10 Things You Didn't Know About Teddy Long
9. The White Boy Challenge
Undertaking his first WWE management task with gusto, Long walked quite the tightrope in his promos, playing the race card in suggesting his first client D'Lo Brown had been overlooked due to the colour of his skin.
A brief managerial tenure with the former European Champion curated a minor winning streak on Raw and Sunday Night Heat in early 2003, but following a demoralising loss to Booker T, Long dumped Brown and took on new client Rodney Mack.
Alongside Mack, Long set up 'Thuggin' and Buggin' Enterprises' and initiated the 'Five Minute White Boy Challenge', in which any caucasian wrestlers were called out to try and defeat his new client.
The challenge briefly gained steam, and allowed Long to add Women's Title contender Jazz to his stable, but hit a snag when Goldberg pulverised Mack on a June episode of Raw live from Madison Square Garden.
Though an electric moment, it was designed to favour Big Bill than leave Mack and Long with any future programme, and the heat steadily built-up from the gimmick was rapidly nullified.