Jonathan Coachman and JD think WWE made the Oba Femi situation way messier than it needed to be, and they’re pointing the finger straight at Triple H.
While speaking on Two Count Tuesday, JD argued that WWE is so obsessed with shocking internet fans that it ends up creating confusion for itself. His point was that fans already hear about a lot of creative plans before they happen, so WWE keeps swerving away from the obvious move just to prove everyone wrong.
“You know what they did? They really made everything more confusing for themselves because they want so vehemently to go against what the internet thinks and knows. We know everything before it happens. And Triple H is trying so hard to sway us away in a different direction. Now he’s f******* himself over and now he’s made everything more confusing because he wants to keep it unpredictable for us because we know everything. But then they say, ‘Oh, the fans on social media are very critical of the product. Just have fun with it.’ Meanwhile, he’s the one listening to what the criticisms are online and trying to dictate the creative based on what we’re saying.”
Coachman jumped in and said he could picture WWE celebrating the swerve privately before realizing they still had to explain the story.
“Boy, you know, they’re sitting on that jet just laughing. ‘Oh, we got them. We got them. We got them. Oh, wait… we’ve got to figure out why he doesn’t go after Roman Reigns.’”
That all ties back to Oba Femi’s RAW segment after Night of Champions. Oba opened the show as the 2026 King of the Ring winner, and fans expected him to make his SummerSlam title decision. Instead, Brock Lesnar came out with Paul Heyman, kicked him low, hit an F5, and ended up accepting Oba’s challenge for SummerSlam inside Hell in a Cell. Big moment, sure, but it also left the obvious title question hanging.
JD came back to the same issue later, saying WWE’s real problem is not impatience but a need to make internet fans feel wrong. He said the live crowds may be enjoying the shows, but WWE still clearly reacts to the online conversation.
“Do I think they’re impatient, Coach? No, I don’t think they’re impatient. I just think, like I said before, they have a very serious problem of proving everybody wrong. Everybody on social media is critical of the WWE product. If you go to the fans and the audience and the people that buy tickets to these shows, they’re all having a good time… Triple H says, and Nick Khan says, those are the people that we pay attention to.”
JD said WWE ends up swerving away from the correct decision just to create doubt, even when fans already know where the story should go.
“But when you go online and people are overly critical of what Triple H is doing creatively… then they try and sway you away from the decision that you know is right just to pretend like that’s not going to be the decision, but it’s going to end up being the decision anyway and we’re going to take you on this ride.”
Then he called WWE hypocritical for acting like social media criticism does not matter while still chasing social media numbers.
“They are hypocritical. And WWE is trying desperately to get one over on the fans because we’re not supposed to know as much as we do. But these are the people that live and die by their social media numbers. Yet the people on social media don’t mean anything. Well, if we didn’t mean anything, then do what you’re supposed to do and try to give us the best show possible instead of trying to pull the wool over our eyes and pretend like we don’t know anything.”
Coachman agreed and said WWE telling fans to “have more fun” already proves the company knows people online are not fully buying what they’re doing. He also felt WWE moved too fast with Oba instead of letting the story breathe.
“When he says fans need to have more fun, you are acknowledging that you know that they are not having fun on social media… To me, they got impatient with the Oba thing… They’re saying, ‘We’ve got this guy. We’ve got to have him win.’ I’d rather see a little turmoil, a little adversity. That’s where the storytelling comes in.”
So the criticism is pretty clear. Oba Femi got a massive SummerSlam match with Brock Lesnar, but Coachman and JD believe WWE may have created extra confusion by trying too hard to stay ahead of online spoilers and fan expectations. Instead of letting Oba’s King of the Ring win naturally lead to a title chase, WWE swerved into Brock, and now fans are left wondering whether the twist was smart booking or just another attempt to prove the internet wrong.
What do you think about Coachman and JD’s criticism of Triple H’s booking? Is WWE being clever with Oba Femi, or making things too complicated? Let us know in the comments below.
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