AJ Francis gives his side of the story regarding Hit Row‘s WWE release.
Earlier this week, All Elite Wrestling’s Swerve Strickland appeared on VladTV. While discussing Hit Row’s WWE release. Strickland said he heard that a member of the group was “aggressive” on the phone with someone in the office regarding B-Fab’s status with the company, which led to the group getting released later on.
While Strickland didn’t mention AJ Francis by name, many fans made the correlation. Upon seeing quotes from the interview, Francis took to social media to address the allegations, tweeting out:
“Apparently I was an ‘aggressive black man’ for standing up for a black woman. And I’ll be that time and time again. *Money bag emoji*,” AJ Francis said in a post.
Francis would later respond to a fan who said it was his duty to speak up for B-Fab, tweeting out:
“Not ONE person has EVER said what I said that was ‘aggressive’ or ‘disrespectful’ in any way because it never happened. That’s why we got rehired. *Money bag emoji*,” AJ Francis said in response.
AJ Francis says Swerve Strickland knows what he heard was bullshit
When another fan stated that Swerve said he got aggressive, Francis said Swerve just said what he heard despite knowing what he heard was bullshit,” tweeting back:
“He said he didn’t know what happened. He said what he heard. What he heard was some bullshit and he knows that. Take that how you want to,” AJ Francis said in response.
While Hit Row was later brought back to WWE without Swerve Strickland, who was already signed with AEW, Francis was released again by the company a second time. Francis currently works for TNA Wrestling as the leader of the group Fir$t Cla$$.
Francis also addressed the allegations in a new interview on Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez. There, Francis said he wasn’t about to watch his friends get fired from WWE and felt compelled to say something.
“I’m just supposed to be cool with her being gone? Clearly — she’s back and doing everything, so clearly I was fuckin’ right! But I say that, supposedly I’m the asshole,” Francis pointed out. “So stand on it! If you were the person that said I was aggressive, stand on it!”
Francis also said he had a good idea of who said it, but it’s never been confirmed to him.
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