Booker T has given his thoughts on Oba Femi losing the NXT Championship to Ricky Saints at WWE No Mercy this past weekend.
The main event of the show saw Saints put an end to Femi’s 263-day title reign that had been going since the start of January.
Speaking on his Hall of Fame show, Booker praised both men, particularly Femi for how he performed during his reign and in dropping the title.
He also added that he believes Femi is ready for a WWE main roster run. Booker said:
“Big ups to Ricky Saints going out there and doing that. Big ups to Oba Femi as well for going out there and being able to quarterback that thing so well at such a young age in the business so to speak, as far as only being in the business three years, being able to go out there and be a general inside the squared circle, and outside of the ring. It’s so impressive, it really, really is impressive.
“One thing I’ve always said about true artists, guys that pick this up and really do very, very well – your losses have gotta be better than your wins, or just as good. And that dude went out and he lost just as good as he went out there to take a W any day of the week.
“I commend Oba Femi for literally picking this business up and understanding… I hope and I wish for so many more of these young guys to be able to take it and pick that up. Because he doesn’t go out there and do a whole lot in the ring, but everything is so impressive, everything is so believable, and he’s come such a long way in such a short amount of time.
“Big ups to both of those guys, great job.
“Let’s just say this, I think Oba can run with the big dogs. He can do it right now. Do I think he’s ready? Yes I do. I’m not running the show, I’m not pulling the strings or anything like that, but I like everything about Oba Femi and I think if they were to pull the trigger with him, they could do very, very well, I really do.”
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There’s been no word yet on whether WWE has plans to move Oba Femi to the main roster at this point.
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