History Wrestling / MarkLewin

-->"''Stand for the Haze!''"
-->--'''Wrestling/KevinSullivan''' in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EloX-k6ikFY vignette]] that introduced the Purple Haze.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lewin The Other Wiki]].

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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/EddieGraham, Big Bad John's Army (during the People's Army vs. Big Bad John's Army war in Australia that was [[RecycledScript recycled]] in Vancouver), [[Wrestling/EdFarhat the Sheik]]
* AxCrazy[=/=]{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Both as a character and had this reputation among his coworkers as well.
* BashBrothers: Don Curtis, Kevin Sullivan, Donn Lewin, Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea

* LegacyCharacter: The OVW vignette where the Disciples of Synn [[SummoningRitual summoned]] [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Leviathan (Batista)]] from the deep was a direct {{Homage}} to the vignette where Sullivan summoned the Purple Haze.
* MonochromaticEyes: Much like Sullivan himself, he would sometimes roll his eyes back into his head.

* UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}: He lives there now.

* RingOldies: Competed for some '''40''' years.
** BadassGrandpa: Was still in solid wrestling shape during his Florida run in the mid-1980s when he was pushing '''50'''.

!!! "Stand for the Haze's tropes!":

Mark Lewin (b. 1937 in Buffalo, [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState NY]]) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who competed from the 1950s all the way into the 1990s. He started as a matinee idol {{Face}} and was very successful in that role. In fact, [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily Vince [=McMahon=] Sr.]] called Lewin "the best babyface I ever had." In 1963, he started calling himself "Maniac" Mark Lewin, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment creating the persona that would carry him through much of his career.]] He competed all over the world, including for [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWWF]], various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, Stampede Wrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Australia, Canada and more. In the 1980s, he arrived in Florida and was reintroduced as the Purple Haze, a member of Wrestling/KevinSullivan's Army of Darkness. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-t.html WWWF United States Tag Team Champion]] with Don Curtis, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-nwa-t.html NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/wwa-h.html WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion]].

'''Mark Lewin''' (b. 1937 in Buffalo, [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState NY]]) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who competed from the 1950s all the way into the 1990s. He started as a matinee idol {{Face}} and was very successful in that role. In fact, [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily Vince [=McMahon=] Sr.]] called Lewin "the best babyface I ever had." In 1963, he started calling himself "Maniac" Mark Lewin, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment creating the persona that would carry him through much of his career.]] He competed all over the world, including for [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWWF]], various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, Stampede Wrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Australia, Canada and more. In the 1980s, he arrived in Florida and was reintroduced as the Purple Haze, a member of Wrestling/KevinSullivan's Army of Darkness. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-t.html WWWF United States Tag Team Champion]] with Don Curtis, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-nwa-t.html NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/wwa-h.html WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion]].

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Eddie Graham, Big Bad John's Army (during the People's Army vs. Big Bad John's Army war in Australia that was [[RecycledScript recycled]] in Vancouver), [[Wrestling/EdFarhat the Sheik]]

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Eddie Graham, Big Bad John's Army (during the People's Army vs. Big Bad John's Army war in Australia that was [[RecycledScript recycled]] in Vancouver)

'''Mark Lewin''' (b. 1937 in Buffalo, [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState NY]]) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who competed from the 1950s all the way into the 1990s. He started as a matinee idol {{Face}} and was very successful in that role. In fact, [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily Vince [=McMahon=] Sr.]] called Lewin "the best babyface I ever had." In 1963, he started calling himself "Maniac" Mark Lewin, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment creating the persona that would carry him through much of his career.]] He competed all over the world, including for [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWWF]], various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, Stampede Wrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Australia, Canada and more. In the 1980s, he arrived in Florida and was reintroduced as the Purple Haze, a member of Wrestling/KevinSullivan's Army of Darkness. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-t.html WWWF United States Tag Team Champion]] with Don Curtis, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-nwa-t.html NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/wwa-h.html WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion]].

'''Mark Lewin''' (b. 1937 in Buffalo, NY) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who competed from the 1950s all the way into the 1990s. He started as a matinee idol {{Face}} and was very successful in that role. In fact, [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily Vince [=McMahon=] Sr.]] called Lewin "the best babyface I ever had." In 1963, he started calling himself "Maniac" Mark Lewin, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment creating the persona that would carry him through much of his career.]] He competed all over the world, including for [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWWF]], various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, Stampede Wrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Australia, Canada and more. In the 1980s, he arrived in Florida and was reintroduced as the Purple Haze, a member of Wrestling/KevinSullivan's Army of Darkness. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-t.html WWWF United States Tag Team Champion]] with Don Curtis, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-nwa-t.html NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/wwa-h.html WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion]].

* BashBrothers: Don Curtis, Kevin Sullivan, Donn Lewin

* PurpleIsPowerful

* WrestlingFamily: His brothers Donn and Ted, and his brother-in-law Danny [=McShain=].

* LegacyCharacter: The OVW vignette where the Disciples of Synn summoned [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Leviathan (Batista)]] from the deep was a direct {{Homage}} to the vignette where Sullivan summoned the Purple Haze.

-->--'''Wrestling/KevinSullivan''' in the vignette that introduced the Purple Haze.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lewin The Other Wiki]].

'''Mark Lewin''' (b. 1937 in Buffalo, NY) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who competed from the 1950s all the way into the 1990s. He started as a matinee idol {{Face}} and was very successful in that role. In fact, [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily Vince [=McMahon=] Sr.]] called Lewin "the best babyface I ever had." In 1963, he started calling himself "Maniac" Mark Lewin, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment creating the persona that would carry him through much of his career.]]