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Stan Lane is a professional wrestler famous for being a member of The Midnight Express.

Career

Stan Lane (Breck Stansfield 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. They feuded with the Midnight Express and The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams).

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. 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.

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. 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 WWF as a color commentator. In this role, he was a face. 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 reformed "The Fabulous Ones" for a few cards in Bert Prentice's NWA Wildside promotion.

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.

Profile

Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 224 lbs.
Birthday: August 5, 1953
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Trainer: Ric Flair
Managers: Jim Cornette, Oliver Humperdink, Jimmy Hart, Sal Corrente, Stacy Carter
Other Gimmicks: "Gangster of Love" Stan Lane, "Sweet" Stan Lane

Championships/Accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Eaton
)
3-Time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Eaton)

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

5-Time SMW Tag Team Champion (with Tom Prichard
)

Florida Championship Wrestling

3-Time Florida Tag Team Champion (with Bryan St. John)
2-Time Florida United States Tag Team Champion (with Steve Keirn
)

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.

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