Former TNA/WWE star Monty Brown went off the radar when he retired from professional wrestling in 2007 after having a memorable run in TNA Wrestling, with many fans believing that he hadn’t reached his potential in the wrestling business and had a ton of upside.
He’s best known for his finisher, The Pounce, where he would tackle people, becoming a fan favorite. He also had some pretty sweet promos that were over the top. He went to WWE in 2006, where he worked on the ECW brand before his departure in 2007 due to family issues.
While doing a virtual signing for Golden Ring Collectibles, Impact Wrestling star Moose revealed that there were talks of him facing Brown at the ‘TNA: There’s No Place Like Home’ show by Impact in 2020.
This show was slated to take place on WrestleMania weekend in Tampa, FL, but nixed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Sabin, Amazing Red, D’Lo Brown, Ken Anderson, Scott Steiner, Chris Harris and Petey Williams had been announced with planned matches, including Ultimate X and King of the Mountain bouts.
“That’s a match I always wanted but… So there was talks. I forgot what show. Before COVID happened, we were supposed to be doing a WrestleMania show like how every company does a show during WrestleMania weekend. It was in Tampa and the talks was it was supposed to be me versus Monty Brown. But, COVID happened and shut the whole thing down so…”
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription