7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT: New Year's Evil (Results & Review - 2 Jan)

5. Breaking Out

Oba Femi
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Oba Femi has just 20 matches to his name, but he’s definitely got something.

And Tuesday night at New Year’s Evil, Femi got something else: he won the NXT Breakout Tournament and earned a contract to challenge for any title. Femi knocked off a game Riley Osborne in a decent match that stayed within its means, with Oba working a bearhug and mixing in a backbreaker while Osborne relied on stick-and-move tactics and high-flying attacks to stay in the fight.

While Femi did muff a sell of a headscissors, he still did a nice job and showed some explosiveness at the end with a Snake Eyes, backdrop toss and powerbomb to put Riley down and win the contract.

It’s early, but it’s safe to say NXT could have something here. And kudos to booking a smart David versus Goliath finals with the more experienced Osborne keeping things on track.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.