Oba Femi is not married. The WWE star, whose real name is Isaac Odugbesan, is dating Briell Brielle, an American fitness and lifestyle influencer. Their relationship became public on April 22, 2026, three days after he beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42.
It did not come out through an interview or an announcement. It came out through a birthday post.
During WrestleMania weekend in Las Vegas, Femi walked the WWE Hall of Fame red carpet with a woman nobody could identify. He posed for photographs and left without addressing it. Wrestling outlets ran the sighting as a mystery. Then, on his 28th birthday, the woman posted the answer herself.
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Who Is Oba Femi’s Girlfriend?
Briell Brielle is an American fitness and lifestyle influencer. She posts on Instagram under the handle @but.ambrielle, where she has around 17,000 followers. Her content covers fitness, body positivity, and lifestyle.
On April 22, 2026, she shared photos and videos of herself with Femi alongside this caption:
“Happy Birthday to my favorite human. My favorite gym partner and person to JINX. We’ve grown so much love. Love life with you today and everyday afterwards. Wish my man a Happy Birthdayyyy @oba_of_wwe”
Femi replied the same day from his official WWE account, @oba_of_wwe: “Aye that’s me! Thank you baby.”
Five words. That was his entire public statement on the matter, and it remains his only one.
Is Oba Femi Engaged?
No. Neither Femi nor Briell has mentioned an engagement anywhere, and no outlet has reported one. The relationship itself only became public in April. He has no children that have been made public either.
Facts About Oba Femi
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Real Name | Isaac Odugbesan |
| Date of Birth | April 22, 1998 |
| Age | 28 |
| Birthplace | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Relationship Status | Dating Briell Brielle |
| Wife | None |
| Made Public | April 22, 2026 |
| Children | None publicly known |
| WWE Instagram | @oba_of_wwe |
| Height / Weight | 6 ft 6 in / 310 lb |
Why Nobody Knew About His Relationship
Femi has around 400,000 Instagram followers. Before April 22, he had shared nothing personal with any of them.
From December 2021, when he signed with WWE, through two NXT Championship reigns and an unbeaten 2024, no partner appeared anywhere in his posts or stories. Outlets that covered his personal life before this year could only write that his relationship status was unknown, because it was. Nobody outside his circle could say whether he was single.
When did he and Briell start dating? That is still not public. The Hall of Fame appearance suggests the relationship existed well before the birthday post, but neither of them has said how long they have been together.
What stands out about the reveal is who made it. She posted first. He responded. After more than four years of silence, his girlfriend was the one who decided the public could know.
Who Is Oba Femi?
Isaac Odugbesan was born on April 22, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria. “Oba” means king in Yoruba, which is where the ring name and his on-screen identity, “The Ruler,” come from.
He grew up watching wrestling on television in Lagos. Triple H and The Undertaker were his early favorites. He was six years old at the time.
Before WWE, he was an elite shot putter. He moved to the United States at 19 on a track and field scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University, then transferred to the University of Alabama, where he won the SEC Indoor shot put title in 2021 and 2022 and the Outdoor title in 2022. He graduated from Alabama in May 2022 with a degree in Visual Arts.
WWE signed him in December 2021 through its NIL program, which develops elite college athletes into professional wrestlers. He reported to the Performance Center in August 2022, at 24, having never wrestled a match in his life.
His WWE Career
Femi won the NXT North American Championship in January 2024, the first NIL signee to win a title in the company. He held it for 273 days, the longest reign in that championship’s history, and went 30-0 in NXT during 2024 before losing the belt in October.
He won the NXT Championship in January 2025, lost it that September, regained it in December, then vacated it in January 2026 when he moved to the main roster. He also won the 2023 NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament, the 2024 Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge, and was named NXT’s Male Superstar of the Year for 2024.
At WrestleMania 42 Night 2 on April 19, 2026, he answered Brock Lesnar’s open challenge and beat him in under five minutes. Lesnar left his boots in the ring afterward.
At the post-match press conference, Femi said: “It’s one thing to tell everybody what you are, it’s another thing to show everybody what you are. I took 25 years of history. 25 years of The Beast, and I made it null, because I am who I say I am.”
In a January 2026 interview with Fightful, he explained what drives him beyond titles: “My goal is more to let African kids know that you can dream big and it’s possible to become a wrestler.”
Since WrestleMania, he has called out Roman Reigns, the World Heavyweight Champion. As of June 2026, that match has not been made official.
Femi went from an unknown shot putter in Lagos to beating Brock Lesnar on the biggest stage in wrestling, and managed the entire climb without the public learning a single thing about his life outside the ring.
The one detail that finally got out was not his to give. Briell posted, he wrote back five words, and that was the whole story. Everything else about the relationship, including how long it has existed, stays where he has always kept it.
Sources: Wikipedia, ITR Wrestling, TJR Wrestling, Netflix Tudum, Sportskeeda, eWrestlingNews, Pulse Sports Nigeria
