Oba Femi returns, wins men’s Iron Survivor Challenge at WWE NXT Deadline

Oba Femi emerges victorious.

Femi made his return to NXT on Saturday, appearing as the final mystery entrant in the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. After scoring a pinfall earlier in the match over Je’Von Evans, Femi chokeslammed Wes Lee and Nathan Frazer, pinning them both to earn three points overall. In the final seconds of the match, Evans laid out Femi with a springboard cutter in an attempt to tie, but wasn’t able to cover before time ran out. Femi is now the number one contender for the NXT Championship as a result of his win.

Eddy Thorpe qualified on Tuesday’s NXT in what was a last chance four-way match featuring Cedric Alexander, Axiom, and Lexis King. However, the end of the show saw him being laid out backstage. Right before the Deadline pre-show started, NXT GM Ava announced that Thorpe would be unable to compete and would pick a replacement.

Femi hadn’t been seen since losing a Tables, Ladders, and Scares match to Tony D’Angelo on the second night on Halloween Havoc. It was a rematch for the NXT North American title after D’Angelo won the title earlier in October.