1 professional wrestling career
1.1 world championship wrestling
1.1.1 years (1997–1999)
1.1.2 west hollywood blondes , standards , practices (1999–2001)
1.2 independent circuit (2000–present)
professional wrestling career
world championship wrestling
early years (1997–1999)
carlson trained eddie sharkey , debuted in 1995. first appeared in world championship wrestling (wcw) lane carlson, jobber. made wcw debut on april 14, 1997 episode of monday nitro losing world television champion ultimo dragon. later changed ring name lenny lane on may 24 episode of saturday night during match against buff bagwell, carlson lost. began wear boots marked ll , possibly due resemblance lex luger in days despite smaller size. made pay-per-view debut @ 1998 slamboree event participant in battle royal determine number 1 contender wwe cruiserweight championship (1991–2007)|world cruiserweight championship. eliminated juventud guerrera. first storyline saw him chris jericho s lackey. later began advertising (fictional) product known ab solution plus. health drug supposedly benefited abdominal muscles. lane picked first victory in wcw on october 3 episode of saturday night against lash leroux. appeared in world war 3 battle royal @ eponymous pay-per-view on november 22 future shot @ world heavyweight championship , kevin nash won match.
west hollywood blondes , standards , practices (1999–2001)
in june 1999 approached lodi , stated re not doing me , re not doing you. why don t form tag team? lane had been inspired saturday night live vignette featuring ambiguously gay duo . wcw management reluctant, booker kevin nash approved idea, , lane , lodi renamed west hollywood blondes (as opposed hollywood blonds, stunning steve austin , brian pillman). blondes implied homosexuals, wearing pink trunks emblazoned large pink triangles (a symbol of gay community) , lane sporting pigtails, facial glitter , lollipop. controversially, blondes later revealed brothers. blondes effective villainous tag team, though won matches.
in upset victory, lane defeated rey mysterio, jr. on august 19 episode of wcw thunder in lubbock, texas win world cruiserweight championship. assistance of lodi, defended title including notably against shaggy 2 dope of insane clown posse on next 6 weeks. on october 3 episode of wcw monday nitro, psychosis announced having defeated lane world cruiserweight championship @ unspecified live event. lane had been set drop title disco inferno night, wcw management worried possible incident. lane did not appear night , psychosis defended , lost title disco instead.
the blondes taken off television in same month following protests gay , lesbian alliance against defamation, threatened organize boycott of wcw, claiming character of lenny presented intention incite crowd base homophobic behavior , audience s reaction [to lenny lane , lodi being physically attacked other wrestlers] gives permission viewers harm gay people in literal way.
lane , lodi returned standards , practices , censorious duo opposed adult themes present in wcw. in drastic departure previous appearance, wore designer suits, carried briefcases , accompanied secretary, miss hancock. standards , practices supposedly attempt mock conservative views of wcw management, , not unlike right censor faction wwf have shortly afterwards due complaints parents television council on programming. miss hancock abandoned team. gimmick of standards , practices dropped on edition of wcw nitro when both lane , lodi stripped off suit , tie. in following weeks, competed under tag team name 2xs, gimmick more resembling 2 hard rock party goers wore jeans ring , came out theme music resembling van halen. announcers began calling lodi idol (his name backwards) during matches. gimmick short lived failed over, in tag team title match , pulled off tv few weeks later. both lane , lodi released wcw in august 2000. lane briefly reappeared short feud wall, released once more.
independent circuit (2000–present)
lenny lane moved on texas championship wrestling, in april 2001, formed tag team shane helms, winning tcw tag team championships. team split when helms signed world wrestling federation. appeared on awa stars tour wrestling in upper midwest jim brunzell, buck rock n roll zumhofe, sheik adnan al-kaissy, mantaur, , others. blondes reunited in defunct world wrestling all-stars promotion in late 2001. lane signed total nonstop action wrestling (lodi have been signed too, injured) , debuted on june 19, 2002. lane formed short-lived tag team bruce known rainbow express , competed on second-ever tna pay-per-view on june 26. lane sustained injury, however, , team split on november 20, 2002 after bruce turned on lane. left tna after.
lane competed steel domain wrestling throughout 2003, , new age wrestling alliance in 2004 , 2005. works american wrestling league, in same tv slot , wrestles in same venues steel domain wrestling did. lane appeared on october 31, 2004 edition of wwe heat teaming ken anderson against rob conway , sylvain grenier , on september 30, 2008 edition of wwe s ecw on sci fi, losing squash match jack swagger.
lenny lane owns , wrestles prime time wrestling, independent wrestling promotion out of bloomington, minnesota. main evented first show in september defeating mitch paradise. in january 2012, lenny lane defeated chiropractor dc become first ptw champion. later lose him in may. in september, lenny lane defeat renny d become two-time ptw champion lose black stallion on same night. in may 2013, lane defeated ariya daivari become three-time ptw champion. in december of year match take place between john johnson , renny d renny d win. lenny lane award ptw championship renny d making him two-time champion.
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