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Oba Femi and Jey Uso started Night of Champions with their King of the Ring final match on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
The winner of the match would get a title shot of their choosing at SummerSlam. Femi, who seemingly had Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns on his mind going into the match, battled with Uso the entire night. Uso was hoping to win the match and face the undisputed WWE champion and thus bring another world title back to The Bloodline.
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Uso gave every ounce of effort he had in trying to get Femi on his back. He did so toward the end of the match with multiple thrust kicks, a running shoulder block to Femi’s midsection, a spear and an Uso Splash. But it was far from enough to put “The Ruler” away.
Uso’s conquest proved to be futile.
Femi regained control, tossing Uso to the mat with his brute strength. Femi hit Fall from Grace and pinned Uso to win the match and become the King of the Ring.
“It feels so good to go from ‘The Ruler’ to being the king,” Femi said in his post-match promo. “Jey Uso did not understand what he was up against tonight. He thought he was just fighting one man. You might be able to beat one man but you can’t beat fate and you can’t beat destiny and most importantly, you can’t beat me.
“I am the ruler, the destroyer, the bringer of war, the mountain that you cannot climb, the mountain that you cannot conquer, the one-of-one, the beast slayer, the one, the chosen one, the king of the ring, Oba Femi!”
Femi will now have to decide who he is going to go after.
Reigns might make the best choice since the two are Raw superstars. But Sami Zayn won the Undisputed WWE Championship in a triple-threat match over Cody Rhodes and Gunther later in the night.
SummerSlam is set for Aug. 1 and 2.
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