D’Lo Brown Makes WWE Hall of Fame Case for Nation of Domination

D’Lo Brown is done waiting for WWE to get it right—he’s speaking up and making the case loud and clear.

In a new interview on The Velvet Ropes with SoCal Val, the Attitude Era veteran and current TNA producer didn’t mince words when asked about the Nation of Domination’s long-overdue WWE Hall of Fame induction.

When SoCal Val brought up the fan sentiment that the faction has been snubbed for too long, Brown fired back without hesitation:

“Here’s my things. I believe, not just because I’m part of the Nation. If I wasn’t part of the Nation, I would say the Nation deserves being a Hall of Fame.”

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Brown pointed out that while many wrestling factions were created to push one main star—like Ric Flair in The Four Horsemen—the Nation of Domination elevated everyone in the group, including himself, Ron Simmons, The Godfather, Mark Henry, and of course, The Rock.

“If you look at what a faction does, usually, a faction is to elevate one person out of the group, i.e. Flair with the Horsemen. The thing with the Nation was every member, and we think about the core unit of Rocky, Mark, Godfather, Ron and myself… every one of us got better after being in the Nation.”

Brown had a front-row seat to The Rock’s transformation into a megastar—and he still remembers the moment that spark turned into a flame:

“It was no surprise when the rocket ship went off and he started skyrocketing. And I just said, You know what, I got the coolest job in the world, because I got a front seat to watching the brightest star in the whole damn universe light up.”

But legacy, Brown said, is just as important. Decades later, fans and insiders still reference the Nation when any group of Black wrestlers forms in WWE or elsewhere.

“For the fact that the Nation should be in the Hall of Fame, because 30 years later, anytime you put a faction of two or three black guys together, people are already calling it the new Nation.”

And that level of long-term influence, he said, speaks for itself:

“That tells you… its footprint in wrestling.”

D’Lo wrapped it up with a direct message to WWE—don’t overlook what the Nation contributed to wrestling’s evolution:

“And just for that mere fact alone, it should be represented in the Hall of Fame with the other great… great acts of the last 100 years.”

The Nation wasn’t just a faction—it was a movement that launched legends and reshaped representation in wrestling forever. WWE has honored groups with far less impact. The time to put the Nation of Domination in the Hall of Fame is now.