10 WWE Superstars Set For A Big Push Following WrestleMania 42

10. Oba Femi

Oba Femi sprinted past Brock Lesnar in a brisk 4:46 to open WrestleMania Sunday, used his mandatory post-show interview to call out Roman Reigns, and ended his career-defining week by opening the Raw after 'Mania with a stern, 4-word promo that drew immediate comparisons to Roman's own brief promo following WrestleMania 33.

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It's almost too obvious that WWE is putting all its eggs into Femi's basket - and it's about to rule.

What benefits Oba right away is that Roman, the new World Heavyweight Champion, has affirmed he won't be a part-time champion. That's good - the belt was quite literally created because he was a part-time champion - but Raw isn't exactly brimming with available star players ready to be fed to Reigns. Seth Rollins has a Bron Breakker-sized problem to contend with, CM Punk has moved on to Cody Rhodes, Jacob Fatu (Roman's apparent first challenger), will be a non-problem once Backlash is done. Also, Gunther is rumoured, but he may be too busy goading Brock out of retirement to care.

That leaves Oba Femi as the sole viable threat to Roman's latest dictatorship, the process of which has already begun, but this is a match that WWE shouldn't rush into. Pencil it in for SummerSlam at the earliest.

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