody Rhodes, but he wanted none of Punk.

On the same podcast, Bully said that he loved this moment because it instantly got a crowd reaction. The Chicago crowd was there for Punkster, and the Undisputed WWE Champion treating Punk like that quickly fired up the audience.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit Busted Open Podcast and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.

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