Isaiah 'Swerve' Scott Hasn't Defended The NXT North American Title Once

Hit Row was drafted to SmackDown last week. That includes Isaiah Scott who will presumably be losing a title he is still yet to ever defend.

The first night of WWE's 2021 draft is in the books and the event will conclude tonight via the second half on Raw. While a lot of night one was simply the announcement that stars will be staying exactly where they already have been for the past 12 months, it did throw up a handful of pretty big changes.

Hit Row Has Been Drafted To SmackDown

One of the biggest surprises of the night was the move of Hit Row to SmackDown. Not only is the NXT faction midway through a pretty intense rivalry with Legado Del Fantasma in NXT 2.0, but the group only debuted this year. There's also the not-so-small matter of the North American Title which is still in the possession of the faction's leader, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott.

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Scott having the title isn't that big of an issue. He certainly isn't the first NXT Superstar to bring gold with him to the main roster. Karrion Kross did the exact same thing with the NXT Championship earlier this year. What is a little strange is the fact Scott is yet to defend the title even one time despite winning it more than three months ago.

Scott Has Been Champion For Three Months

Scott defeated Bronson Reed for the championship on June 29, 2021, in a move that felt pre-emptive of a Reed call-up at the time. The Australian star was released instead a little more than a month after that match. Scott has only wrestled once since then, losing a six-person tag match alongside other members of Hit Row against Legado Del Fantasma.

Scott wrestling so infrequently since becoming champion is a little odd. Not only has Hit Row been regularly featured on TV, but the still-young North American Title tends to be defended on a regular basis, and has changed hands pretty frequently. Swerve's reign is already the seventh-longest of the 12 to have happened so far. Perhaps he's injured, or maybe his title has just been overlooked during the recent NXT reshuffle.

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