7 New Directions For WWE After Saturday Night's Main Event (13 Dec)

The NXT Champ is ready, and SNME made that crystal clear.

Oba Femi never looked out of place vs. Cody Rhodes despite the pair being cut short by Drew McIntyre’s interference. He has size, power, poise, is athletic as hell, and proved he can handle business over the live mic on SmackDown when setting this match up. Ideally, that's where Hunter would put him: On SmackDown once it goes 3 hours.

Then, he'll have ample time to build his WWE career alongside the likes of Joe Hendry and Sol Ruca. There's really no need to rush, because he’s only 27, but the dude has the world at his feet. Imagine matches like Oba vs. Bron Breakker in the future?! Those could be PLE main events, so the future looks bright and exciting.

Some online are bitching about the McIntyre run in and DQ finish to Oba vs. Cody, but those same people would be whinging if either one lost clean on the night. WWE had to do something like this. Drew would've been conspicuous by his absence otherwise, and now Femi has some beef with him too.

McIntyre's character knows how to make new pals, eh? What a lad.

Shawn Michaels may want to get the NXT Title off Oba's shoulder before he jumps to the main roster. He just won the thing from Ricky Saints at Deadline earlier this month, but there'd be nothing wrong with a short title reign. Perhaps Drew could cost him that belt just to cause trouble. Then, Femi would have a ready made issue to sink his teeth into in the big time.