Add as a preferred source on Google Lesnar’s win at Clash in Italy made sense within the most basic possible logic. Femi won at WrestleMania 42, Lesnar answered in the rematch, and now WWE has the trilogy ready for SummerSlam.
The finish of the match in Italy reinforced that. Lesnar won after hitting the seventh F-5 and made it clear that the rivalry was tied 1-1. In other words, the company practically put up a glowing sign pointing toward a third match.
And when the subject is a third match between a legend nearing the end of his run and a name WWE wants to establish, having the veteran win is rarely the most productive path.
7 – Lesnar already got his revenge win
The big problem with having Lesnar win again at SummerSlam is that the story would become unbalanced in the wrong way.
He already returned, attacked Femi, got his rematch, and proved that the loss at WrestleMania 42 was not the absolute end of The Beast Incarnate. From here, another Lesnar win would only protect a name that no longer needs protecting.
Femi, on the other hand, is still being built as one of the major pillars of WWE’s next phase. Beating Lesnar once was shocking. Beating him twice, with the second win coming in even more dominant fashion, would be consolidation.
6 – SummerSlam will take place in Minneapolis, Brock’s territory
SummerSlam 2026 will be held on August 1 and 2 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. That detail changes everything, because Lesnar has always been directly tied to the state of Minnesota throughout his career.
WWE could use that for a heroic farewell, with Lesnar winning at home. However, the smarter path may be the exact opposite: having him lose in the most symbolic place possible for him.
If the idea is to turn Femi into someone truly special, beating Lesnar in Minneapolis would carry far more weight than a normal win in any other city.
5 – WWE kept Oba Femi in the spotlight after the loss
After Clash in Italy, WWE could have shown Femi as beaten down, disoriented, or lost on programming. That did not happen.
On the following RAW, he defeated Penta, Solo Sikoa, and Carmelo Hayes in a Fatal 4-Way Match in the King of the Ring Tournament, despite coming off a loss to Lesnar. After that, he still directed his words toward The Beast Incarnate.
That is a clear sign that the loss in Italy was not treated as a drop in status. It was only one stage of the story.
4 – Femi is still being presented as an uncontrollable force
On the June 8 episode of RAW, Femi destroyed Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh. WWE is not trying to soften the character or turn him into a standard babyface.
He is still being shown as a threat to everyone, someone who can absorb attacks and respond with violence. That matters because a normal win over Lesnar may not be enough.
For the audience to buy Oba Femi as the natural successor to that kind of dominant monster, he needs to win like a dominant monster.
3 – Lesnar needed seven F-5s to beat him
This may be the most important detail from the match at Clash in Italy. Lesnar won, but he needed seven F-5s to get the job done.
WWE could have booked a simpler rematch, with Lesnar dominating and erasing the WrestleMania loss. Instead, it showed that Femi only went down after an absurd level of punishment.
2 – Lesnar’s retirement story is still alive
Since WrestleMania 42, when Lesnar left his boots and gloves in the ring after losing to Femi, WWE has been playing with the idea of a farewell. Even with his return and win at Clash in Italy, that theme has not disappeared.
On the contrary, it has grown stronger, because now Lesnar has the chance to end everything with one definitive match in Minnesota against the man who first made him look mortal.
If this really is his final match, a Femi victory would be the most direct passing of the torch possible.
1 – Oba Femi needs this win more than Brock Lesnar
In the end, it is much simpler than that. Brock Lesnar already has everything. He has won world titles, broken The Undertaker’s streak, become UFC Champion, returned multiple times as a main attraction, and occupied a unique place in WWE history.
Oba Femi is still building that. A loss at SummerSlam would not destroy Lesnar. A dominant Lesnar win, however, could cool off part of the impact Femi has gained since WrestleMania 42.
That is why, if WWE truly sees Femi as a generational name, SummerSlam needs to be the moment when he stops being just the man who beat Brock Lesnar once and becomes the man who buried The Beast Incarnate.