AJ Francis says there were many wasted opportunities with Hit Row.
Hit Row had a successful run in NXT, and the group moved to WWE SmackDown in the 2021 WWE Draft. However, WWE released Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla (AJ Francis), Isiah "Swerve" Scott (Swerve Strickland), and B-Fab over the course of a few weeks in November. Top Dolla, Adonis, and B-Fab returned to WWE in August 2022, but Dolla was released again in September 2023.
Francis has since landed in TNA, and he has won the TNA Digital Media Championship during his time there. Meanwhile, Strickland has become one of AEW's top stars.
Speaking on Straight Talk Wrestling, AJ Francis was asked about Hit Row's time in WWE and how there was a lot of wasted opportunity.
“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," Francis said.
Francis has said that the door is still open for him in WWE. Click here to see what he had to say.
Francis previously discussed his run in TNA. Check out his comments here.
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