{"id":127404,"date":"2024-10-03T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=127404"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:59:28","slug":"oba-femi-tony-dangelo-biggest-challenge-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/03\/oba-femi-tony-dangelo-biggest-challenge-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Oba Femi is Tony D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s Biggest Challenge Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <em><strong>WWE NXT\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> broadcast debut on <strong>The CW<\/strong> on October 1, 2024, <strong>Tony D\u2019Angelo<\/strong> and <strong>Oba Femi<\/strong> went face to face <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ufoU4Sm_4g\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Miz TV<\/a> ahead of their bout for the <strong>NXT <\/strong>North American Championship the next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was bound to be a tense discussion, given the match and their feelings towards one another. However, the heat got turned up to 100 from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very first remark coming from <strong>The Miz\u2019s<\/strong> mouth was that D\u2019Angelo was scared of Femi. D\u2019Angelo responded by saying he used his fear as motivation. However, that fear is justified given the circumstances surrounding the match and D\u2019Angelo\u2019s actions from previous weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ufoU4Sm_4g?si=4CCZpeYtfIZYQ26n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Oba Femi Isn\u2019t Someone to Take Lightly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since his debut on <em>NXT<\/em> last year, Femi has been nothing short of dominant. He has dismantled opponents with ease, showcasing his strong abilities and wrestling knowledge. There\u2019s a reason why he has quickly risen up the ranks so quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since cashing in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract and winning the North American Championship from <strong>Dragon Lee<\/strong>, he has gone through numerous challengers without trouble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He even beat D\u2019Angelo at <em><strong>No Mercy<\/strong><\/em> on September 1. He knows how to beat D\u2019Angelo since he already did it once. It\u2019s clear he thinks he can do it again.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tony D\u2019Angelo Realizes He Isn\u2019t Invincible<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s someone who is brave walking around <em>NXT<\/em>, it\u2019s Tony D\u2019Angelo. After all, he has a tight knit family that always has his back. But during his match with <strong>Alex Hammerstone<\/strong>, happening after Hammerstone couldn\u2019t dispose of Femi himself, something changed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He realized that he couldn\u2019t win, so he walked away and accepted the count out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After facing someone obviously bigger than him, that brave spirit has faded. He knew that he wasn\u2019t the big dog in the ring at the time. Going up against a behemoth in Femi has him scared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He knows that he needs a gigantic effort to beat Femi and win the North American Championship.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Does Tony Have a Chance Against Oba?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To win the North American Championship, Tony has to do what he told the Allstate Arena crowd. He needs to use the fear as motivation to win. As he progresses in his career, there\u2019s going to be even bigger challengers than Femi standing across the ring from him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If he can take down Femi, his confidence will be restored. Then he\u2019ll know that he can go toe to toe with anyone. The key to winning is believing that he can beat the bigger man. We\u2019ll see next week if he believes that himself.<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On WWE NXT\u2019s broadcast debut on The CW on October 1, 2024, Tony D\u2019Angelo and Oba Femi went face to face on Miz TV ahead of their bout for the NXT North American Championship the next week. It was bound to be a tense discussion, given the match and their feelings towards one another. 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