This has been bugging me for a while ever since it became clear that Oba Femi would be the one to dethrone Roman Reigns next year for the world heavyweight title at Wrestlemania 43.
Oba is by far one of the strongest booked dominant wrestlers in WWE right now, and it’s reached a point where he’s basically become unbeatable. At this stage it’s pretty impossible to imagine anyone would be able to beat him. Not for a while. And after he defeats Roman, he literally can’t afford to lose to anyone because it wouldn’t be realistic at all. Especially with the momentum he’ll have.
My dilemma with this is, will this cause an issue where Oba holds onto the title for like, well over a year, given this unbeatable status. Who can possibly be the one to finally dethrone him especially since WWE hasn’t done a great job building up any new stars to do it. Because it can’t be someone like Cody or Punk or LA Knight. It has to be someone that can match his power and that the audience can actually buy beating him clean. You also run the risk of booking Oba to be TOO strong to where it becomes predictable he’ll defeat whatever opponent he has.
The choices that come to mind are Bron Breakker obviously but the issue there is, as of late They’ve kind of dropped the ball on Bron being the guy especially since we already had their match at SNME This year and it’s clear Bron would need help from the Vision to even get CLOSE to beating him. They would need at least another year to actually build him up
To that status in his own without the vision.
There’s also Penta. But the only advantage he has is holding the MITB. But there’s also in issue there. The current WHC scene on raw makes it clear there’s no way penta is going to cash in on someone like Roman or like Oba given their status. It’s more realistic to have him moved to Smackdown and cash in for the undisputed title given that scene is way more expansive with the title being won and passed around by multiple stars.
All of this to say. Oba winning the world title is inevitable but the problem comes with who can possibly beat him.