Tim Horner
| Tim Horner | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 19, 1959 Morristown, Tennessee[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Star Blazer Kendo the Samurai[1] White Lightning[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Trained by | Rick Connors[1] Jack Brisco Jerry Brisco |
| Debut | 1978[1] |
Tim Horner (born August 19, 1959) is a professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Lightning Express, with Brad Armstrong.[1]
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Early career
Tim Horner started wrestling in 1978 in the Alabama territory.
Jim Crockett Promotions (1984-1987)
Horner signed to Jim Crockett Promotions in 1984, and formed The Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong.[2] They won the Universal Wrestling Federation tag team title in 1987, defeating Sting and Rick Steiner. They also won the National Wrestling Alliance's National Tag Team title.[2][3][4]
World Wrestling Federation
Tim Horner signed with WWF in late 1988 and wrestled many bouts until he left in later 1989.[5] Although on televised matches he was used largely as a jobber in both singles and tag-team matches, at house shows he scored many wins, including victories over established stars such as Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov, as well as undercard wrestlers such as Danny Davis, Jose Estrada, Barry Horowitz, Jose Luis Rivera, Iron Mike Sharpe, Tom Magee, Steve Lombardi, and Johnny K-9 (Taras Bulba) and others.[5][6]
World Championship Wrestling / Smoky Mountain Wrestling
In the 1990s, Horner wrestled for World Championship Wrestling as the masked Star Blazer,[7] and for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). In SMW, he also played the original Kendo the Samurai[1] (a masked samurai gimmick, also used by Scott Antol, Brian Logan, Dave Pillman and others) managed by Daryl Van Horne. Horner left the promotion after an incident involving the ring truck prompting Jim Cornette to cease booking him. It was a common misconception that Horner co-owned the territory with Cornette. Thereafter, he competed in WCW as a jobber (sometimes teaming with Armstrong).
Later career
After WCW, he occasionally wrestled on independent shows in Georgia and Tennessee. He then worked in World Wrestling Entertainment as a producer for its SmackDown! brand, until October 26, 2006. On June 16, 2013, he teamed with Tom Prichard to defeat Bob Orton, Jr. and George South at the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event.[8]
Personal life
Horner is married to Allison and has two daughters.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Japanese Leg Roll Clutch (Reverse rolling prawn hold, sometimes from a waist-lock backward roll)
- Rolling cradle[1]
- Managers
- Nicknames
- "White Lightning"
- Entrance themes
- "Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks (SMW)
Championships and accomplishments
- All-Pro Wrestling
- APW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Keith Hart[9]
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
- Independent International Wrestling Association
- IIWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chick Donovan[9]
- Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance
- MAWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Road Warrior Hawk[9]
- National Championship Wrestling
- NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jeff Tankersley[9]
- Southeastern Championship Wrestling
- Smokey Mountain Wrestling
- Southern States Wrestling
- Kingsport Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)
- Tennessee Mountain Wrestling
- TMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Garvin[9]
- United Atlantic Championship Wrestling
- UACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[9]
- UACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jimmy Golden[9]
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brad Armstrong[1]
References
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