Brock Lesnar said to be mentoring Oba Femi behind the scenes ahead of WWE SummerSlam 2026

Triple H: “Man, there’s a dilemma, and I don’t know the answer. I think they shouldn’t go away totally. I’m old school. I believe that you learn this craft not only being in the ring, but I learned it from a series of guys before me. That’s how the business works.

One of the things that I think is cool is you have a generation now that wants to give back. Me, Taker, Shawn. You have guys like Bobby Roode, Michael Hayes, right, that are looking to pass on that knowledge to others. And I think that’s amazing.

And I’m hoping that over time, as guys get to the end of their careers— and I get it, it’s hard to put down— but that guys are going to step up and say, like, hey, I don’t want to take bumps anymore, but I don’t want to leave this business. And how do you do that, right?

There is another level past the in-ring that can be just as meaningful, if not more so, for guys moving forward. And that’s where guys will learn.

And we’re fortunate now to have a generation also of Cody and Punk and Roman and Seth and all of these guys— of Brock, right?

Brock is, he probably suplex me for saying this, but like, Brock is hands-on with Oba Femi. He sees something special there and he’s like, okay, kid, come with me and I’m going to teach you. ‘Here’s all the things you got to learn.’

He brings him in his room in the afternoon, he say, sit for hours and talk about this stuff, right? It’s that level of stuff that brings this next generation up. And I think we’ll take it to the next level and I’m excited to see it.

And you know, for every star that we have now sitting at the top, there’s a guy underneath him, an Oba, a Trick, a Carmelo, a Je’Von, of all these people that are sitting underneath him just soaking up this knowledge. And I think that’s going to make the next generation thrive.”