{"id":1994050,"date":"2025-09-03T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1994050"},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:54:10","slug":"oba-femi-confirms-he-based-his-gimmick-after-a-popular-marvel-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/oba-femi-confirms-he-based-his-gimmick-after-a-popular-marvel-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Oba Femi Confirms He Based His Gimmick After A Popular Marvel Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_5cmadd2lcapbsnpfcddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_madd2lcapbsnpfcddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_madd2lcapbsnpfcddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/oba-femi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oba Femi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oba Femi<\/a> is currently ruling over NXT, and with the Marvel character he based his gimmick on, it shouldn\u2019t come as any surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/wwe-nxt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WWE NXT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WWE NXT<\/a> Champion Oba Femi recently spoke with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfxg.com\/community\/wwe-nxt-gears-up-for-its-live-augusta-debut-and-oba-femi-is-ready-to\/article_9421eb36-02b6-4b40-9616-c9798a7a374e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fox 54 News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Fox 54 News<\/em><\/a>. While confirming that his father inspired the Nigerian accent, Marvel Comics\u2019 the Mad Titan Thanos is the biggest inspiration for his character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLet\u2019s look at what the Oba Femi character is. Oba Femi, a good guy or bad guy, functions as an obstacle,\u201d Femi said. \u201cEven when I\u2019m being cheered by the crowd, I\u2019m still functionally am a heel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen it comes to the Nigerian aspect of the character, I think I don\u2019t have to go too far to pull inspiration \u2014 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.\u201d [H\/T: <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/oba-femi-thanos-infinity-war-251381\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fightful;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fightful<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/nxt-champion-oba-femi-declares-161416776.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:NXT Champion Oba Femi Declares Goal to Retire Two Major WWE Stars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">NXT Champion Oba Femi Declares Goal to Retire Two Major WWE Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What do you make of Femi\u2019s comments? Do you see inspiration from Thanos in his WWE character? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1576518-oba-femi-confirms-he-based-his-gimmick-after-a-popular-marvel-character\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oba Femi Confirms He Based His Gimmick After A Popular Marvel Character;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oba Femi Confirms He Based His Gimmick After A Popular Marvel Character<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wrestlezone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wrestlezone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what&#8217;s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Oba Femi is currently ruling over NXT, and with the Marvel character he based his gimmick on, it shouldn\u2019t come as any surprise. 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