Oba Femi wins WWE NXT North American Championship

Breakout Tournament winner Oba Femi is the new WWE NXT North American Champion. 

Femi cashed in his guaranteed title shot on Dragon Lee at the conclusion of Tuesday's WWE NXT episode to win the North American title. 

Lee had already defended his title once on the show, defeating Lexis King. After that bout, Femi came to the ring and cashed in his shot earned by winning the Breakout Tournament finals on last week's New Year's Evil episode of NXT. 

Femi scored the pinfall victory over Lee after hitting his version of the Last Ride powerbomb. 

The title win marks the latest chapter in a meteoric rise for Femi, who has just 21 career matches according to online wrestling database Cagematch. 

Femi is a former track & field athlete at Alabama who was part of WWE's NIL program in 2021 and 2022, and he was officially signed to the company in August 2022, with his in-ring debut taking place on a November 2022 episode of NXT Level Up.

Tuesday's bout was just the sixth match for Femi on the weekly NXT program on USA, where he remains undefeated at 6-0.