Former WWE Star Believes ‘A Lot Of Greatness’ Was Left On The Table

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A former WWE star has said that there was ‘a lot of greatness’ left on the table with their stable prior to their release from the company.

The Hit Row faction had a successful run on the NXT brand back in 2021, before initially being called up to SmackDown in 2021, and being released just a month later.

Swerve Strickland would go on to sign with AEW in March of 2022, while the other three members of the group, Top Dolla, Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis and B-Fab, returned to WWE in August 2022 after Triple H took over as the head of creative in the company.

After just a year back in the company, Top Dolla was released for the second time in September 2023, with him now competing in TNA as AJ Francis.

Speaking to Straight Talk Wrestling, Francis said that there was a lot of ‘wasted opportunity’ with Hit Row in WWE, but said it’s ‘only a matter of time’ before history corrects itself.

He said:

“Yeah, there was a lot of wasted opportunity. Look at what Swerve’s doing in AEW, look what I’ve been doing in TNA, look what Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis, look what he’s doing in NXT, look at what B-Fab has been doing. There was a lot of greatness that was left on the table for one reason or another. I think that it’s only a matter of time before history corrects itself, especially with the fact that how well I’m doing.

“The people that are in WWE that ultimately made the decision to punt Hit Row are looking at it now like, ‘Man, maybe we could have did more. Maybe we could have did something different. Maybe we could have gave them an actual chance.’ It’s good because to me, I love TNA. TNA has given me an opportunity to talk, given me an opportunity to wrestle. Me and PCO stole the show at Slammiversary. Slammiversary’s one of the biggest wrestling shows on any company in the year, and me and PCO stole the show there.”

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