WWE.com and "The Pat McAfee Show" contributor Mark Kaboly breaks down the much-anticipated WrestleMania 42 match between Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on April 18 and 19.

TALE OF THE TAPE

Brock Lesnar (The Beast Incarnate)

Age: 48

Height/weight: 6-foot-4, 290 pounds

Hometown: Webster, S.D.

WWE debut: 2001

WWE record: 74-25-5

World Championships: 10 (7-time WWE Champion, 3-time WWE Universal Champion)

Longest title reign: 504 days as WWE Universal Champion (2017-18)

PLE matches: (62) 39-21-2

WrestleMania record: (12) 6-6

Main event WrestleMania matches: (5) 2-3

Biggest PLE win: Ending The Undertaker’s Streak at WrestleMania XXX in 2014

Signature moves: F-5, German Suplex

Oba Femi (The Ruler)

Age: 27

Height/weight: 6-foot-6, 310 pounds

Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

WWE debut: 2022

WWE record (including NXT): 35-7-2 (broadcasted matches)

NXT Championships: 3 (2-time NXT Champion, 1-time NXT North American Champion)

Longest title reign: 273 days as NXT North American Champion (2024)

PLE matches: (9) 7-2

WrestleMania record: (0) 0-0

Main event WrestleMania matches: (0) 0-0

Biggest PLE win: Defending the NXT Championship against Je’Von Evans and Trick Williams at Stand & Deliver in 2025.

Signature move: Fall From Grace

Experience: Considering Oba Femi was 2½ years old when Brock Lesnar had his first professional wrestling match at OVW, the experience factor is all in Lesnar’s corner. The Beast Incarnate has been in so many big time matches during his sure WWE Hall of Fame career, highlighted by accomplishing the unthinkable at WrestleMania XXX – breaking The Undertaker’s Streak. There is nothing Femi will do inside the ring at Allegiant Stadium that Lesnar hasn’t experienced. The question remains – at what point does unbridled youth and talent supersede experience? Lesnar has the advantage, but you cannot discount that he’s wrestled only 13 singles matches since WrestleMania 36, while Femi has wrestled six times over the last month alone and had a big Saturday Night's Main event match against Cody Rhodes in December. This category is closer than you might imagine, but it is impossible to convince yourself that Lesnar’s lack of matches over the last decade or so will affect him at all – regardless if he’s facing a monster or not – when he steps onto The Grandest Stage of them All. 
Advantage: Lesnar

Aggression: Both of these Superstars have built their reputation on being aggressive. Since joining the main roster at the start of the year, Femi’s longest match was less than five minutes. His SNME match against Rhodes lasted just more than nine minutes, so there’s a pattern with Oba’s technique – attack and dispose of his opponent quickly. That is what Lesnar has made his reputation in WWE over his 25-plus years. Look back to this past Raw when Lesnar took out half of Seth Rollins’ black-masked people with violent suplexes. How can you forget what he did to John Cena at SummerSlam in 2014 (16 German Suplexes)? Oba has shown that trait as well with his relentless running elbows. We’ve seen the aggression with Lesnar so much that it’s difficult to imagine that he will get outdone in that category, even if he has never faced a monster like Oba Femi before. 
Advantage: Lesnar

Strengths: AI tells me that Lesnar’s strengths as a WWE Superstar are “unmatched legit combat athleticism, explosive raw power and 'freak of nature’ physical stature.” Well, you can pretty much say the same thing about Femi. For lack of better words, Femi is a young Lesnar, and that is what makes this matchup so engaging to so many. They are two of the same, just add 20 years to Femi, and you have Lesnar. If there is one strength that Lesnar may have over Oba, it is his college wrestling background. He can grapple with the best of them, and if he can get Oba to the mat, he has a significant advantage. With Femi, it’s his size and brute power. He tossed Lesnar around the ring in back-to-back confrontations the past two Raws and Lesnar was shaken. Whoever wins this match is going to be the more physical one. 
Advantage: Push

Weakness: That’s a difficult word to use when comparing the Superstars because of their styles. If you are looking at Lesnar, you point to his age and his lack of in-ring work over the past decade as a potential weakness, but then you realize that the Beast isn’t your normal human being, so I am not sure if I can commit down that road. With Femi, it’s not knowing what he doesn’t know. He has all the talent in the world to become the next generational Superstar in WWE, but until he deals with and overcomes adversity, you have to wonder just a little if that doesn’t catch up to him against Lesnar. All Lesnar needs is one misstep and it’s over. On the flip side, not truly realizing that the gravity of the situation could be a blessing for Femi, too. 
Advantage: Femi

Wildcard: This might reveal itself more as we get closer to WrestleMania, but how can’t you wonder about Paul Heyman’s role in this match? That leads me directly to Seth Rollins. Rollins sure seemed like he set up Lesnar and Heyman on Raw to walk into a trap that was Femi. Will this somehow be a part of the WrestleMania 42 match, or at least who has the advantage going into it? I’d never discount Heyman and say somebody would have the brain power to outsmart The Wiseman, but if there is one, it would be Rollins. We’ve seen that happen with the help of Heyman at WrestleMania 41 and then again when he feigned a knee injury, leading to him cash in his Money in the Bank contract at SummerSlam, but come on, we are talking about Heyman. 
Advantage: Lesnar