Hit Row is an American

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consisting of Ashante "Thee" Adonis,

Top Dolla Anthony Joseph Francis (born May 7, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and former football player, American football player. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where h ...

, and B-Fab. The stable is currently performing in

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on the

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. They previously performed on the

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brand. After their release from WWE in November 2021, they have worked the

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and made appearances together at companies such as

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under the name The HitMakerZ. In August 2022, the stable returned to WWE, without original member

Isaiah "Swerve" Scott Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee). ...

History

WWE

NXT (2020–2021)

In October 2020 at TakeOver 31, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott faced

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for the

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and during the match,

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attempted to interfere on Escobar's behalf but were thwarted off by Ashante "Thee" Adonis, who entered to save Scott. However, Scott ultimately lost the match against Escobar. In January 2021, Scott was paired up with

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to compete in the

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tournament. They were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners MSK (

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and

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) and following the match proceeded to argue. On the February 17 episode of ''

'', Scott attacked

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after losing a match against him, turning

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in the process. Scott and Ruff continued to feud with it culminating on the May 4th, 2021 episode of ''NXT'' where Scott defeated Ruff following interference from a debuting A. J. Francis. Following the match, Scott and Francis were joined by Tehuti Miles, under the ring name Ashante "Thee" Adonis, and Briana Brandy as B-Fab. The following week, Francis and Brandy were introduced as Top Dolla and B-Fab, respectively, and the group were named Hit Row. On the May 18 episode of ''NXT'', Adonis and Top Dolla debuted as a tag team and defeated

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and

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. On the June 29 episode of ''NXT'', Scott defeated

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to capture the

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, giving the stable their first title.They wrestled only four more matches, sometime after the group was drafted to the ''

'' brand where Adonis showed his final appearance on the NXT brand alongside Hit Row as the show was transformed from NXT into the newly ''NXT 2.0''. their final match held on the August 24th, 2021, episode of NXT 2.0, losing a six-man tag match to Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza & Santos Escobar) while B-Fab feuded on and off again in the ring with

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who was the apposing teams female valet and manager as B-Fab was to Hit Row.

SmackDown (2021)

On October 1st, 2021, Hit Row was called up to the main roster and drafted to ''SmackDown''. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla wrestled their main roster debut tag team match against two local competitors while Adonis and B-Fab managed the two in their corner on the October 22nd, 2021, episode of ''

''. Despite the stable being drafted to SmackDown as part of the

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, B-Fab was released on November 4, 2021, while Adonis, Dolla, and Scott were released 15 days later as part of a seventh round of layoffs due to the

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that involved administrative staff, plant and talents.

Independent circuit (2022)

After three months of inactivity following the WWE releases, Hit Row reunited at the

Spring Fever show under the name the HitMakerZ on March 19, 2022 in Parkville, Maryland, minus "Swerve" Scott, who had signed with

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. On August 6, 2022, Top Dolla made his return to Coastal Championship Wrestling in Hialeah, Florida, under the ring name FRAN¢; attacking Cha Cha Charlie in the main event of Bash At The Brew 19.

Return to WWE (2022–present)

On the August 12, 2022 episode of ''SmackDown'', Hit Row (without Scott) made their unannounced return as

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, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors. Shortly afterwards, Hit Row began a feud with Maximum Male Models ( ma.çé and mån.sôör) which they defeated the latter on the September 2, 2022 edition of ''SmackDown''. On the December 16, 2022 episode of ''SmackDown'', Top Dolla and Adonis beat

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and

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(Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) in a triple threat tag team match for an Undisputed WWE

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opportunity against

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. On the December 23, 2022 episode of ''SmackDown'', The Usos beat Top Dolla and Adonis to retain the championship. On the January 6, 2023 episode of ''SmackDown'', Top Dolla was defeated by

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in a

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qualifying match. After the match, Hit Row attacked Ricochet, turning heel for the first time on the main roster. B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the 2023 Women's

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as the seventh entrant. She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner

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. Hit Row were drafted to the SmackDown brand in the 2023 WWE Draft.

Members

Current

Former

Music

The members of Hit Row are all featured on the stable's WWE

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titled "Now You Know" (later remixed as "Best of the Best”) which was released by the company on streaming services in 2021. They had also previously been involved with the music industry, recording music independently and collaborating with other artists. Briana Brandy (aka B-Fab) has released multiple songs since 2013. Tehuti Miles also made an appearance in the

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for Dominique Danielle's 2022 song "Come Through". On March 6, 2023 Hit Row was partially fully reunited as a music video was dropped where it was musical artist Montesy featuring FRAN¢ (aka Top Dolla), Rich Latta, Swerve The Realest (aka Isaiah "Swerve" Scott former member) & Briana Brandy (aka B-Fab) dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up.

Other media

*Isaiah "Swerve" Scott made his video game debut in ''

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'' after his WWE release; this was due to Isaiah being a member of the 2020 NXT Breakout Superstars alongside

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(formerly Angel Garza). *On March 6, 2023 it was finally announced that Ashante "Thee" Adonis,

, & B-Fab (as Manager, Non-Playable) made their video game debut in '' WWE 2K23'' as DLC characters in a DLC bundle known as the Steiner Row Pack, as a year prior the three didn't make the previous WWE 2K game above previous Hit Row member Isaiah "Swerve" Scott.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – Isaiah "Swerve" Scott

References

External links

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