Oba Femi defeated Dominik Mysterio in a King of the Ring semifinal on June 15, 2026 at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, advancing to the tournament final and one match away from the crown.
The finish left no doubt: after repeated interference attempts and run-ins at ringside, Femi closed the match with his Fall From Grace to pin Mysterio and punch his ticket to the finals. He landed a flurry of running uppercuts that flattened both Mysterio and his Judgment Day teammate before the final sequence that ended the bout.
What made the victory material was how Femi handled outside chaos. Mysterio bailed out of the ring as the bell rang and earlier caught Femi with a cheap baseball slide, but Femi answered in kind—he tossed Mysterio up and over the commentary table and repeatedly cut off anyone who tried to tip the balance. JD McDonagh attempted a cheap shot but Femi grabbed him and forced him away from ringside, and when The Iron Ace climbed onto the apron Femi rocked him and sent him off.
The friction that could have turned the match sideways came from Mysterio’s avoidance tactics. He tried to stay out of harm’s way, relying on interference and a timekeeper’s hammer—he even attempted to use the hammer again—rather than trading blows. That strategy failed; Femi neutralized each outside weapon and still delivered the decisive offensive burst inside the ring.
Femi spoke afterward, staking his case for the tournament in blunt terms: "One...one match away, and then The Ruler will have his crown," he said, later adding, "When it is all said and done, I will be king, and you will just be the man who ran from Oba Femi." Those lines underlined the stakes—this was not simply a win on Raw, it was a claim laid down in front of the WWE audience in Baltimore.
The result settled the left side of the King of the Ring bracket: Femi will face whoever emerges from the other semifinal between Je'Von Evans and Jey Uso. That match remains the open variable. Evans showed he can change the math in his favor by mounting a comeback with a high cross body block from the top rope—so much so that commentator Corey Graves called him a "part-time resident of the stratosphere." If Evans reaches the final, Femi will meet an opponent whose offense lives above the ring; if Jey Uso wins, the final will instead be a test against veteran ring craft.
Femi’s win in Baltimore answered one immediate question and sharpened the next: he is one match away from being crowned King, but the identity and style of his final opponent will determine whether his raw power and close-quarters finishers are the right tools to complete the run. The King of the Ring final will decide whether Femi’s promise becomes a title—or stays a threat made loud in the moment.
