D'Lo Brown

D'Lo Brown (also written D-Lo Brown) was born Accie "A.C." Conner on October 22, 1972 in Burlington, Vermont. He is an American professional wrestler. D'Lo is currently signed to the WWE appearing on WWE RAW.
In the WWE, he is a former four–time European champion and a former Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his work in TNA Wrestling where he became a former NWA Tag Team Champion.

D'Lo made his official WWF debut in 1997 as a member of the Nation of Domination stable, Daniel Loyd Brown. After turning on the first leader of the faction, Faarooq, he eventually turned on the new leader of the group, The Rock, and joined 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 (Frog splash), more effective. He eventually turned face and formed a tag team with Mark 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. Mick Foley recounts in his book Have a Nice Day, that he was at the hospital with D'Lo Brown after the match. D'Lo was extremely upset at what had happened. Mick Foley tells how Drozdov (on a stretcher) told D'Lo not to blame himself and that it was an accident. D'Lo was also so upset about the incident, that he deeply considered retiring from wrestling all together.

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 team ended when Brown turned heel on the Godfather.

Brown 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 territory. D'Lo returned to TV on the April 28, 2002 episode of Heat, losing to Eddie Guerrero.

For the rest of the year, Brown mostly wrestled on Heat, did a little bit of commentary on the show, and even started a brief feud with Raven. In late 2002, Theodore Long retired as a WWE referee and managed D'Lo, who had complained about acts of racism being talked about on him during his matches. D'Lo started Theodore Long's group Thuggin' and Buggin' Enterprises which eventually turned into a group of African Americans who worked a race in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by the "white man." With Long's managerial 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 contract on February 14, 2003.

In August 2007, Brown started wrestling in a number of dark matches again for the WWE. One of his most notable dark match wins was against Ron Killings. However, he then re-signed with TNA as a road agent. Months later, on June 5, 2008, WWE announced that he had been signed to a 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.