Paul Heyman: ‘ECW Is Dead And I Wish The Same For Oba Femi’
Paul Heyman shuts down ECW chants.
WWE SummerSlam takes place next month on August 1-2. One of the matches on the show is a Hell in a Cell match between Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi.
During the SummerSlam 2026 Kickoff event, Paul Heyman made an appearance to talk about this rivalry. The crowd started chanting “E-C-Dub” at him, which led to Heyman saying the following:
“ECW is dead and I wish the same for Oba Femi.”
This earned him a reaction from the fans, and it wasn’t long until Oba Femi showed up as well.
Oba said, “You’ve done enough talking, and you’ve done enough running. So who is ready for SummerSlam? Who is ready for Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar? Who is ready for Hell in a Cell? You don’t even have the guts to stand right here while I walk out. They’ve called you a sleaze bag, a criminal, a walrus. But now you’re just a big fat chicken. But the good news is at Hell in a Cell, it all comes to an end, all the running, all the ducking, all the low blows, all the attacking from behind, all the BS, it comes to an end. But today you get the casual Oba, the nice Oba, Oba in jeans, Oba hugging babies, kissing foreheads, smiling with the fans. But come Hell in a Cell, you get the warrior Oba, the king Oba, the destroyer Oba, the bringer of war, in all my glory, Oba Femi.”
Elsewhere during the event, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes also confronted each other. Fans can read what Punk said about Rhodes by clicking here.
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