Stan Lane

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Stan Lane is a professional wrestler famous for being a member of The Fabulous Ones and The Midnight Express tag teams.

[edit] Career

Stan Lane (Wallace Stanfield Lane) was trained by Ric Flair and started wrestling in 1974 in Florida Championship Wrestling.

In 1982, he went to Mid-Southern Wrestling and formed a team called The Fabulous Ones with Steve Keirn. This legendary tag team is considered the greatest in the history of professional wrestling by many experts. They feuded with the Midnight Express, The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams), Randy Savage with Lanny Poffo and the Moondogs with whom they had a series of exceptionaly bloody matches. They were also pioneers in the "MTV style" of promotion, creating promotional videos and spectacular entrances with their popular theme song "Everybody Wants You" by Billy Squier.

In 1987, Lane left the Fabulous Ones to go to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions to take Dennis Condrey's place in The Midnight Express with Bobby Eaton. He became "Sweet Stan" and would do the introductions in a deep radio DJ voice for manager Jim Cornette. While they were the most successful version of the Midnight Express as they won the United States Tag Team Titles 3 times and the NWA World Tag Team Championship once, defeating Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard for the titles, many fans felt they were but a pale immitation of the Fabulous Ones whom many fans desperatley wanted to see back together.

They also feuded with an old Midnight Express enemy, The Rock 'N Roll Express. In late 1990, Lane left when Ted Turner bought it and was turning it into WCW. To fans excitement he reformed the Fabulous Ones with Keirn briefly in the USWA and went to Smoky Mountain Wrestling to reunited with Cornette and form a new team called "The Heavenly Bodies" with Tom Prichard. They feuded with the Rock 'N Roll Express and won the tag team titles 5 times.

He retired in 1993 and went to work for the World Wrestling Federation as a member of the WWF's broadcast team. He began as a color commentator alongside Vince McMahon on WWF Superstars. He then went on to become the host of WWF Wrestling Challenge in 1994, where he worked with Ted DiBiase and Gorilla Monsoon. Lane also did voiceover work of matches that were taped exclusively for Coliseum Video. He worked with DiBiase and Monsoon for those too. He also worked as a commentator in Ted DiBiase's promotion, WXO.

He left after about a year and retired. Lane returned in the late-1990s and again reformed "The Fabulous Ones" for a few cards in Bert Prentice's NWA Wildside promotion to wild fan reception.

He came back to the sport in 2004 to tour with Condrey and Eaton in the independent promotions in the Mid-Atlantic area. He is still wrestling in 2005. Many fans hope to see the Fabulous Ones together again, possibly in TNA or the WWE.

[edit] Profile

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

Florida Championship Wrestling

Mid-Southern Wrestling & USWA

  • 1-Time USWA Tag Team Champion (with Steve Keirn)
  • 17-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Steve Keirn 15 times, Koko Ware once and Ron Bass once)

Other Titles

  • 1-Time Georgia Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-Time Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Seve Keirn)
  • 1-Time AWF Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-Time VWA Tag Team Champion (with Jeff Collette)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 213 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked three times in the best tag teams during the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 28 with Steve Keirn, # 32 with Bobby Eaton and # 73 with Tom Prichard.
  • Lane also won the PWI Tag Team of the Year Award with Bobby Eaton.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

  • 1987 Tag Team of the Year (with Bobby Eaton)
  • 1988 Feud of the Year (with Bobby Eaton vs Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)
  • 1988 Tag Team of the Year (with Bobby Eaton)
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