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Busted Open

Did WWE Miss the Moment for Oba?

Busted Open

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Ring Of Honor, News, Sports News, Leisure, Aew, Professional Wrestling, Mark Henry, Nxt, Bully Ray, Sports, Njpw, Dave Lagreca, Tommy Dreamer, Wwe, Wrestling

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca & Bully Ray discuss Oba Femi's trajectory and how he should be positioned moving forward... Did WWE miss an opportunity with him?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.

0:02.3

This is Dave Legreca.

0:04.0

On today's episode, myself and Bully Raid, Talk Monday Night Raw and Oba Femi, and has the

0:09.5

WWE gotten Oba wrong?

0:13.0

We'll explain right now on the Busted Open podcast.

0:16.4

This is the Busted Open podcast.

0:20.3

You asked two great questions, Bully bully and the one question we'll tackle

0:25.1

first is oba femmy because we talked about it do you go do you go the long route or you do the

0:32.2

hogan route where hogan just came on the scene and at the snap of a finger he's in the ring at

0:37.0

madison square garden against the iron cheek he the snap of a finger, he's in the ring at Madison Square Garden against the Iron Cheek.

0:39.2

He caught lightning in a bottle.

0:40.4

And it changed.

0:42.9

That changed pro wrestling.

0:46.0

I mean, if that moment doesn't happen, do we have WrestleMania?

0:51.5

Does WWE go national?

0:53.5

Like, that moment truly changed the landscape of professional wrestling.

0:59.1

Vince McMahon went all in on that.

1:02.1

But they talk about how WrestleMania was the big gamble.

1:06.6

Vince McMahon went all in at the garden.

1:09.9

On pulling the trigger that quickly on Hogan.

1:13.0

And it was an overnight thing, like legit overnight.

1:16.5

Austin wasn't overnight.

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