Hit Row

In October 2020 at TakeOver 31, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott faced Santos Escobar for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship and during the match, Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza attempted 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.[1] In January 2021, Scott was paired up with Jake Atlas to compete in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.[2] They were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) and following the match proceeded to argue.[3] On the February 17 episode of NXT, Scott attacked Leon Ruff after losing a match against him, turning heel in the process.[4]

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.[5] 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)[6] 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.[7]

On October 1st, 2021, Hit Row was called up to the main roster and drafted to SmackDown. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla wrestled their main roster debut tag team match against two local competitors while Adonis and B-Fab managed the two in their corner on the October 22nd, 2021, episode of SmackDown.[8] Despite the stable being drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2021 WWE Draft,[9] B-Fab was released on November 4, 2021,[10] 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.[11][12]

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.[13]

On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row (without Scott) made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors.[14] 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.

On the December 16, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Top Dolla and Adonis beat The Viking Raiders and Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) in a triple threat tag team match for an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity against The Usos.[15] On the December 23, 2022 episode of SmackDown, The Usos beat Top Dolla and Adonis to retain the championship.[16]

On the January 6, 2023 episode of SmackDown, Top Dolla was defeated by Ricochet in a Royal Rumble qualifying match. After the match, Hit Row attacked Ricochet, turning heel for the first time on the main roster.[17] B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble match as the seventh entrant.[18][19] She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner Rhea Ripley.[20] Hit Row were drafted to the SmackDown brand in the 2023 WWE Draft.[21]