10 Weakest WWE Return Pops Ever

7. D'Lo Brown

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He was never going to be a main eventer, but D'Lo Brown was one of the Attitude Era's most underrated wrestlers. Always good value between the ropes, he was a solid midcard presence from 1997 onward, accumulating a single Intercontinental and four European Title reigns, playing a prominent role in the Nation of Domination, and later forming a fun sideshow tag team with The Godfather.

D'Lo's career unquestionably fizzled out over the years. By 2000, Brown was barely featured on mainline WWE television, and had resorted to teaming with Chaz as Lo Down - one of the era's most listless teams. He wasn't over at all, and few tears were wept when he was eventually released in February 2003.

WWE decided to bring D'Lo back for a second run in 2008. He made his televised comeback that July, defeated IC Champ Santino Marella in a non-title bout, but he didn't get any kind of reaction from the crowd. Few people remembered him, and for those that did, their most recent memories were of his fruitless 2003 alliance with Teddy Long. D'Lo disappeared from TV shortly after, and was released again six months later.

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