Monty Brown

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Monty Brown
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Marquis/Marcus Cor Von Monte Brown Monty Brown
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)^[1]
Billed weight	265 lb (120 kg)^[1]
Born	April 13, 1970 (age 36)^[2] Saginaw, Michigan^[3]
Billed from	Detroit, Michigan^[1] The Animal Kingdom The Serengeti
Trained by	Sabu Dan Severn Stu Hart
Debut	May 6, 2001

Montaque N. "Monty" Brown (born April 13, 1970^[2])is an American professional wrestler and former National Football League linebacker. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestles the ECW brand under the ring name "The Alpha Male" Marcus Cor Von,^[1] though he is perhaps best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown.

1 Career
- 1.1 National Football League
- 1.2 Professional wrestling
  - 1.2.1 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002, 2004-2006)
  - 1.2.2 World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-)
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

Career

National Football League

Brown attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, where he was an All-American American football linebacker, breaking and setting several defensive records.^[3] Talent spotters recruited him to the Buffalo Bills, and he played football professionally for four years, competing in Super Bowl XXVIII for the Bills in 1994. Brown also started as an inside linebacker for the New England Patriots in 1996.^[4]

Professional wrestling

Brown was trained to be a professional wrestler by Dan "The Beast" Severn and Sabu, and made his in ring debut on May 6, 2001. ^[5]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002, 2004-2006)

Brown made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002, but nothing much came of it.^[6]

Brown returned TNA on March 10, 2004, attacking the Insane Clown Posse.^[7] His character was now billed as being from the Serengeti, dressed variously in leopard- and tiger-print trunks and possessed the mannerisms of an African predatory animal, which earned him the moniker "The Alpha Male". His popularity increased until he received a shot at Jeff Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship on January 16, 2005 Final Resolution pay-per-view, but he was defeated.^[8] Two months later, Brown turned heel during the main event of the March 13, 2005 Destination X event by attacking Diamond Dallas Page and allow Jarrett to hold on to his title.^[9]

Brown joined the Planet Jarrett stable and spent several months feuding with Jarrett's enemies, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Diamond Dallas Page and A.J. Styles. Late in the year he began teaming with fellow Planet Jarrett member Kip James, helping him battle the 3Live Kru in an attempt to convince Kru member B.G. James to reform his former tag team, the New Age Outlaws, with Kip.^[10] Brown and James faced Kru members Ron Killings and Konnan at Sacrifice in August in a match with B.G. as special guest referee, with both Kip and the remainder of the Kru urging him to take their side. B.G. eventually took the side of Konnan and Killings, costing Brown and James the match.^[11] Following the defeat, Brown insisted that he be the one to lead the team. On August 26 he turned his back on Jarrett, claiming that their agreement was broken.

At TNA Unbreakable on September 11, Brown declared his intention to challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound For Glory.^[12] After defeating Lance Hoyt at Bound For Glory, Brown took part in a ten-man Gauntlet for the Gold match for the number one contendership to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated from the match by Jeff Hardy, whom he took with him over the top rope.^[13] Brown did win #1 contendership at November's Genesis with a singles victory over Jeff Hardy, however, after an altercation with Christian Cage, Brown agreed to defend his title shot against Cage at Turning Point in December, in a match Cage ended up winning.^[14] On the December 17 episode of iMPACT!, Brown renewed his alliance with Jarrett, with both men (kayfabe) bitter towards "TNA management".^[15]

On the January 7, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, Jarrett and Brown enacted a skit mocking Sting, who had recently signed with TNA and was set to tag with Christian Cage against Brown and Jarrett at Final Resolution.^[16] The Alpha Male posed as the Sting of 2006, complete with make-up and baby stroller. However, the fans did not react well to the skit at the taping. It was rumored to have been heavily edited to allow dialogue to be heard through the heckles of the fans.^{[citation needed]} Sting and Cage defeated Brown and Jarrett at Final Resolution when Sting pinned Jarrett after a Scorpion Death Drop.^[17] After Christian Cage won the World Heavyweight Title Brown received a shot at Destination X but was unsuccessful in his bid to become champion.^[18] Following Destination X Brown underwent surgery on his knee, which had previously "blown out". He returned to in-ring competition on April 29, 2006 in Germany,^[19] and to TNA television on the May 18, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, where he demanded to be included in the King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary in June. He lost his qualifying match to Ron "The Truth" Killings on the May 25, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, however.^[20]

During the Slammiversary pre-show, Brown declared that he would start a winning streak, similar to that of Samoa Joe.^[21] His streak ended two months later at Hard Justice when he lost to Joe in a three way falls count anywhere match.^[22]

Brown's contract expired on September 30, 2006 and he declined to sign a new one with the company.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-)

On November 16, 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that Monty Brown had signed a contract with the company through WWE.com.^[23] They referred to him as a former linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, without mentioning his time spent in TNA. On January 16, 2007, Brown debuted for the ECW brand under the ring name "The Alpha Male" Marquis Cor Von, securing a victory over Cassidy Riley.^[24] Reportedly the name change was motivated by World Wrestling Entertainment's want to have him appear under a name they could trademark.^[25]. One week later, the spelling of the first name was tweaked to Marcus.^[1] Not long after his debut he was made a part of the forming The New Breed stable and joined them in their feud against the ECW Originals.