We’re less than two weeks away from the 2026 Royal Rumble, and there’s a lot of uncertainty around who might win or even what story WWE is trying to tell. Fans are still reeling from Drew McIntyre’s shocking upset over WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, and there’s widespread disagreement on whether he’ll even go into WrestleMania holding the most important belt in wrestling. Likewise, there are a lot of questions around World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, who seemed destined to drop the title to rising star Bron Breakker, only to unexpectedly hold onto the belt during the first Raw of the year.
I’m not here to guess how all of this should play out. Instead, I’m here to throw out one name that should be a central piece of whatever is going to happen. It’s time for WWE to make a new star. It’s time to aggressively push a new character and propel him into the main event scene immediately. It’s time for WWE to finally crown a men’s world champion born in the 1990s. It’s time for Oba Femi.
