“WWE NXT” kicked off the year with New Year’s Evil on Tuesday, which played host to the finals of the 2023 Men’s Breakout Tournament and after a blistering tournament, former University of Alabama Track & Field star Oba Femi has won the tournament.

On Tuesday’s show, Femi’s brute force was no match for the athletic Chase U recruit Riley Osbourne. Osbourne did his best to outmaneuver the massive wrestler, but Femi drilled him into the canvas with a Powerbomb. Femi is the first Men’s Breakout Tournament Winner since 2021, which was won by former WWE NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes. Femi has come a long way from his debut victory over The Meta-Four’s Oro Mensah in April, winning the first match of the Breakout Tournament, and now the whole tournament in general.

WWE held a Women’s Breakout Tournament earlier in 2023, which was eventually won by Lola Vice, who defeated Kelani Jordan in the tournament finals.