Oba Femi looks back on the process of being signed by WWE.
Oba Femi has had a rise to stardom in WWE that has led to many believing he is one of the future top stars of the company. Debuting in NXT Level Up in late 2022, Femi has quickly rose through the NXT roster, becoming NXT North American Champion and currently, being the NXT Men's Champion.
While speaking to Sheamus on Celtic Warrior Workouts, Oba Femi was asked about the process of signing with WWE, recalling how he signed through the NIL program.
"So I was still in college when it happened. I got the DM from WWE recruits. They were like, hey, come to Vegas and do a tryout. Skeptical at first, but then I did some more research and I was like, this is real. I'm interested. So we go to Vegas, we do the tryout. Fun fact, Nikkita Lyons and Edris Enofe were part of that tryout too. I got the job. They said, come to the performance center and I was like, I still have one year of college left. hen they were like, okay, so this is perfect. The name, image, and likeness thing with NCAA had just gotten into effect at the time. So WWE started the NIL program and they said they were going to pipeline me through that. But the only catch was I'd already done my tryouts, so there's no need to do a tryout at the end of it. So they were like, we'll just keep in contact with you through the NIL and when you're done with college, you can start."
Oba is scheduled to defend his NXT Championship on next week's edition of WWE NXT. You can read more about that here.
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