Oba Femi might be running into some serious competition on WWE television, but don’t expect him to start taking losses anytime soon. Even Bron Breakker couldn’t get a clean victory over him on RAW, and there’s apparently a good reason WWE keeps finding ways to protect its powerhouse.
During the November 9, 2026 edition of WWE RAW, Femi went one-on-one with Breakker in another heated showdown that ended without a decisive winner. Both men threw everything they had at each other, but instead of letting somebody take the loss, WWE went right back to another disqualification finish. Now Dave Meltzer believes fans shouldn’t expect to see Femi getting pinned anytime in the foreseeable future.
The match itself was a hard-hitting affair, with Breakker surviving Femi’s chokeslam while Femi kicked out of Breakker’s Spear. Things got even messier when outside interference came into play, including the use of brass knuckles. Femi eventually caught Breakker with a pop-up powerbomb, but before he could put the match away, The Vision interfered and forced another disqualification.
That’s now two major encounters between Femi and Breakker without a clean finish, and Meltzer wasn’t surprised in the slightest. Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer explained that WWE had backed itself into a situation where neither wrestler could realistically afford to lose at this point.
“It was, it was the obvious and only finish they were going to do on this day and place.”
Meltzer then made an even bigger prediction about Femi’s future. While WWE is clearly protecting Breakker, he believes the company is especially determined to keep Femi looking unbeatable for a long time.
“You know, I mean, they weren’t going to beat Bron here and they’re not going to beat Oba now. I don’t think they’ll beat him at all until a long time from now, put it that way.”
That could explain why WWE keeps pulling the same trick whenever Femi and Breakker collide. Both men are being positioned as major stars, and rather than have either one take a clean loss, WWE is apparently content to let the matches end in chaos until the company is ready to give somebody a decisive victory.
This also comes after Femi played a major role in Penta and Je’Von Evans winning the WWE World Tag Team Championships at Crown Jewel 2026. Femi showed up during the match and took out Bronson Reed, helping create the opening that allowed Penta and Evans to defeat Breakker and Austin Theory.
As Ringside News previously covered, WWE originally planned a six-man tag team match involving Femi, Penta and Evans against Breakker, Theory and Reed at Crown Jewel. Those plans were changed to allow the tag team title switch, with the six-man match still expected to happen down the line.
For now, Meltzer’s comments suggest WWE has no interest in taking away Femi’s momentum by having him lose clean. That’s his assessment of the company’s booking, not confirmation of a backstage directive, but the repeated disqualification finishes certainly fit the picture he’s painting.
WWE clearly sees something big in Oba Femi, and it doesn’t look like the company is ready to let anybody knock him down just yet. The problem is that fans can only watch so many matches end with everybody running into the ring before they start demanding an actual winner. Protecting Femi is one thing, but eventually WWE is going to have to let these two monsters settle things without another cheap finish.
Do you think WWE is right to keep Oba Femi protected from clean losses, or should Bron Breakker finally be the one to hand him a defeat? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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