Oba Femi is currently ruling over NXT, and with the Marvel character he based his gimmick on, it shouldn’t come as any surprise.
WWE NXT Champion Oba Femi recently spoke with Fox 54 News. While confirming that his father inspired the Nigerian accent, Marvel Comics’ the Mad Titan Thanos is the biggest inspiration for his character.
“Let’s look at what the Oba Femi character is. Oba Femi, a good guy or bad guy, functions as an obstacle,” Femi said. “Even when I’m being cheered by the crowd, I’m still functionally am a heel.
“When it comes to the Nigerian aspect of the character, I think I don’t have to go too far to pull inspiration — I had my father, I had a couple of friends who were pretty big Nigerian characters and embodied everything about the Nigerian culture and how they spoke and stuff like that. The biggest inspiration I had was, of course, Thanos from Infinity War, because he was just such a memorable character with so many quotable lines.” [H/T: Fightful]
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