Editing D'Lo Brown (section)

==== Title pursuit (1998–2000) ====
[[File:D'Lo Brown in Birmingham.jpg|thumb|Brown in the late 1990s]]

In 1998, he feuded with [[X-Pac]] over the [[WWF European Championship]]. His career peaked when he held the [[WWE European Championship|European]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental]] Championships simultaneously during a feud with [[Jeff Jarrett]] and Mark Henry. This feat has only been duplicated by [[Jeff Jarrett]], [[Kurt Angle]], and [[Rob Van Dam]], all of whom became [[Professional wrestling championship#World championships|world champions]] in some form, later in their careers.

Brown was involved in inadvertently ending the career of [[Droz (wrestler)|Droz]] on October 5, 1999, when a [[Powerbomb#Sit-Out Powerbomb|running powerbomb]] was [[Botch (professional wrestling)|botched]] due to Droz's baggy shirt. The match was filmed for the October 7 edition of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', but was never aired. Droz suffered a severe neck injury, rendering him a [[Quadriplegia|quadriplegic]].<ref name="PowerSlam109">{{cite news|title=Life after WWE|pages=32–35|work=Power Slam Magazine|id=109|date=August 2003|publisher=SW Publishing LTD|location=[[Lancaster, Lancashire]], [[England]]}}</ref> During an interview with Title Match Wrestling, Brown dispelled a popular rumor that a fan had thrown an object into the ring which caused him to slip and badly injure Darren Drozdov. Brown took responsibility for botching the move, stating that the accident could have happened to "any" wrestler he had been in the ring with that night.  He also said the accident caused him to "wrestle differently" and to second guess every move he performed in the ring from that day forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJoY8wle8Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/KtJoY8wle8Q |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=D'Lo Brown on the Droz Neck Injury (Darren Drozdov)|last=Title Match Wrestling|date=February 13, 2014 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Drozdov maintained that he did not blame Brown for his injuries and believed the incident was an accident.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Jim|title=WWE's Darren Drozdov thrives 15 years after being paralyzed during match|url=http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/wwe-s-darren-drozdov-thrives-15-years-after-being-paralyzed-during-match-121614|website=Fox Sports|access-date=August 5, 2016|date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>

During the rest of the year and into some of the next, Brown became an ally of former fellow Nation member The Godfather, emulating his dress and walking motions. The teaming ended when Brown turned heel on the Godfather.<ref name="PowerSlam109"/>