Add as a preferred source on Google Brock Lesnar defeated Oba Femi at WWE Clash in Italy after hitting seven F-5s, and as he left, he made it clear that the rivalry between the two is now tied at 1-1. WWE presented the match as a direct follow-up to what happened at WrestleMania 42, when Femi defeated Lesnar and “The Beast” left his boots and gloves in the ring.
With SummerSlam set for August 1 and 2 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, WWE has the most obvious possible setting to close out Lesnar’s career in his adopted hometown. There had already been speculation that WWE could still use SummerSlam as Lesnar’s endpoint, even after the false sense of farewell created at WrestleMania 42.
Below are three possible paths.
3 – Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi III at SummerSlam
This may be the most logical scenario, even if it is not necessarily the most surprising one.
WWE ended Clash in Italy with a very clear message: Lesnar and Femi are tied. The Nigerian star won at WrestleMania 42, Lesnar won in Turin, and now the deciding match is missing. It is that simple.
The biggest advantage of this route is that it fixes the only real risk created by Lesnar’s win in Italy. Oba Femi lost, but he did not come out looking weak. The opposite is true. The fact that he survived so many F-5s and still stayed alive in the match made the loss far less damaging than it could have been.
At SummerSlam, though, there would be no more room to protect Lesnar. If the idea is truly to retire him, Femi needs to win. Not by countout, not through a distraction, and not because of interference. He needs to beat him clean in front of a full stadium, ending the era of “The Beast” for good.
It would be a direct passing of the torch. Lesnar would leave the stage by clearing the path for WWE’s next physical monster. Of all the names available, Femi is the one who would benefit the most from that.
The risk, of course, is repetition. Three matches in a matter of months could wear out part of the audience. But when a rivalry is built around retirement, revenge, and physical dominance, the trilogy makes sense.
2 – Brock Lesnar vs. Gunther in a Farewell Match
This is the strongest commercial scenario.
Brock Lesnar vs. Gunther is a match WWE has been holding back for years. At one point, it felt inevitable. Then it felt too late. Now, with Lesnar coming off a win over Oba Femi and Gunther still one of the most protected names in the company, this may be the last possible moment to do it.
The logic is simple: Lesnar no longer needs to prove he can still win a major match. He just did that at Clash in Italy. The win over Femi allows him to arrive at SummerSlam without looking like a beaten veteran trying to get a sympathy farewell. He would be arriving as Brock Lesnar again.
Gunther, on the other hand, would be the ideal opponent to make that farewell feel heavy, serious, and like the end of a cycle. It would not need a major stipulation, interference, or too much melodrama. WWE would only need to sell the idea that Lesnar wants to face the most ruthless man in the company before he walks away.
The most interesting part would be the contrast. Lesnar has always been about explosion, brutality, and immediate dominance. Gunther is about control, punishment, and wearing opponents down. A match between the two at SummerSlam could be sold as the final physical test of Lesnar’s career.
In this scenario, Gunther would win. Not through humiliation, but through survival. Lesnar would leave the ring in Minneapolis with the crowd’s respect, while Gunther would walk away with one of the biggest wins of his career.
It is the kind of loss that would not diminish Lesnar. If anything, it would make it feel like he chose the hardest possible ending.
1 – Brock Lesnar vs. Bron Breakker, With Paul Heyman at the Center
This would be the boldest scenario, and perhaps the most interesting one for WWE’s future.
Lesnar’s retirement should not only be about ending a legendary career. It should be about creating something new. Bron Breakker is one of the few names on the current roster who could absorb that kind of impact without feeling out of place.
The story practically writes itself. Paul Heyman, who has been around Lesnar for many of his biggest moments, would be torn between the past and the future. On one side, there is the man he helped turn into one of the biggest attractions in WWE history. On the other, there is Breakker, who represents the next generation of power, speed, and aggression.
In this case, Lesnar’s win over Oba Femi would serve a clear purpose: showing that he is still capable of destroying the company’s future. If he beat Femi, why couldn’t he beat Breakker too?
That is where the central point of the story comes in. WWE could build Breakker as someone who does not just want to beat Lesnar, but wants to take his place. Not as a copy, and not as the “new Brock,” but as the name who ended the era of the Beast Incarnate for good.
The ideal match would be at SummerSlam under a no-disqualification stipulation, but without going overboard. Just enough to sell the chaos, without turning the farewell into a mess. In the end, Breakker would win, Heyman would be stunned, and Lesnar would accept that he has nothing left to prove.
This is the scenario that helps WWE the most going forward. Oba Femi has already gained a lot simply by sharing two major matches with Lesnar. Gunther is already an established name. Breakker, however, still needs that one win that changes a career.
Defeating Brock Lesnar in his final match would be exactly that.
In the end, WWE has three strong options. Femi is the fairest choice based on the story. Gunther is the biggest match. Breakker is the best bet for the future.
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If I had to pick just one, I would go with Bron Breakker. Lesnar’s retirement cannot be only about Brock Lesnar. It needs to be about who is still standing after him.