Oba Femi
Oba Femi
Isaac Odugbesan (born April 22, 1998) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former shot putter. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Oba Femi. He is a former two-time NXT Champion, and a former one-time NXT North American Champion.
Oba Femi
Born in Lagos, Odugbesan competed in track and field during his high school and college years. After signing with the WWE in 2021 through its NIL program, Odugbesan won the 2023 NXT Men's Breakout Tournament and 2024 Men's Iron Survivor Challenge#Men'sIronSurvivorChallengestatistics).
Early life
Isaac Odugbesan was born in Lagos on April 22, 1998, the son of Maria and Niyi Odugbesan. He has been a fan of professional wrestling since the age of six, with Triple H and The Undertaker being his favorite wrestlers. Odugbesan attended the University of Lagos, where he won ten shot put medals in the Nigerian University Games Association during his freshman season in 2016. In the fall of 2017, he relocated to the United States to attend Middle Tennessee State University on a track and field scholarship, being named Conference USA Male Freshmen of the Year and an outdoor first-team All-USA selection. Odugbesan transferred to the University of Alabama in 2019, where he majored in studio arts and won the shot put title at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2021 and 2022, also winning the outdoor title the year prior. He graduated in May 2022 with a degree in visual arts.
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