Oba Femi Feels Current NXT Is Doing ‘A Lot Better’ Than Black & Gold Version

The NXT Champion weighs in on the comparisons.

There’s a new interview that Good Karma Wrestling rolled out with NXT Champion Oba Femi. While on the subject of the comparisons to the Black and Gold version of the brand, Femi expressed his opinion that the current version is doing a lot better.

He added that he appreciates the Black and Gold version and how it shaped NXT into what it is currently.

“I mean, I agree. I agree with Shawn (Michaels that NXT is the best two hours of wrestling), in the sense that the brand is doing the best work it’s done forever. We’re on The CW Network, which is huge for us. Our partnership has been going on for the first year. We’re going into year two now so we’re expecting very big things, and I do understand that there is an era of NXT and Black and Gold which is like revered by the fans and that’s what they remember but, it’s very hard to understand that right now, we’re doing a lot better than back then. The version of NXT that is romanticized by the fans is not even doing as well as we are today. I do appreciate all the effort that the Black and Gold brand put forth. Without them, there is no NXT today, but, we have to understand that this, right now, is the best two hours of wrestling on television.” 

As a follow-up, Femi was asked to speak on how he thinks the current NXT can continue to carve its own path away from Black and Gold.

“So of course, the Black and Gold era was defined by the introduction of a lot of the independent wrestlers that came with all the experience and all that. It was fast-paced action and you know, it was bang, bang, bang. The main roster has a little bit of a slower pace, where it is more entertainment-based and more about the moments and stuff like that. So, I believe that NXT today has found a way to successfully merge the two because there’s people who are like, ‘It’s too slow. I want more action’ and there’s people who is like, ‘Oh, this is too fast. We need more stars and moments.’ So NXT right now is the perfect combination of both styles, where you do have stars, big stars like Oba Femi and Trick Williams and you still have that fast-paced action by Oba Femi and Trick Williams so, this is the best version. The best possible version of NXT that we can have.”

Coming up for Oba Femi is a double title match on the 9/23 NXT on The CW. He’ll be putting his NXT Championship up for grabs against Trick Williams’ TNA World Championship.

There was a multitude of TNA talents who sent out tweets during NXT Homecoming and expressed their displeasure with their title not being held by a TNA wrestler.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Good Karma Wrestling with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.