Timothy Lee Horner (born August 19, 1959) is a retired

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, best known as Tim Horner, one half of The Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1978–1988)

Tim Horner started wrestling in 1978 in the

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territory.

Jim Crockett Promotions (1984–1988)

Horner signed to

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in 1984, and formed The Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong. They won the Universal Wrestling Federation tag team title in 1987, defeating

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and

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. They also won the

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's National Tag Team title.

World Wrestling Federation (1988–1989)

Tim Horner signed with WWF in late 1988 and left in late 1989. On televised matches he was used as a jobber in both singles and tag-team matches, while at house shows he was frequently victorious over other jobbers including Danny Davis, Jose Estrada,

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, Tom Magee,

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, and Johnny K-9 (Taras Bulba).

World Championship Wrestling / Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1990–1995)

In the 1990s, Horner wrestled for

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as the masked "Star Blazer", and for

Smoky Mountain Wrestling Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, wit ...

(SMW). In SMW, he also played the original " Kendo the Samurai" (a masked

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, also used by Scott Antol, Brian Logan, Dave Pillman and others) managed by Daryl Van Horne.

Late career

After WCW, he occasionally wrestled on independent shows in

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and

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. He then worked in

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as a producer for its

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brand, until October 26, 2006. On June 16, 2013, he teamed with

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to defeat Bob Orton, Jr. and George South at the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event.

Political career

On May 1, 2018, he was elected County Commissioner in

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Championships and accomplishments

*All-Pro Wrestling **APW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Keith Hart *

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( 1 time) - with Brad Armstrong *Independent International Wrestling Association **IIWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chick Donovan *Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance **MAWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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*National Championship Wrestling **NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jeff Tankersley *

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** NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 5 times) * Smokey Mountain Wrestling **

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( 3 times) *

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(Class of 2002) *Tennessee Mountain Wrestling **TMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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*United Atlantic Championship Wrestling **UACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **UACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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* Universal Wrestling Federation **

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( 1 time) - with Brad Armstrong

References

External links

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