Steve Keirn and Stan Lane were a Professional Wrestling Tag Team as The Fabulous Ones from 1982 to 1987. The team was put together, in the storyline, by Memphis legend 'The Fabulous One' Jackie Fargo, in response to manager "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart's attempt at pushing his team of Troy Graham and Porkchop Cash under that name. The team was Memphis' initial response to the rise of MTV, and were introduced through a series of music video-style vignettes, a technique which continues to this day. Along with Memphis, they also competed in the AWA, Florida and World Class in Dallas. When NWA promoter Jim Crockett closed down the Florida territory, manager Jim Cornette took Lane as Bobby Eaton's replacement tag team partner in The Midnight Express after "Loverboy" Dennis Condrey quit without really giving notice. They were 1x USWA World Tag Team Champions
. They have gone on to do some teaming in the Florida indies in the 21st Century. Today, Lane is retired and still does the occasional reunion match with other members of the Midnight Express. Keirn continued in the Florida independents throughout the 1990s and early 2000s and also ran a wrestling school, producing, among others, Mike Awesome and Dennis "Phineas I. Godwinn"/"Mideon" Knight, and also ran WWE's developmental promotion Florida Championship Wrestling for a time.
"The Fabulous Tropes":
- Arch-Enemy: The Sheepherders, the PYT Express (Koko B. Ware and Norvel Austin), The Moondogs
- Action Survivor: Lane worked as a color commentator for WWE from 1993 to 1995, on both Superstars and Wrestling Challenge. On the Undertaker...He Buries Them Alive VHS from 1994, Lane and Gorilla Monsoon call the Taker-Jerry Lawler Casket Match.
- Badass Teacher: Keirn.
- Expy: Of the Fabulous Fargos
- The Runner-Up Takes It All: The Rock 'n' Roll Express (see below) were supposed to be the B Show replacement team, but they went on to accomplish far more than the Fabs ever did, holding the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times.note
- I Know Karate: Stan.
- Mr. Fanservice: This was a BIG part of their act.
- The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) were originally created as a B Show replacement team for the Fabs, with the difference being that the RNRs were aimed toward teen girls with a safe, Tiger Beat-style image, while the Fabs were marketed toward adult women as Playgirl-style sex symbols.
- Sharp Dressed Men: Well, yes. They used the Trope Namer for entrance music, after all.
- Tag Team
- Wrestling Family: Well, almost. Keirn's son Cory had three matches in FCW in 2007 and left wrestling right after.
