Welcome To Hit Row

[avon barksdale]

If they kept him, they would have did a storyline where Top was revealed to be Mick Foley's son, Homie Love

Is this how Vince feels black people walk

 

[2CT]

Swerve was on Jericho’s podcast and pretty much confirmed it was Top Dolla’s fault they all got released

Swerve Strickland says that the days and weeks leading up to his WWE release were just plain weird.

When Isiah Swerve Scott, along with his Hit Row stable mates, were called up to WWE Smackdown in the 20221 WWE Draft, the future looked bright for the newly formed group. Things went sour quickly though, as the group would only appear on the blue brand for a few weeks before B-Fab was released on November 4th and the rest of the group, consisting of Scott, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, and Top Dolla, were all released a few days later on November 18th.

In a new interview with Chris Jericho, Strickland went into detail about the beginning of Hit Row's time on the main roster and how B-Fab's release came very quick.

"We flew out and did another backstage promo from the New Day, without Big E, he was on Raw with the WWE Title. The week after that, we were getting flight information and [B-Fab] didn’t have any. We were like ‘Wait, what’s going on?’. So [Top Dolla] called and made sure everything with the flight info was good and they said ‘No, this is good, everything is good. She’s not needed this week.’ Then like mid-flight [to the show], our phones start buzzing and everything and we see that she’s been released along with a bunch of other releases. We were just like ‘Oh, what?’ Especially as a female that can talk with the guys in the group as much. This is our Nicki Minaj right here to our Young Money. So, that kind of put a damper on a lot of things.”

Strickland then revealed that he and Top Dolla received a bit of a 'scold session' after Dolla had called about B-Fab's flight information.

“Apparently [Top Dolla] calling and contacting, asking about flight information for [B-Fab] and all that, that was like a no-no. So we had a talk with Vince [McMahon], [Bruce] Pritchard and [John] Laurinaitis in the hallway of the arena. It was like, a little bit of a scold session but at the end it turned out ‘Oh don’t worry, we got a lot of fun stuff planned’ and Vince started laughing. It was mainly like on [Top Dolla] and stuff, [they] were like ‘No, you don’t do that’. But then it turned into a positive way, [they were like] ‘This is what we’re gonna do tonight, gonna do something with Sami Zayn. It’s gonna be fun, we’re gonna have a good time’. We were like ‘Okay, alright. Cool.’ That’s all we heard of it.”

Things seemed to be back on track for Hit Row after that bump in the road, but the controversial rap that Top Dolla released about Jinder Mahal supposedly caused some issues too.


“Then we did something the following week with Jinder Mahal and the rap performance thing in the back. Then Jinder responded in a rap, then AJ did a social media rap thing that was deemed offensive. He used an Indian instrumental/beat or whatever, and it was deemed offensive and he didn’t get clearance for that. You know the red tape you gotta go through to clear certain things you wanna do individually on social media. Jinder approved it and thought it was funny, thought it was great.”

When the remaining members of Hit Row began to experience the same travel issues that B-Fab had, the writing on the wall began to show itself.

“We were getting travel for Survivor Series, then it went away. It got back [to us] that we were doing SmackDown, just SmackDown and that was it. Then that went away. Then we were doing Smackdown, Raw and Survivor Series. Literally an hour later we got calls from [John] Laurinaitissaying that we were all let go. So it was just really weird.”

Ashantee Thee Adonis recalled those same travel problems in an interview with Busted Open last year

 

[Rell84shots]

Top Dolla's attitude is fine if you're at least in the upper-mid level class with a few years in the game, but he was a rookie acting like he was Rock or Austin. That being said, It was still a big mistake to release all of them. I'm still not over losing B-Fab's fine ass.

 

[Rayzah]

Swerve was on Jericho’s podcast and pretty much confirmed it was Top Dolla’s fault they all got released

That’s all sounds like a bunch of bs on WWE side. They basically we’re waiting for them to do something wrong so they could release them.
Top Dollar didn’t do anything deserving of being fired. And it also doesn’t explain why they let B fab go in the first place.
Especially seeing how they been treating NXT talent, it looks like Vince wanted to gut everyone on that roster after they lost to AEW. And everyone they kept has had some type of name change to show that NXT means nothing to them.

I just don’t understand why they feel so strongly against their own brand. NXT was the Outlet for fans that preferred in ring ability and consistency with story telling over the superstar sported entertainment variety show that is Raw and smack down. And Vince basically has be giving all of those fans the middle finger and telling them to take that shyt to AEW. I also bet Daniel Bryan leaving really made them feel like they weren’t the only show in town anymore

 

[krackdagawd]

Garbage ass company.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

My mans got fired because he asked about a flight?

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Apparently [Top Dolla] calling and contacting, asking about flight information for [B-Fab] and all that, that was like a no-no. So we had a talk with Vince [McMahon], [Bruce] Pritchard and [John] Laurinaitis in the hallway of the arena. It was like, a little bit of a scold session but at the end it turned out ‘Oh don’t worry, we got a lot of fun stuff planned’ and Vince started laughing. It was mainly like on [Top Dolla] and stuff, [they] were like ‘No, you don’t do that’. But then it turned into a positive way, [they were like] ‘This is what we’re gonna do tonight, gonna do something with Sami Zayn. It’s gonna be fun, we’re gonna have a good time’. We were like ‘Okay, alright. Cool.’ That’s all we heard of it.

If this was anybody else, the conversation would be on the backwards behavior of the WWE officials, and not on the one individual dude who was just trying to look out for one of their members. The fake outrage over the Jinder thing is even more ridiculous.

 

[DougFunnY]

it seems like common sense to inquire about your group members flight info, since they weren't notified of any release. After all, they were a faction and traveled together. Why leave them in the dark about her release and have them find out last minute?

 

[Tryna Makit]

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Know your role........and do what, again?




What was it that Rocky always used to advise Jabroni's to do?....i forget

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

it seems like common sense to inquire about your group members flight info, since they weren't notified of any release. After all, they were a faction and traveled together. Why leave them in the dark about her release and have them find out last minute?

Vince might as well have said "back to the fields and mind your business ******. But hey, were letting you eat chitlins tonight! Mmmm mmmm!!!". Its basically the spirit he had.

 

[85 East]

Top Dolla went above and beyond. Dude was setting up a scenario where fans could interact with the actual product. Actually hear him talking shyt about their opponents. That in and of itself would set them up for a huge pop. Costs WWE almost nothing, unlike recording someone like Elias. My guess, Boogz was the only one they wanted performing weekly. They wanted his guitar playing to shine. Thats why they even scrapped Elias for the time being, even if Boogz is injured. They had a legit bona-fide hit

 

[SpacelySprockets]

that top dolla backlash was the most fake outrage shyt I've seen on wrestling twitter.. he used a fukking beat that jay z rapped over like 20 years ago and it was no more offensive than the songs he made against santos/legado that got zero backlash

a large segment of fans were already waiting in the shadows to get him out of the paint because of the young bucks beef and this is what they used to do it

 

[jwinfield]

How can it be frowned upon to try to figure out why your friend/travel partner hasn't gotten travel info

 

[Norrin Radd]

As much as I dislike Top Dolla, honestly, Vince and Co. were probably just looking for a reason to let them all go. I wouldn't put all the blame on him.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

So WWE had a problem with Dolla finding out why B didn’t have a flight when they did, and Jinder was cool with the rap, yet they had a problem???

WWE was just looking for a reason to fire them.