Brock Lesnar’s obsession with Oba Femi will be his final downfall

Last week on Raw, Paul Heyman insisted that his client, Brock Lesnar, was retired. This week, Brock referred to himself as humbled and retired. Here’s the deal: only one of those things is true. You see, Brock isn’t humble. Far from it. If he were, he wouldn’t be trying Oba Femi again after getting

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What is the story about?

Last week on Raw, Paul Heyman insisted that his client, Brock Lesnar, was retired. This week, Brock referred to himself as humbled and retired.

Here’s the deal: only one of those things is true.

You see, Brock isn’t humble. Far from it. If he were, he wouldn’t be trying Oba Femi again after getting obliterated by “The Ruler” on “The Grandest Stage of Them All,” WrestleMania.

As for Lesnar claiming he’s retired? That part’s true — or at least will become true once he gets his win back over Femi.

SPOILER:

that’s not gonna happen.

A Classic Retold

What we’re seeing is WWE’s version of Moby-Dick. In the Herman Melville classic, Captain Ahab’s obsession with the mythical whale leads to destruction, loss, and eventually Ahab’s demise.

In WWE, Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque is spinning a similar tale with Lesnar, as the conquered conqueror chases a force far greater than himself. And at Clash in Italy this Sunday, he will fail again.

But that won’t be the end of it.

Femi had a message for Brock, which he tasked Paul Heyman with delivering: “I’m fighting to kill him.”

Fans gasped. Heyman appeared shaken up. And while he got the message, he isn’t likely to deliver it until after Brock gets beaten again. But by then it will be too late, as Lesnar prepares to set sail on a fatal course that ends as badly as it did for Ahab.

Clash In Italy takes place this Sunday at Inalpi Arena in Turin, Italy. The show begins at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, streaming on the ESPN App with an ESPN Unlimited plan in the United States and on Netflix internationally.