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{{Short description|American professional wrestler (born 1959)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name         = Tim Horner
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| birth_name  = Timothy Lee Horner
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Morristown, Tennessee]], U.S.<ref name=oww/>
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| ring_names   = Tim Horner<br/>Star Blazer<br />Kendo the Samurai<ref name=oww/>
| height       = 5 ft 10 in<ref name=oww/>
| weight       = 242 lb<ref name=oww/>
| billed      = [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| trainer     = Rick Connors<ref name=oww/><br />[[Jack Brisco]]<br />[[Gerald Brisco|Jerry Brisco]]
| debut       = 1978<ref name=oww/>
| retired     = 2013
| module      =
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  | office      = [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] Commissioner from the 13th District
  | term_start  = 2018<ref name="election">{{cite news |title=Commission to have at least seven new members |url=https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/commission-to-have-at-least-seven-new-members/article_cf3a050c-4e20-11e8-9f7a-5bd8d1bf4f92.html |access-date=November 3, 2020 |work=Citizen Tribune |date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>
  | term_end    = 
 }}
}}

'''Timothy Lee Horner''' (born August 19, 1959) is a retired [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], who was one half of [[The Lightning Express (professional wrestling)|The Lightning Express]] with [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]].<ref name="oww">{{cite web|title=Tim Horner profile|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/tom-horner/|access-date=2009-09-12|publisher=OWOW}}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career==

===Early career (1978–1988) ===
Tim Horner started wrestling in 1978 in the [[Alabama]] territory.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

=== Jim Crockett Promotions (1984–1988) ===
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Horner signed to [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] in 1984, and formed The [[Lightning Express]] with [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]].<ref name=WCW8388Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 3:Jim Crockett and the NWA World Title 1983-1989 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2013 |isbn=978-1494803476}}</ref> They won the [[Universal Wrestling Federation (United States)|Universal Wrestling Federation]] tag team title in 1987, defeating [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Rick Steiner]]. They also won the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]'s National Tag Team title.<ref name=WCW8388Book/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp84.htm | title=Jim Crockett Promotions 1984 | date=16 January 2023 | publisher=The History of WWE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp87.htm | title=Jim Crockett Promotions 1987 | date=16 January 2023 | publisher=The History of WWE}}</ref>

=== World Wrestling Federation (1988–1989)===
Tim Horner signed with [[WWE|WWF]] in late 1988 and left in late 1989.<ref name=WWF6389Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 1: WWF 1963 - 1989 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2013 | isbn=978-1492825975}}</ref> On televised matches he was used as a [[Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|jobber]] in both singles and tag-team matches, while at house shows he was frequently victorious over other jobbers including [[Dangerous Danny Davis|Danny Davis]], [[José Estrada Sr.|Jose Estrada]], [[Barry Horowitz]], [[Jose Luis Rivera]], [[Iron Mike Sharpe]], [[Tom Magee]], [[Steve Lombardi]], and [[Ion Croitoru|Johnny K-9 (Taras Bulba)]].<ref name=WWF6389Book/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/89.htm | title=WWF 1989 | date=16 January 2023 | publisher=The History of WWE}}</ref>

=== World Championship Wrestling / Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1990–1995)===
In the 1990s, Horner wrestled for [[World Championship Wrestling]] as the masked "Star Blazer",<ref name=WCW8994Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=CawthoZUn | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2014 | isbn=978-1499656343}}</ref> and for [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] (SMW). In SMW, he also played the original "[[Kendo the Samurai]]"<ref name=oww/> (a masked [[samurai]] [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]], 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 [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Tennessee]]. He then worked in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] as a [[Road Agent (Wrestling)|producer]] for its [[WWE SmackDown|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=97046 | title=Brad Armstrong Memorial Event | date=June 16, 2013 | publisher=Cagematch.net}}</ref>

== Political career ==
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On May 1, 2018, he was elected County Commissioner in [[Hamblen County, Tennessee]].<ref name="election"/>

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''All-Pro Wrestling'''
**APW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Keith Hart<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref>
*'''[[Georgia Championship Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA National Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA National Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]]<ref name=oww/>
*'''Independent International Wrestling Association'''
**IIWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with [[Chick Donovan]]<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance'''
**MAWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with [[Road Warrior Hawk]]<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''National Championship Wrestling'''
**NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jeff Tankersley<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''[[Continental Championship Wrestling|Southeastern Championship Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|5 times]])<ref name=oww/>
*'''[[Smokey Mountain Wrestling]]'''
**[[SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship]] ([[SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref name=oww/>
*'''[[Southern States Wrestling]]'''
**[[Kingsport Wrestling Hall of Fame]] (Class of 2002)
*'''Tennessee Mountain Wrestling'''
**TMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with [[Ron Garvin]]<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''United Atlantic Championship Wrestling'''
**UACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="Titles"/>
**UACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with [[Bunkhouse Buck|Jimmy Golden]]<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)|Universal Wrestling Federation]]'''
**[[UWF World Tag Team Championship]] ([[UWF World Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with Brad Armstrong<ref name=oww/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{professional wrestling profiles}}

{{SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship}}

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