6 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (27 April - Results & Review)
4. Oba Obliterates Waller
If WWE’s goal is to continue to build Oba Femi up for an eventual main event run and world title program, they might as well keep him front-and-center on television, squashing poor, hapless souls.
In that spot last night was Grayson Waller, who whined to Raw GM Adam Pearce about not having any opportunities, only to find himself facing Femi as a consequence. Waller managed a necksnap on the top rope and went for his rolling stunner, only for Oba to catch and launch him, setting up the Fall from Grace for the easy win.
Afterward, Femi declared that because new United States Champion Trick Williams was refusing to continue the US open challenges, and the world champions were tied up with their feuds, he was offering a solution: his own open challenge. Oba welcomed anyone in the back looking to prove themselves to step up, but he promised to be merciless, unforgiving, and relentless.
This was an incredibly simple and direct way to book Femi – and it worked. They’ve set the expectation every week that he will pull a Goldberg, strutting to the ring and waiting for some poor shmuck to step up and get stepped on. Fans will enjoy seeing a parade of geeks and (eventually) bigger stars trying their hand and falling short, until Oba stumbles upon someone of note and we’re off to the races.