WWE: Oba Femi on Way He Vacated WWE NXT Title Was “Really Reassuring”, The CW Launches New 24/7 NXT FAST Channel, New Trademark Filed for New NXT Faction

Oba Femi Comments on Way He Vacated WWE NXT Title Was “Really Reassuring”

A recent episode of the No Contest Wrestling podcast featured Oba Femi as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Femi’s thoughts about the manner he was officially called up to WWE’s main roster and the way he vacated his NXT Championship was really reassuring over how the company views him as a future big star.

“It feels very unique. It lets me know where the company kind of sees me caliber-wise, like where I am in the pecking order, which is really reassuring. Very, very short list. I believe it’s me, Asuka, and The War Raiders [who were called up without losing their titles], if I’m not mistaken. That is a very, very short list. And it’s a privilege to be on that list. Not everyone gets to be on it. And it’s for a very good reason. I have to show everybody coming up to the main roster now that, like, that was done — it wasn’t just done for anybody. Like, you don’t just have like any regular old call-up on your hands. You have a superstar here. So I believe it was done for a good reason. And well executed too.”

Femi also gave his thoughts about dropping the NXT Championship to Ricky Saints this past September before gaining it back this past December was not an issue at all for him.

“No. It’s a job. You understand? It’s a job. And I am very well aware of that.

Whatever the booker wants. Shawn [Michaels] has a vision, Triple H has a vision. And we’re all just like, I hate to say it, but we’re tools to execute the vision. When people lose sight of that, that’s when they get caught up in their feelings and stuff like that. So when I did that, I was like, ‘I’m sure there’s a good reason why.’ And I went with it and didn’t think too much into it.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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The CW Launches New 24/7 NXT FAST Channel

The CW recently announced that they have launched a new 24/7 NXT FAST channel on their The CW app and official CWTV website.

There's no tapping out on this channel.

Stream #WWENXT 24/7 on it's new fast channel on The CW App. https://t.co/YGxsQ2V7lc pic.twitter.com/Aj3ZJa7L7s

— The CW Sports (@TheCW_Sports) February 11, 2026

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WWE Filed New Trademark for New NXT Faction

WWE filed a new trademark for “Birthright” on February 11 for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

This term has been used by Lexis King over recent weeks of WWE NXT shows for the name of his new faction with Arianna Grace, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, and Uriah Connors.

Portion of trademark filing:

Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment