Triple H Calls Oba Femi Defeating Brock Lesnar ‘Changing of the Guard of the Apex’

One of the most anticipated matches of WrestleMania Sunday pitted the young upstart Oba Femi against one of the most dominant forces to ever step into WWE, Brock Lesnar. Oba Femi handled his business & defeated Brock Lesnar free of any controversy. Afterward, Lesnar took off his gloves & boots and hugged longtime advocate Paul Heyman before exiting the ring. The actions of a man done with professional wrestling.

Is Brock Lesnar done? Triple H knows more than we do, but he didn’t exactly confirm or deny anything. Triple H talked to ESPN SportsCenter about Brock’s future & gave some insight on what kind of a character Oba Femi is.

On If He Believes Brock Lesnar Is Done Wrestling:

“Brock is not a walk back through the curtain and have a long conversation guy. Brock has to walk back through the curtain very angry and go to his bus and that that is the end of it. So there was not a discussion had after. I will say this: That’s probably the most famous combat sport athlete of our generation. One of a kind. Nobody like Brock Lesnar.

But the one thing that nobody gives him credit for is the intelligence of a fighter. They see Brock as this hulking brute. The Beast, right? They see him as all that. There comes a point in time when somebody comes along that’s bigger and better and just pushes you to a place that you can’t come back from. The smart ones know when that happens and they call it a day. I don’t think that was a planned thing. I think Brock went to the ring. He walked into a wall called Oba Femi. Brock walked up to the next big thing and ran into a brick wall and the intelligence in him said, “Maybe I should call it a day.” And he took his boots off and he put his gloves down and he walked away. That is not a statement of Brock being afraid of it. That is an intelligent man meeting something that cannot be stopped. It is much of a statement of Oba as it is Brock Lesnar. You witnessed a changing of the guard at the apex of our business.”

Triple H on Oba Femi:

“Speed, power, all of that. When you break it down and (these are) the things that you don’t see. It’s what I see in the afternoon when you talk to him. Not in a way that is cocky, not in a way that seems where he’s arrogant. One of the most calm, confident people that I have ever walked up to and spoken to about this. Cool…is just as cool as could humanly be walking into a stadium of 55,000 people. We just saw a changing of the guard. I can’t say it enough.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit ESPN with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.