Moose: Oba Femi Will Go Down As A Generational Talent

Denise Salcedo,Robert DeFeliceAugust 12, 2025, 7:00 pm

Moose praises Oba Femi.

Moose wrestled Oba Femi for the WWE NXT Championship at WWE NXT Roadblock at the theater in Madison Square Garden in March 2025. He came up short that night, losing to “The Ruler” in just under 14 minutes.

While he did not come away with the NXT Championship, Moose did come away with respect for Oba Femi. During a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, Moose praised Oba as someone who will go down as a generational talent. However, he hinted at wanting a rematch, hoping for a different outcome than their first go-around.

“Oh, man, I can say so many great things about Oba. He’s definitely going to go down as a generational guy. I’m glad that I was given the opportunity by WWE to have that match with him. I hope I’ve made it memorable for all the Moose fans and all the staff and coaches there in WWE, but I enjoyed that match also. It was definitely a learning experience for me, because it taught me how WWE does things, and it’s so different than how TNA does things and how TNA builds their matches.

“So it was definitely a learning experience for me, and it was also a learning experience for Oba because he did a couple of shows and he made a couple of stops in TNA. He saw how we did things. Which I’m sure he could tell you, is a little bit different than how they do things there. So, I’m happy that we had great chemistry. I’m happy that we delivered, and I felt like we over-delivered, because people didn’t realize how good this match was going to be until it was over. From everything I saw, we got high praise for it. So yeah, hopefully we get to lock horns again, and hopefully it will be a different outcome if we do.”

Moose will also be wrestling on the August 12 episode of WWE NXT. He will team up with Oba Femi, Je’Von Evans, and Trick Williams vs. DarkState. Learn more about that here.

Jacy Jayne recently spoke about working at TNA Wrestling and enjoying the opportunity to see how different wrestling companies operate. Read more here.

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