Tim Horner | |
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Born |
Morristown, Tennessee |
August 19, 1959
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Star Blazer Kendo the Samurai White Lightning |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Trained by | Rick Connors Jack Brisco Jerry Brisco |
Debut | 1978 |
Tim Horner (born August 19, 1959) is a professional wrestler, best known as one half of The Lightning Express, with Brad Armstrong.
Tim Horner started wrestling in 1978 in the Alabama territory.
Horner signed to Jim Crockett Promotions in 1984, and formed The Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong. 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.
Tim Horner signed with WWF in late 1988 and wrestled many bouts until he left in later 1989. 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.