Clarence Mason

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Clarence Mason was a professional wrestling manager in the mid-1990's for the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).

The Clarence Mason character was a lawyer, primarily brought in to play off of the publicity lawyers had gotten in the ongoing O.J. Simpson trial. Mason was originally introduced as the legal counsel for Jim Cornette, who was attempting to reverse a decision at a recent In Your House pay per view event that saw his team of Owen Hart and The British Bulldog lose the WWF Tag Team Titles. After this, Mason was associated with Cornette and his stable of wrestlers.

Mason eventually began to manage on his own, beginning with Crush who was, at the time, portraying an ex-convict character. Mason was also paired with Faarooq not long after, as the Nation of Domination stable was formed. Mason managed both Crush and Faarooq separately for some time, but the two were brought together in time, as Crush joined the Nation. Eventually, Faarooq would fire all of the Nation members (with the exception of D-Lo Brown) in an effort to re-start the group. This would be the last of the Clarence Mason character in the WWF.

The actor who played Clarence Mason, however, would surface again in WCW. Now under the name J. Biggs, he would manage the Harlem Heat 2000 faction consisting of Stevie Ray, Big T., and Cassius. The faction would feud with Booker T. before fading in to obscurity. Biggs would be briefly paired with Chris "Champagne" Kanyon before leaving the company without much fanfare.