Hit Row

= Hit Row =
Hit Row is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of all four original members Isaiah "Swerve" Scott. Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-Fab. And Keith Lee who joined stable in their 2022 return to WWE. The stable is currently performing in WWE on the SmackDown brand. They previously performed on the NXT brand. After their release from WWE in November 2021, they have worked the independent circuit and made appearances together at companies such as MCW Pro Wrestling under the name The HitMakerZ. In January 2022, the all four original stable members returned to WWE.
Hit Row 	Hit Row
Hit Row logo	Hit Row logo
Stable 	Stable
Members 	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
(leader)
Ashante "Thee" Adonis / Tehuti Miles
Top Dolla / Fran¢
B-Fab / Briana Brandy Keith Lee
Name(s) 	Hit Row
The HitMakerZ
Debut 	May 4, 2021
Years active	2021–present
== HistoryEdit ==
=== WWEEdit ===
==== NXT (2020–2021)Edit ====
In October 2020 at TakeOver 31, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott faced Santos Escobarfor the NXT Cruiserweight Championship and during the match, Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendozaattempted 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 Jake Atlas to compete in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. They were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) and following the match proceeded to argue. On the February 17 episode of NXT, Scott attacked Leon Ruff after losing a match against him, turning heel 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 Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese. On the June 29 episode of NXT, Scott defeated Bronson Reed to capture the NXT North American Championship, giving the stable their first title.They wrestled only four more matches, sometime after the group was drafted to the Smackdown 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 Elektra Lopez who was the apposing teams female valet and manager as B-Fab was to Hit Row.
==== SmackDown (2021)Edit ====
On October 1st, 2021, Hit Row was called up to the main roster and drafted to SmackDown where Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla wrestled their main roster debut tag team match on the SmackDown roster against two local competitors while Adonis and B-Fab managed the two in their corner on the October 22nd, 2021, episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Despite the stable being drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2021 WWE Draft, 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 COVID-19 pandemic, that involved administrative staff, plant and talents of the franchise.
=== Independent circuit (2022)Edit ===
After three months of inactivity following the WWE releases, Hit Row reunited at the MCW Pro Wrestling Spring Fever show under the name the HitMakerZ on March 19, 2022 in Parkville, Maryland, minus "Swerve" Scott, who had signed with All Elite Wrestling. 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)Edit ===
On the February 11, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row, without Scott, made their return as fan favorites, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis, alongside 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.
== Members ==
Hit Row in May 2021: (left to right) incarnation members Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-Fab 
Hit Row second incarnation featuring the trios of Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, and in November 2021
Hit Row third incarnation in January 2022, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-Fab 
Hit Row fourth and current incarnation in January 2022, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Top Dolla, B-Fab and Keith Lee
*	Founding member
I	Leader(s)
=== Current ===
Member 	Member	Joined
Isaiah "Swerve" Scott	* I 	May 4, 2021
Ashante "Thee" Adonis	* 	May 4, 2021
Top Dolla 	* 	May 4, 2021
B-Fab 	* 	May 4, 2021
Keith Lee 	 	February 11, 2022
== Music ==
The members of Hit Row were all featured on the stable's WWE theme song titled "Now You Know", 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 has released multiple songs since 2013. Tehuti Miles also made an appearance in the music videofor Dominique Danielle's 2022 song "Come Through".
== Other media ==
Isaiah "Swerve" Scott made his video game debut in WWE 2K22 after his WWE release (this was due to Isaiah being a member of the 2020 NXT Breakout Superstars alongside Angel (formerly Angel Garza).
== Championships and accomplishmentsEdit ==
* WWE
** NXT North American Championship (1 time) – Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
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