Possible reason why WWE might not book Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi or Gunther for WrestleMania 42
As seen during the February 23rd 2026 edition of Monday Night RAW, Brock Lesnar issued an open challenge for WWE WrestleMania 42. During the Self Made Sessions podcast, the following was stated in regards to a potential opponent for Lesnar…
“So here’s the problem. They know that the audience wants Oba Femi.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman essentially have communicated to WWE and WWE Creative that Brock should not job until his retirement. So that presents WWE with a unique issue because Triple H would like to book at some point Gunther versus Brock and Oba versus Brock.
But if he books those matches, Brock will lose in both matches. So this presents everybody with a conundrum. That’s why it was suggested in the writer room: why don’t we do LA Knight versus Brock Lesnar?
But as we’ve now seen, they’ve realized that people don’t want that match. I’ll put it to you this way: I think they might end up doing that match.”