D'Lo Brown

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Burlington, New Jersey

**Accie Julius Connor** (born October 22, 1970) better known by his ring name **D'Lo Brown** (also formatted as **D-Lo Brown**), is an American semi-retired professional wrestler.

Brown is well known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2003 and also in 2008. There, he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship once and the WWF European Championship four times. 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. He also was the longest active member of the Nation of Domination.

## Professional wrestling career

### Early career (1994–1997)

The name "D'Lo Brown" came as a reference to Connor's high school friend Darren Lewis ("D. Lewis Lo", Connor called him), who died of cancer. Connor asked Lewis' mother if he could use the name as a tribute to her son.

Connor began his wrestling career in New Jersey as "Ace the Animal". He then wrestled Earthquake in the WWF in 1994 under his given name as a jobber. This led to his first widely known accomplishment in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, as he became 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 also continuing to make more appearances as a jobber on WWF television.

### All Japan Pro Wrestling and overseas (2005–2007)

Brown Joined 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 AJPW (2013)

On August 11, 2013, All Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brown would be returning to the promotion the following month to take part in the 2013 Ōdō Tournament. Brown returned to the promotion on September 11 in a non-tournament tag team match, where he and Bambi Killer defeated Burning (Atsushi Aoki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru), with Brown pinning Kanemaru for the win. Three days later, Brown was eliminated by Kanemaru in his first round match in the Ōdō Tournament. For the rest of the tour, which lasted until September 23, Brown worked midcard tag team matches, suffering pinfall losses in most of them. On October 3, Brown was announced also for All Japan's next tour, which started October 12. Brown continued teaming regularly with Bambi Killer, which eventually led to the two forming a heel stable named DK (Dark Kingdom) under the leadership of KENSO on November 21.

## Personal life

Connor is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) graduating from the University of Maine.
He and his wife Jennifer were married in 2001 and have two daughters, born in 2003 and 2008.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Fade To Black* / *Sky High* (Sitout spinebuster)
	+ *Lo Down* (Frog splash)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Cloverleaf, sometimes while standing
	+ Leaping forearm smash
	+ Leg drop, with theatrics
	+ Leg lariat
	+ Moonsault
	+ Over the top rope suicide dive
	+ *Real Deal* (Running sitout powerbomb)
	+ *Shining Impact* (Running enzuigiri to the chest of a seated opponent)
	+ *Sudden Impact* (Swinging sitout side slam)
	+ Thrust spinebuster
* **Managers**
	+ Tiger Ali Singh

## Championships and accomplishments

* **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
	+ Global Tag League Technique Prize (2008, 2009) – with Buchanan

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waldman, Jon 2013-07-17. D-Lo Brown announces departure from TNA . *Slam! Sports*. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Bio at OWW
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bio at IMDb
4. ↑ D'Lo Brown . @dlobrown75. Retrieved on 2015-09-25.
5. ↑ Bio . WWE. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved on 2008-08-10.
6. ↑ D'Lo Brown's WWE Profile . World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved on 2008-08-23.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Life after WWE". *Power Slam Magazine*. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. August 2003. pp. 32–35. 109.
8. ↑ The Swerve (Ep. 9) Featuring Dlo Brown - 41 minute mark - Sept 17 2014 . pyroandballyhoo.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-16.
9. ↑ 王道トーナメント組み合わせカード決定！一回戦から「秋山vs曙」「諏訪魔vs宮原」、バーニング対決も！！  (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-08-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
10. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-11.
11. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-15.
12. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
13. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
14. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
15. ↑ *ja:「王道トーナメント　～2013オープン選手権～」* (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
16. ↑ 「Anniversary Tour 2013」 10月12日後楽園ホール【開幕戦】全対戦カード決定！！  (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-10-03). Retrieved on 2013-10-03.
17. ↑ Xcced初陣でKensoがいきなり潮崎を裏切り、全日本に反旗！前哨戦で三冠王者と世界ジュニア王者が揃って挑戦者に完敗！  (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2013-11-22). Retrieved on 2013-11-21.
18. ↑ Kensoの"王道破壊革命"進行中  (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2013-12-06). Retrieved on 2013-12-07.
19. ↑ D'Lo Brown . Wrestling Data. Retrieved on 2015-08-09.
20. ↑ Martin, Todd 2008-09-01. Todd Martin's Labor Day Raw Report . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved on 2008-09-09.
21. ↑ Managers and wrestlers trained .
22. ↑ Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2004 . Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
23. ↑ Palma, Richard. NOAH Global Honored Crown World Tag Team Title History . Solie. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
24. ↑ PUROLOVE.com
25. ↑ PUROLOVE.com