WWE: Oba Femi on His Interactions with Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble 2026, Official Elimination Chamber 2026 Poster Released, More Indies Talents Confirmed for Upcoming New Tryouts

Feb 13, 2026

Oba Femi Comments on His Interactions with Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble 2026

A recent episode of the No Contest Wrestling podcast featured Oba Femi as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Femi’s thoughts about his brief interactions with Brock Lesnar during the Men’s Royal Rumble match at this past January’s Royal Rumble 2026 event and it being a teaser for a potential future match.

“There so much nuance to that moment because there’s one thing to have buzz online, but a lot of times, buzz online doesn’t necessarily translate to what the casual crowd or the live crowd wants. At the beginning stages of the face off, me and Brock know that based on our reaction, we both have the understanding that there might be something here. They’re getting louder, they’re getting louder, it’s rumbling, we have something. In that moment, you have that mental agreement like yes, we know we have something so let’s not give away too much right now. I’m glad it got the reaction, I’m glad the IWC desires actually translates to the live crowd and what’s the casual fans want to see. That’s an amazing realization. We have something there, it’s a big money fight. We’re not going to blow our load on just a Rumble interaction, there’s so much more than can happen there. We’ll see down the line.”

Femi also gave his thoughts about the reaction he received for his official main roster debut appearance in the Men’s Royal Rumble match being a “very pleasant surprise” to him.

“The Rumble debut was more of a pleasant surprise. I didn’t think the Saudi crowd would be hip to [my] stuff, so shoutout to the Saudi crowd. I slept on them. I’m there, I’m not doing anything. There’s no planned meet and greets for me because I was supposed to be a surprise. The one time I ended up leaving the hotel, those people who saw me and recognized me and they did the chant. I was like, ‘Oh, okay, maybe I’ll be okay come Rumble night.’ Very pleasant surprise. Saudi, I apologize, you guys know what’s going on.

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2

Official WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 Poster Released

WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque recently released the official poster for Elimination Chamber 2026, which takes place on February 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

This poster features WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk and AJ Lee.

For the first time in over 30 years, @WWE takes over @UnitedCenter. #WWEChamber live Feb. 28 on @espn & @netflix. pic.twitter.com/qrfCxPTYqy
— Triple H (@TripleH) February 12, 2026

More Indies Talents Confirmed for Upcoming New Tryouts

As noted before, WWE is currently scheduled to be holding new talent tryouts next week at their Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Among those who have been confirmed to be attending these upcoming tryouts included Notorious Mimi, Airica Demia, and Nikki Blackheart.

Several other indies talents also recently confirmed on social media that they also were invited by WWE for the upcoming tryouts. These were Fallyn Grey, Ricky South, Valentina Rossi, Promise Braxton, The Dropouts (The Tuckman & Scott Green), Zoe Sager, and the Natural Classics (Stevie Filip & Tome Filip).

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The song remains the same. Set the example. @WWERecruit @WWE @WWENXT #TheExample #ProWrestler #Aussie #Tryout #WWE pic.twitter.com/SKSQMr4Wnj
— ‘The Example’ Ricky South (@TERickySouth) February 12, 2026

Cats out of the bag!! Words cannot describe how grateful and excited I am for this opportunity 🥹🙏🏼💕 after getting injured right after my last tryout and having to start back at zero, to having the craziest year of my life, I’m ready 💪🏼 @wwerecruit pic.twitter.com/PtUm4NKQ4j
— Valentina Rossi ヴァレンティーナ・ロッシ (@MafiosaRossi) February 12, 2026