D'Lo Brown

D'Lo Brown
Born	(1972-10-22) October 22, 1972
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Ace the Animal D'Lo Brown / D-Lo Brown
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	268 lb (122 kg; 19.1 st)
Billed from	Chicago, Illinois
Trained by	Larry Sharpe, Glen Ruth, Al Snow
Debut	1994

D'Lo Brown (also written D-Lo Brown) born "A.C." Conner on October 22, 1974 in ), is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment appearing on its Raw brand.

In WWE, he is a four time European Champion and a former Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he became an NWA World Tag Team Champion in addition to his work as a backstage agent.

Career

Conner began his wrestling career in New Jersey as Ace the Animal. He then wrestled Earthquake in the WWF in 1993 under his given name as a jobber. This led to his first widely known accomplishment in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, becoming the head of security for The Gangstas. When the Gangstas left SMW in 1995, he signed a deal with the WWF and was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association for more training while making more appearances as a jobber on WWF television.

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (1997–2003)

Conner made his official WWF debut in 1997 as a member of the Nation of Domination stable. After turning on the first leader of the faction, Faarooq, he eventually turned on the new leader of the group, the then-heel Rock, and allied himself with then–face Mark Henry. His trademark at this time was his chest protector, which he wore to the ring for a torn pectoral muscle sustained in a match against Dan "The Beast" Severn. Instead, he used the chest protector to his advantage, making his finishing move, the Lo Down, more effective. He eventually turned face and formed a tag team with Henry in the 1990s, which was moderately successful. His career peaked when he held the European and Intercontinental Championships simultaneously. This feat was only duplicated by Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, and Rob Van Dam, all of whom became World Heavyweight Champions in some form since said double–reigns.

Brown was involved in inadvertently ending the career of Darren Drozdov on October 5, 1999 when a running powerbomb was botched due to Droz's baggy shirt. The match was to be aired on the October 7 edition of SmackDown!. The match was never aired and Drozdov suffered a severe neck injury, leaving him a quadriplegic. During the rest of the year and into some of the next, Brown became an ally of The Godfather, dressing and walking like him. The teaming ended when Brown turned heel on the Godfather.

Brown then formed a tag team in July 2000 with Chaz named Lo Down. The team mostly wrestled on Sunday Night HEAT and WWE Jakked / Metal. Shortly after the team formed, Tiger Ali Singh joined the team to become their manager. The tag team then came dressed towards the ring in Arabic ring attire and took on a gimmick very similar to Tiger's. The team was removed from WWF TV in January 2001. Chaz and Tiger Ali-Singh were later be released by WWE while D'Lo Brown stayed in WWE's developmental services, D'Lo Brown went undefeated for several weeks.

Brown faced Booker T in a losing effort on the February 10, 2003 episode of Raw. His involvement with Thuggin' and Buggin' Enterprises was brought to a close when footage was shown on the February 16 episode of Heat of Theodore Long kicking D'Lo Brown to the curb and introducing his replacement Rodney Mack. He was then released from his WWE contract on February 14, 2003.

All Japan Pro Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–2007)

Conner, still under the D'Lo Brown name (which he owns), went on to wrestle for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, competing in regular tours with the Japanese company as a member of Roughly Obsess and Destroy (RO&D). During one of these tours on September 17, 2006, Brown betrayed RO&D to join the rival Voodoo Murders faction. Brown left All Japan in 2007 and rejoined RO&D in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

When not in Japan, Brown was regularly found touring the United Kingdom, as well as working for Irish Whip Wrestling in Ireland. In April 2005, Brown became one of the lead trainers of the ill–fated Celebrity Wrestling on ITV. This Saturday evening reality show saw celebrities learn wrestling and compete in challenge matches. After a few weeks the programme was to be cancelled, but was instead moved to Sunday mornings to finish its final episodes. During his time wrestling in England, he would face off in a series of matches against his Celebrity Wrestling opposition's trainer, Joe Legend.

Return to WWE (2008–Present)

In 2008, Brown wrestled in a number of dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment, with his most notable win against Ron Killings.

Months later, on June 5, 2008, WWE announced that Brown had been signed to a WWE Legends contract, and he began working more dark matches for the company. He made his television return on the July 21, 2008 edition of Raw, where he defeated Santino Marella. Despite this win, Brown has since lost to Marella on Raw and has mainly been competing in dark matches before the flagship broadcast.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves

• 911 (450º spun reverse powerbomb) – Independent circuit
• Lo Down (Frog splash)
• Over the shoulder reverse piledriver
• Sky High (High–angle spinning sitout spinebuster)
• Cloverleaf
• Diving axe handle elbow drop
• Leg drop, with theatrics
• Leg lariat
• Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver
• Reverse DDT
• Running sitout powerbomb
• Shining Impact (Running enzuigiri to a kneeling or seated opponent's chest)
• Slingshot leg drop
• Sudden Impact (Running lariat to a seated opponent, with theatrics)
• Swinging side slam

• Managers

• Johnny Bradford
• Ivory
• Jacqueline
• Theodore Long
• Terri Runnels
• Tiger Ali Singh

• Entrance themes

• Nation by Jim Johnston
• You Better Recognize by Jim Johnston
• Danger At The Door by Jim Johnston
• Danger At The Door (Remix) by Jim Johnston
• Down With The Brown by Dale Oliver
• What's My Name (Instrumental) by Dale Oliver

Championships and accomplishments

• Backed Against The Wall Wrestling

• BAW Championship (1 time)

• Border City Wrestling

• BCW Can–Am Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Cleveland All–Pro Wrestling

• CAPW North American Championship (1 time)

• Global Wrestling Alliance

• GWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Great Lakes Wrestling

• GLW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Heartland Wrestling Association

• HWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)(First)

• International Wrestling Association

• IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Glamour Boy Shane

• International Wrestling Promotions

• IWP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Irish Whip Wrestling

• IWW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Maximum Pro Wrestling

• MXPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• New Era Pro Wrestling

• NEPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 61 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004

• Pro Wrestling NOAH

• GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Buchanan

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gran Apolo

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF European Championship (4 times) (Tied for most Reigns)
• WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)

Personal life

Conner is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) graduating from the University of Maine. He and his wife Jennifer have been married since 2001. They have one daughter.

External Links

• WWE Profile
• WWE Fan Nation Profile