Je’Von Evans came up short in another bid to win the NXT Championship Tuesday on The CW, falling to champion Oba Femi after foul play by Ricky Saints.
But whatever. Forget all that.
At only 21, Evans has time to grow, time to catch up to Femi, just as a young The Rock eventually caught up to the wily Steve Austin. And this week, he showed exactly why that future feels inevitable.
Late in the match, Evans ducked a charging Femi, sending “The Ruler” crashing over the announcers’ table. Back in the ring,
“The Young O.G.” hit back-to-back frog splashes, the second higher than the first. A burst of strikes, capped with a spin wheel kick, knocked Femi to the floor.
Then came the moment.
As Femi rose, Evans launched himself in a picture-perfect dive, framed brilliantly by WWE’s cameras. From the floor looking up, fans saw Evans at full extension, clearing the ropes and crashing into Femi with pure, body-to-body impact.
In 2025, the dive is as overused as the spear and superkick. But when it’s done right — in a big match, in a closing sequence, with execution this sharp — it becomes something else entirely. It becomes art in motion.
On Tuesday, Evans was Rembrandt reincarnated, painting a masterpiece in midair. In a year that even saw Roman Reigns take flight for the first time in four years, Evans’s soaring shot cleared them all.
