Ken Timbs
American professional wrestler (1951 – 2004)
title: "Ken Timbs" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1951-births", "2004-deaths", "20th-century-male-professional-wrestlers", "20th-century-american-professional-wrestlers", "american-male-professional-wrestlers", "professional-wrestlers-from-atlanta", "nwa-world-light-heavyweight-champions", "deaths-from-cardiomyopathy", "deaths-from-congestive-heart-failure-in-the-united-states"] description: "American professional wrestler (1951 – 2004)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Timbs" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American professional wrestler (1951 – 2004) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox professional wrestler"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ken Timbs |
| image | Ken Timbs.jpg |
| image_size | 200px |
| names | Ken Timbs |
| The Assassin | |
| El Gringo Loco | |
| Fabuloso Blonde | |
| The Raider | |
| Mr. Class | |
| height | 5 ft 11 in |
| weight | 220 lb |
| birth_date | January 27, 1951 |
| birth_place | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| death_date | August 1, 2004 |
| trainer | Gene Anderson |
| Ole Anderson | |
| debut | 1978 |
| :: |
| name = Ken Timbs | image = Ken Timbs.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | names = Ken Timbs The Assassin El Gringo Loco Fabuloso Blonde The Raider Mr. Class | height = 5 ft 11 in | weight = 220 lb | birth_date = January 27, 1951 | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = August 1, 2004 | billed = | trainer = Gene Anderson Ole Anderson | debut = 1978 | retired =
Ken Timbs (January 27, 1951 – August 1, 2004) was an American professional wrestler who, with tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as one half of the Fabulous Blondes in several regional territories including Southwest Championship Wrestling and International World Class Championship Wrestling during the early 1980s.
Professional wrestling career
Ken Timbs began his professional wrestling career in Ole Anderson's Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion. He later moved to Southwest Championship Wrestling, where he teamed as the Fabulous Blondes with Eric Embry when he feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express. In 1983, the duo won the SCW World Tag Team Championship from Buddy Moreno and Scott Casey. Approximately two months later, the titles were held up after a match with the Rock 'n' Roll Express due to interference by Leslie Luv who moved to the East Coast. The Blondes won the rematch in early December. In April 1984, Al Perez and Manny Fernandez won the Tag Titles, but the Blondes were awarded the belts after Perez and Fernandez missed a title defense. He was later replaced in the team by Dan Greer.
In November 1985, Timbs was awarded the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship after breaking his opponent's leg with a submission hold. Along with his new partner Porkchop Cash, Timbs won the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship in April 1987. The title was vacated when Timbs left the area.
Timbs teamed with Dusty Wolfe as The Hollywood Blondes for Championship Wrestling from Florida, He was the first foreigner to hold the title in twelve years. Lizmark, however, regained the title in December. In February 1990, Timbs once again injured an opponent. During his match against Pirata Morgan, Timbs separated Morgan's shoulder and defeated him to regain the NWA World Light Heavyweight title. One month later, Lizmark once again defeated Timbs for the title.
He then spent several years in Mexican and South American promotions, winning the Guatemalan Heavyweight Championship. In 1991, he defeated Astro de Oro for the Championship Wrestling from Central America Intercontinental Heavyweight Title, in the process breaking Oro's leg. He eventually returned to his home state of Georgia, wrestling as the masked wrestler The Assassin during the 1990s. He lost the Championship Wrestling from Central America Intercontinental Heavyweight Title to Skeletor in December 1992 in a mask vs. title match.
Personal life
Timbs entered the wrestling business after being employed as police officer and security guard for wrestling shows in the state of Georgia. He began training after becoming friends with several of the wrestlers.
Timbs has sons. One is Ken, Jr. who is also on the independent circuit in the Southeast region.
After a long illness, Timbs died from cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure on August 1, 2004, at the age of 53. Before his death, Timbs had been married to a woman named Juanita, with whom he had one daughter and eight sons.
Championships and accomplishments
- Central States Wrestling
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Continental Championship Wrestling
- Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
- FILL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Southwest Championship Wrestling
References
References
- Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2006). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
- Oliver, Greg. (August 2, 2004). "Ken Timbs dead at 53". SLAM! Wrestling.
- (1991). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1991: 261 Ken Timbs". Sports and Entertainment publications LLC.
- (September 24, 1992). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1992: 243 Ken Timbs". Sports and Entertainment publications LLC.
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::