Tehuti Miles says Hit Row had big supporters in WWE who saw their potential.
Hit Row was only on the WWE main roster long enough to be drafted and compete two times before being released. Despite their quick stint on SmackDown ending abruptly, Hit Row apparently had major players behind the scenes who saw their potential including Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman.
Tehuti Miles, formerly Ashante “Thee” Adonis, tells a story on Casual Conversations with The Wrestling Classic about two of the most notable promoters of the last 30 years touting the potential of Hit Row
"There wasn't like a plan with like a feud or anything. But they were saying that they wanted to get to events that he wanted to get us over. Also, Vince [McMahon] and Paul Heyman, at two different times, told us, 'We're gonna have a lot of fun with you guys. We're gonna make a lot of money with you guys.' I was like, 'Perfect. Sounds great.' Obviously, that didn't end up happening, but, but we actually made them a lot of money on NXT," said Miles. "Our first three months on NXT, we debuted, and three months later, we — I know Swerve put out a tweet and stuff we legit made them over $2.1 million dollars in revenue in three months, our merch was sold out and stuff. It's just like, damn, can you imagine? Because there were only, at the time, 500,000 to 700,000 people watching NXT every week. I was like, 'Can you imagine what the revenue would have been if we were on SmackDown with 2 million-plus watching every week?'"
Elsewhere in the podcast, Tehuti shared what Vince McMahon actually told Hit Row about the way to approach WWE's production. Learn more here.
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