WWE NXT Champion Oba Femi appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss several topics, including whether he is working to bring back a big-man style to wrestling.
Femi said, “100%. We got into the era where…a couple of years ago, there was this phase where, to be a good worker you have to be athletic, doing flips, being a high flier. I have nothing against high fliers, I love watching Rey Mysterio, Axiom, and all those guys. I love it. Because of that point, a lot of guys were high flying, and it became oversaturated, and the art of being a man was lost. When you wrestled a grounded style, it was assumed you couldn’t work just because you couldn’t dive off the top rope. Part of my job right now is to show that, no, this grounded style, there is still value in it and emotion that can be shown, and aggression. It is my job to bring that back. I, personally, am not a flipper. I can, but it would take a very special occasion to pull something like that off.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
