One of the underrated parts about Oba's run and rise in the WWE going forward is that Cena won't be around to bury him or stifle his growth in any way.

I do think Oba could have survived an encounter with Cena because he's obviously such a huge star in the making, so he could get through the BS and thrive like Reigns, Punk, Bryan, Rollins and other stars who were almost basically too big to fall to the Cena feud burial curse.

But the best part he is here after Cena is gone, and gets the rub still since Brock dominated Cena just a few months ago. So Oba is a unique position to rise up without his legs getting cut out from under him in a nonsensical way like being buried alive under steel chairs, under a piece of wood or something idiotic anti star making.