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Accie C. Connor or A.C. Connor (born October 22, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois), is a professional wrestler and former accountant better known by his stage name of D'Lo Brown.

Career

Connor began his wrestling career in New Jersey as Ace the Animal, competing against other unknowns like Vinny Boombots the Reckless Youth. This led to his first widely known role in Smokey Mountain Wrestling, playing the "head of security" for The Gangstas.

He also wrestled for Heartland Wrestling Association before making his WWF debut in 1997. He was originally a member of the stable the Nation of Domination. After turning on the first leader of the faction Faarooq, he eventually turned on the new leader of the group, The Rock and allied himself with then face, Mark Henry. His trademark at this time was his chest protector, which he would wear to the ring, supposedly for an injury sustained to his torso. Instead, he would use the chest protector to his advantage, making his finishing move The 'Lo Down more deadly. He would eventually turn 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, a feat duplicated by a select few, including Olympian Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett.

Brown ended the career of Droz when he botched a running powerbomb on the October 7 of SmackDown! Drozdov suffered a severe neck injury leaving him a paraplegic. Many believe that Brown's status in the WWF(now WWE) never rose above the midcard because of this accident (though this has neither been confirmed nor denied). Brown would then form 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 forming, Tiger Ali-Singh joined the fray to become their manager. The tag team would then come dressed towards the ring in arabic ring attire and took on a gimmick very similar to Tiger's. The team was removed from WWE (then WWF) television in January 2001. Chaz and Tiger Ali-Singh would later be released by WWE while D'Lo Brown stayed in WWE's developmental territory. D'Lo returned to television on the April 28, 2002 episode of Heat, losing to the late Eddie Guerrero. For the rest of the year, D'Lo Brown would mostly wrestle on Heat as well as do a little bit on commentary on the show and even started a brief feud with Raven. In late 2002, Theodore Long would retire as a WWE referee and manage D'Lo after D'Lo complained about acts of racism being portrayed on him during his matches. Long's managerial services seemed to have proved useful, as D'Lo Brown went undefeated for several weeks. His final WWE match took place on the February 10 episode of Raw against [. On the February 16 2003 episode of Heat, exclusive footage was shown of Theodore Long kicking D'Lo Brown to the curb for losing his match on RAW to Booker T. Long introduced Rodney Mack. Mack assaulted D'Lo and left him laying as Long and Mack got into a car and drove off. This was the last time D'Lo was ever seen by WWE fans because he was released by WWE that same month.

Connor went on to wrestle for All Japan Pro Wrestling, frequently teaming with fellow former WWE employee Bull Buchanan, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling still under the name D'lo Brown.

In April 2005, he was one of the lead trainers of Celebrity Wrestling in the United Kingdom 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.

Throughout the rest of 2005, he could be found touring Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as working for Irish Whip Wrestling in Ireland. During his time wrestling in England, he would face off in a series of matches against his Celebrity Wrestling opposition's trainer, Joe Legend.

As of September 2005 D'Lo was wrestling for NWA Cyberspace, losing to Bobby Roode.

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