Raj Dhesi Recalls Not Originally Seeing Oba Femi’s Potential, Is Now Blown Away By Femi
Raj Dhesi recalls not originally seeing Oba Femi's potential but is now blown away by his potential in the world of pro wrestling.
Raj Dhesi recalls not originally seeing Oba Femi’s potential but is now blown away by his potential in the world of pro wrestling.
Oba Femi has been on a tear since being called up to the WWE main roster at the beginning of this year, with a pair of bouts with Brock Lesnar in the books as well as being a King Of The Ring semi finalist in this year’s tournament. However, one former veteran of the WWE roster wasn’t sure that Femi had the highest potential prior to becoming WWE’s next big thing.
While speaking to Busted Open in a new appearance, Raj Dhesi spoke about Oba Femi, noting that he originally didn’t see the potential the big man had, but is now completely blown away by WWE’s newest monster.
“I love Oba Femi. When I was in NXT two years ago, Oba Femi had just started training and I remember Terry Taylor telling me that this kid has ‘a very very bright future,’ and at the time I didn’t see it. But as he evolved, as he progressed, as he grew into himself as a superstar… wow. I am completely blown away.”
Raj would continue, noting that he would like to see more of Oba’s personality during his appearances.
“The physicality, incredible. Really, really tremendous athlete. Strong, agile, fast. Highly coachable, I can already tell that, I don’t know that personally but the short time that he’s been wrestling, his understanding far exceeds where he should be, compared to others that I’ve seen… the thing that I want to see the most from Oba is more of his personality, more of his struggle. I’m a story guy, I want to know about his journey from Nigeria coming to America. I believe he was a shot putter from college, tell me about that journey, tell me what it was like growing up. Bring some personal elements into it, and I do think it’s going to be brought out in due time, I think that’s the piece of the puzzle that’s missing… that true connection. The physicality’s there, the look is there, the aura is there, the promo is there.”
Elsewhere in the same interview, Raj spoke about WWE Unreal as a series. You can read more about that here.
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