Paul Heyman: Oba Femi Calls Himself ‘The Ruler’ And That’s Exactly What He Was Born To Do

Paul Heyman praises Oba Femi ahead of his upcoming match with Brock Lesnar on WrestleMania Sunday.

In the lead up to WrestleMania 42, Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar have been clashing in violent brawls, with Oba being more than capable of taking on Lesnar in said brawls.

While speaking to Stephen A Smith ahead of WrestleMania 42, Paul Heyman spoke about Oba Femi, noting that he he’s poised, calm and he knows he’s great.

“He’s poised. He’s calm. He knows it. He knows it, but it’s with no arrogance. He’s not walking around saying, yeah, I know it all. You bitches just bow down and kissed my ass, and it’s not that way. You sit there and you look in his eyes and you realize he’s not nervous. He’s not flinching. It’s not overwhelming to him.”

Heyman continued, noting that Femi was ‘born to rule’.

“He calls himself ‘The Ruler’ Oba Femi and that’s exactly what he was born to do. He was born to rule.”

Heyman would continue to, noting that he loves being able to see someone test Brock Lesnar.

“I would love someone that I could look at and say, ‘that man can beat Brock Lesnar. That man is bigger than Brock Lesnar, than man is faster than Brock Lesnar (and) that man is a better combat athlete than Brock Lesnar,’ because that’s when Brock Lesnar gets challenged. The problem for Brock Lesnar in life is it’s tough to find a challenge for him. It’s tough to find someone that can make him raise his levels. Yes, Brock Lesnar has lost in life but who amongst us has not suffered a defeat? It’s those that come back. What’s the first lesson you learned when you were a kid and you’re riding a bike? You fall off (and) you get back on. It’s the first thing your parents teach you about riding a bike, same thing in athletics, you can’t win a Super Bowl every year, but if you lose (in) one or two of them, you want it even more the next year. Finally there’s somebody who can push Brock Lesnar and we can see what Brock Lesnar’s limits are. We can see what Brock Lesnar’s limits are. We can see what Brock Lesnar’s capable of because otherwise it’s just Brock Lesnar sitting there going, ‘I’ll just take this guy to Suplex City, I’ll go home, I’ll have a steak.’ But this man, this Oba Femi, the momentum he’s riding, the physicality that he brings, the sheer violence that he now returns to WWE is going to enable us to present the best Brock Lesnar ever.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, John Cena spoke about the upcoming bout with Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar. You can read more about that here.

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