Tim Horner

Tim Horner (August 19, 1959) is an American professional wrestler best known for the Lightning Express tag team with Brad Armstrong.
==Career==
Tom Horner started wrestling in 1982 in the Alabama territory. He formed a tag team called the Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong which had a lot of success. Together they won the UWF Tag Team Championship and the NWA National Tag Team Championship. Horner then wrestled briefly with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a jobber.
In the 1990s, Horner wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as the masked Star Blazer and in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). In SMW, he also played the original Kendo the Samurai (a masked samurai gimmick managed by Daryl Von Horn, that was played at different point by Scott Antol and Brian Logan, among others). He was also an office worker at SMW. According to Jim Cornette Horner was given several tasks during his tenure in the SMW offices including a wrestling school, merchandise sales and ultimately local acquisition of sponsorships, none of which ever bared any results. When he was relieved from office duties to just act as a performer he and Cornette had a falling out over money resulting in Horner bring fired. Allegedly he refused to return office equipment and a ring truck to the promotion afterwards. Thereafter he competed in WCW as a jobber (for a time, he and Brad Armstrong were the only jobbers who had their own ring entrances).
He is now wrestling on the independents on occasion in the Georgia and Tennessee areas. He has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a Producer for the SmackDown! brand until October 26, 2006, when he was released along with Ted DiBiase.
==Personal life==
James is married to Allison and has two daughters.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**Rolling Cradle
*Tag teams and stables
**Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong
*Managers
**Daryl Van Horne
*Nicknames
**"White Lightning"
*Wrestlers trained
**Eight-Ball Jones
**Anthony Michaels
**Brian Logan
**Kid Kash
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Southeastern Championship Wrestling
**NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
*Georgia Championship Wrestling
**NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brad Armstrong
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #177 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
**PWI ranked him #161 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992
**PWI ranked him #67 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993
**PWI ranked him #122 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1994 (As Kendo the Samurai)
**PWI ranked him #230 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1994 (As Tim Horner)
**PWI ranked him #311 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
**PWI ranked him #335 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1996
*Smokey Mountain Wrestling
**SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship (3 times)
*Tennessee Mountain Wrestling
**TMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Garvin
*Universal Wrestling Federation
**UWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brad Armstrong
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
Category:American wrestlers
Category:Tennessee wrestlers
Category:1959 births
Category:1978 debuts
Category:All Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:American Wrestling Association alumni
Category:Continental Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:Georgia Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:Heartland Wrestling Association alumni
Category:Jim Crockett Promotions alumni
Category:National Wrestling Alliance alumni
Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:NWA Rocky Top alumni
Category:Power Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni
Category:Southeast Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) alumni
Category:World Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment alumni
Category:Living people
Category:Male wrestlers
Category:Professional wrestling trainers