Backstage News on Top Dolla Having Heat In WWE

[Dale]

“Top Dolla” AJ Francis reportedly had heat on the main roster before his WWE release was announced on Thursday night.

As noted, WWE released 8 wrestlers last night – Francis and hit Hit Row stablemates, Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, plus Drake Maverick, Jaxson Ryker, Tegan Nox, Shane Thorne, and John Morrison.

In an update, there had been rumblings of Francis having heat while Hit Row was still in WWE NXT, but now The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the NXT heat was due to Francis rubbing “a ton of people the wrong way” while he was there.

It was also said that Francis was getting the same reputation since being called up to work SmackDown in the WWE Draft.

WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon reportedly saw Francis as the star of the Hit Row stable, due to his size.

It was speculated that once WWE decided to get rid of Francis, Scott and Adonis were likely just caught in the crossfire. “B-Fab” Briana Brandy was released earlier this month right after the group was called up.

The Hit Row members will become free agents on Wednesday, February 16 when their 90-day non-compete clauses expire with WWE.

Time for him to drop a diss track on the Observer.

 

[Chris]

Got called up like a week ago and still got 90 days

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Imagine thinking Swerve isn't the star of that group, embarrassing

 

[Hoss]

If the report has any validity, you know Swerve and Ashante gotta be fuming.

 

[Kross Rhodes]

Got called up like a week ago and still got 90 days

This might have been intentional. Call them up so they can add that 90 day main roster clause to them.

 

[Chris]

This might have been intentional. Call them up so they can add that 90 day main roster clause to them.

That's more foresight than I'm willing to give them credit for tbh. WWE can be generic evil corporation a lot but I never discount general incompetence either

 

[Dale]

I highly doubt they cared that much about them to do that

 

[Canadian Dragon]

That's more foresight than I'm willing to give them credit for tbh. WWE can be generic evil corporation a lot but I never discount general incompetence either

its not like a lot of these releases were worth top dolla either (pun), and really, financially they rather pay 30 than 90 days so I dont really buy the on purpose thing either. think they just dumb as u said

 

[Kross Rhodes]

 

[Kross Rhodes]

I don’t know guys if they didn’t care they wouldn’t hold them 30 days either, but Vince petty like that.

And he was supposedly really mad when Black only got 39 days so I’m just saying who knows. Since they got called up and then immediately released.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

at this point smark I dont doubt Vince's pettyness either so you may be correct too

 

[Chris]

I don’t know guys if they didn’t care they wouldn’t hold them 30 days either, but Vince petty like that.

And he was supposedly really mad when Black only got 39 days so I’m just saying who knows. Since they got called up and then immediately released.

I think it might be a case of the Black thing MAKING SURE they never forget to adjust the contacts on the call-ups again more than anything lol bc yeah from what we can piece together Vince was furious about that and damn I would be too, goddamn clerical errors

 

[Deezy]

Hasn't done shit yet besides be on an A&E show, but he calling the office like he' 01 Austin.

And I was on this guys bandwagon

 

[Alexa]

Top Dolla as the star our of Hit Row is quite funny