Ken Timbs
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| Ken Timbs | |
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| Ring name(s) | Ken Timbs The Assassin El Gringo Loco Fabuloso Blondy The Raider |
| Billed height | 5'11" |
| Billed weight | 220 lbs. |
| Born | January 27, 1951 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Trained by | Gene and Ole Anderson |
| Debut | 1978 |
Ken Timbs (January 27, 1951-August 1, 2004) was an American professional wrestler who, with longtime tag team partner Eric Embry, competed as one half of the Fabulous Blondes in several regional territories including Georgia Championship Wrestling, Southwest Championship Wrestling and International World Class Championship Wrestling during the early 1980s. He also teamed with Dusty Wolfe as the Hollywood Blondes in the Memphis area until arriving in Mexico's Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre in May 1988. As the Fabuloso Blondy, he defeated Lizmark for the EMLL Light Heavyweight Championship on June 24, 1988.
After spending several years in Mexican and South American promotions, winning the Guatamalan Heavyweight Championship, he eventually returned to his home state of Georgia wrestling as the masked wrestler The Assassin during the 1990s.
After a long illness, Timbs died from cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure on August 1, 2004.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
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- EMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
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- FILL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- National wrestling Alliance
- World
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- National
- NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Regional
- NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Pork Chop Cash
- Other titles
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- Guatemala World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Continental Championship Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- SCW Southwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Eric Embry
