Brian Christopher 

Real Name - Brian Christopher Lawler

Birthdate - 1/10/1972 - 7/29/2018

5'10" 213 lbs. - Memphis, TN

Athletic Background - Football (High School)

Teacher(s) - Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee

Professional Background - USWA(`92-`97), GWF(`92) IWA(`94), WWF(`97-`01), MCW(`01-`02), Indies(`01-), WWA(`01-`02), NWA-TNA(`02-`04), WWE(`04)

Aliases - Nebula, El Unico, Grandmaster Sexay, Brian Lawler

Groups - Next Generation

Peak Years - `92-`97

Finisher(s) - 

- Hip Hop Drop (Flying Legdrop)

Favorites -

- Full Nelson Facebuster

- Missile Dropkick

- Hip Toss

- Superkick

- Punch

Place in History - On the surface, Brian Christopher Lawler seems like someone who derailed his own success by abusing substances and becoming unreliable.  However, he was likely past his prime when he was first fired by the WWF in 2001.   Although he was still in his twenties, his act was tired, he had a lot of heat with his peers and his famous father, Jerry Lawler, had quit the company a few months earlier.  From that time forward, Brian Christopher has never been able to cultivate a new persona or a long-term spot in any promotion.  Rewind ten years and Brian Christopher was just beginning his first big run.  Although he was the son of Jerry Lawler, that connection was not acknowledged for many years.  Brian Christopher was a good Southern babyface, but he was an amazing heel.  On the mic, he was obnoxious and aggravating and was a key player for the final years of the USWA.  Christopher was among a nice blend of veterans like his father, Bill Dundee and Jimmy Valiant, established stars at their peaks like Jeff Jarrett and Tom Prichard and hungry young talent like PG-13.  He developed a grating personality that was, by many accounts, an extension of his true self.  Coming across as an arrogant and entitled punk, the Tennessee fans hated Brian Christopher and he was a master at owning and growing that heat.  When he made the jump to the WWF, he was met with a number of barriers.  He was pushed as the top heel in the new Light Heavyweight division.  His in-ring style lacked the dynamic moves, the new division failed, he developed a lot of heat with the locker room and his act just did not get over like it did in Memphis.  Eventually he was partnered with long-time jobber Scott Taylor and the morphed themselves into a pair of hip hop whiteboys with over-the-top outfits and promos.  Christopher became Grandmaster Sexay and Taylor became Scotty 2 Hotty and they were joined by Rikishi, a bleach blond dancing Samoan in a thong, and were known collectively a “Too Cool.”   The act was a staple of the Attitude Era as a favorite with fans.  After a year, Rikishi turned heel on his partners.  A few months later, Scotty went down with a severe neck injury.  Although the circumstances behind his release are disputed, Brian Christopher was shown the door and his downturn began.  He was limited without his partners, he was typecast as a dancing babyface and trying to return to his previous heel act never quite worked.  Brian Christopher was one of the last exceptional heels to come out of the territories and one of a select few that was able to find a spot in WWF machine that was more significant than most.