Monty Brown
Appearance
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Born | Detroit, Michigan | April 13, 1970
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Marcus Cor Von Marquis Cor Von Monty Brown |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
Billed from | Detroit, Michigan "The Animal Kingdom" The Serengeti |
Trained by | Dan Severn Sabu |
Debut | 2000 |
Retired | September 19, 2007 |
Monty Brown (born April 13, 1970) is a American former professional wrestler and American football linebacker. He is best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Marcus Cor Von. He wrestled on their ECW brand. He also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2002 to 2006.
Before becoming a professional wrestler, Brown played football at Ferris State University. He graduated and was picked up by the Buffalo Bills. He played 3 seasons with the Bills including Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994. He then played a season with the New England Patriots before retiring because of an ankle injury and to train to become a professional wrestler.[1]
Championships
[change | change source]- Juggalo Championship Wrestling
- JCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Prime Time Wrestling
- PTW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Rookie of the Year (2004)
- He was ranked #28 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Monty Brown pounces back into Buffalo". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2013-11-18.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 – 2005". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2006-03-16. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
Other websites
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