D ' Lo Brown Accie Julius Connor ( October 22 , 1970 ) better known by his ring name D ' Lo Brown ( also formatted as D - Lo Brown ) , is an American professional wrestling road agent and semi - retired professional wrestler . Brown is well known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2003 , where he held the WWF Intercontinental Champion and WWF European Championship . He is also known for his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he held the NWA World Tag Team Championship , Ring of Honor and in Japan with the promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah . 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 Faarooq ' s Nation of Domination heel stable , most notably along with Rocky Maivia , Kama Mustafa , and Mark Henry . In early 1998 , the group turned on Faarooq , allowing Maivia to assume leadership , now going by the name " The Rock " . Kama also changed his name to " The Godfather " and began portraying a pimp character . D ' Lo and Henry eventually turned on both Rock and Godfather separately , moving into a feud with the Rock before finally branching out as a moderately successful tag team , later turning face along the way . Prior to the face turn , Brown had started wrestling with a chest protector , supposedly for a torn pectoral muscle sustained in a match against Dan Severn . Instead , he used the chest protector to his advantage , making his finishing move , the " Lo Down " , more effective . 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 Droz on October 5 , 1999 when a running powerbomb was botched due to Droz ' baggy shirt . The match was to be aired on the October 7 edition of " SmackDown ! " . The match was never aired and Droz 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 former fellow Nation member The Godfather , emulating his dress and walking motions . The teaming ended when Brown turned 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 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 an angle 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 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 , 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 program 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 – 2009 ) . 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 contract , and he began working more dark matches for the company . He made his television return on the July 21 , 2008 edition of Raw , defeating Santino Marella . He would face him two more times . The first time was a mixed tag team match where he teamed up with Kelly Kelly to face Marella and Beth Phoenix . In the second match , Brown won by disqualification after a slap from Beth Phoenix . Despite this win , Brown lost to Marella on Raw and mainly competed in dark matches before the flagship broadcast . Brown returned to " Raw " on November 10 , 2008 to face Mike Knox . He lost after Mike Knox delivered a Knox Out . On January 9 , 2009 , it was announced on WWE . com that Brown had been released from his World Wrestling Entertainment contract . Return to the independent circuit ( 2009 - 2013 ) . Brown debuted for Ring of Honor during Proving Ground 09 weekend in February . He was defeated by Nigel McGuinness in an ROH World Championship match . He also wrestled at the ROH 7th Anniversary Show on March 21 , 2009 in Manhattan , defeating Jay Briscoe . Brown also appeared on Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet . Varsity Pro Wrestling has also announced that Brown would be making his third appearance for the promotion on their February tour . Brown also made a surprise appearance in Chikara , where he filled in as a substitute for Iceberg of The Cold Front at the 2009 King of Trios tournament . D - Lo came up short in a ROH Championship match at Take No Prisoners ( 2009 ) . At ROH ' s Manahttan Mayhem III on June 13 , Brown tapped out to Colt Cabana in a four way match also involving Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli . On June 27 on an ROH show he was defeated by Colt Cabana . Throughout April and May 2009 , Brown flew to Japan to take part in the 13 night Pro Wrestling Noah Global Tag League with his partner Buchanan . During the course of the event they won and lost three matches with one contest went to a draw giving them seven points placing them sixth of the eight teams . Outside of the tournament , Brown was undefeated in six - man tag team competition , adding Keith Walker to the team , including a victory over Noah founder Mitsuharu Misawa in one of his last matches . On the September 15 , 2009 edition of Between The Ropes , D - Lo announced that after his current tour with Ring of Honor , he would retire from in - ring action . Also on this edition of Between The Ropes , D ' Lo Brown announced he would become a semi - regular co - host when his TNA scheduling allowed him to be in studio . He appeared for Pro Wrestling Syndicate on May 18 , 2013 with D . O . C . and Knux . Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 – 2013 ) . In September 2009 , Connor was resigned by TNA as their lead agent . Additionally , D ' Lo was in charge of talent development and acquisitions heading up the TNA Gut Check program . On the March 7 , 2013 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Brown attacked Kurt Angle and revealed himself as the Vice President of Aces & Eights , turning heel in the process . Three days later at Lockdown , Brown interfered in Angle ' s steel cage match against fellow Aces & Eights member Wes Brisco , costing Angle the match . Later that evening , the President of the Aces & Eights was revealed to be Bully Ray . Brown wrestled his first televised match in four years on the May 2 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , losing to Kurt Angle in an I Quit Match . As a result of his loss , Brown was demoted to a prospect the following week . On July 17 , Brown announced his release from TNA .