Oba Femi Addresses WWE Contract Status After NXT Call-Up

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Two-time NXT Champion Oba Femi has commented on his WWE contract status after being called up to the main roster.

While still NXT Champion, Femi closed 2025 by making some appearances on main roster TV, including a match against Cody Rhodes at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Shortly after that, Femi vacated his NXT Title and has now been fully called-up to the main roster, currently as a ‘free agent’ meaning he hasn’t been assigned to Raw or SmackDown specifically yet.

Speaking on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, Femi explained that he knew his call-up was coming a while before it actually happened, and had already signed his WWE main roster contract before vacating the NXT Title.

He said:

“I’ve known for a while now (about moving to the main roster). Even before I relinquished the NXT Championship, I knew, that’s one of the reasons why that move was made.

“But I was already on the guaranteed main roster – I’d already signed my contract, I just hadn’t been assigned a brand yet. My mindset in that moment is that NXT has done everything possible to prepare me for the main roster, so there was a lot of confidence.

“Plus, I had gone up there to work with the golden goose, Mr Raheem Rhodes. That’s his middle name apparently. Even I didn’t know. I got to work with Cody Rhodes, Saturday Night’s Main Event at John Cena’s retirement, so I already proved in a sense that I belonged, so there was a lot of confidence getting called up, I was ready for the moments.

“The only thing that was left for me to do was ride out my time in NXT, which I did, and now I’m on the main roster, and it’s very real for a lot of people now. So we’ll see where this takes us.”

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