Editing Brian Christopher (section)

=== World Wrestling Federation (1997–2001) ===
{{also|Too Cool}}
[[Image:WWE - London 6+70500 (34).jpg|thumb|Lawler as Grandmaster Sexay (left) with [[Scotty 2 Hotty]] as [[Too Cool]] in 1999.]]
Lawler, still known as Brian Christopher, joined the [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) in 1997 and began competing in the light heavyweight division. [[Taka Michinoku]] defeated him in the finals of a tournament for the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship|Light Heavyweight Championship]]. In mid-1998, he started teaming up with [[Scotty 2 Hotty|Scott "Too Hot" Taylor]] to form the [[tag team]] ''Too Much''. When he was known as Brian Christopher, his father [[Jerry Lawler]] would talk him up as being superior to all the other Light Heavyweights but never publicly acknowledged that Brian was his son, although after [[Paul Heyman]] revealed that fact on ''Raw'', [[Jim Ross]] (Jerry's broadcast partner) always hinted at it. Often a running joke was that someone (usually a commentator) would mention their relationship, which led to both of them adamantly denying that they were related.

On the June 13, 1999, episode of ''[[WWE Sunday Night Heat|Heat]]'', Brian and Scott adopted the ring names Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty, returning after a hiatus. Their tag team was renamed [[Too Cool]], and they were later joined by [[Rikishi (wrestler)|Rikishi]]. They defeated [[Edge & Christian]] in May 2000 on ''Raw'' to become the [[World Tag Team Championship|Tag Team Champions]]. They were even occasionally involved with top-card feuds, notably being enemies to the McMahon-Helmsley Faction and their associates, such as [[The Radicalz]], Edge and Christian, and [[T & A (professional wrestling)|T & A]]. The trio's run ended in late 2000 when Rikishi was revealed as the man behind the wheel of the car that hit [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] at [[Survivor Series (1999)|Survivor Series]]. Shortly after, Rikishi turned on his teammates. While Scotty was sidelined in 2001 with a broken ankle, Lawler formed a short-lived tag team with [[Steve Blackman]]. In June 2001, he was released from the WWF for [[Illegal drug trade|illegally conveying drugs]] across the Canada–United States border.<ref name="Mooneyham"/>