Oba Femi wins NXT Championship at Deadline
Oba Femi is once again the ruler of NXT.
Femi defeated Ricky Saints in the opening match of Saturday’s Deadline event to win the NXT Championship for a second time. Saints had dropped Femi twice with a tornado DDT but Femi still kicked out. After Saints kicked out of one of Femi’s pop-up powerbombs, Femi hit another and successfully pinned Saints to become champion once again.
With the win, it will now be Femi that faces Cody Rhodes next weekend at Saturday Night’s Main Event in a battle between the NXT and WWE Champions. Femi and Saints met with Rhodes on SmackDown where he revealed the winner of their match would face him next Saturday in Washington, D.C..
Saints defeated Femi at No Mercy this past fall to become champion. After his loss, Femi vanished from television for a while until re-merging in November, staring down Saints after he successfully defended the title against Trick Williams. The two agreed to a match at Deadline, with Ava revealing on Tuesday that for the first time, the NXT Championship match would open the show.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event lineup | Saturday, December 13 | Washington, D.C.
- John Cena’s final match: John Cena vs. Gunther
- Cody Rhodes vs. Oba Femi
- Bayley vs. Sol Ruca
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