| The Midnight Express | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Members | {{{members}}} |
| Name(s) | The Midnight Express Midnight Express Incorporated The Original Midnight Express |
| Hometown | Dark Side |
| Former member(s) | Dennis Condrey Randy Rose Norvell Austin Ron Starr Honky Tonk Ferris Bobby Eaton Stan Lane Wendi Richter Bob Holly Bart Gunn Rikki Nelson Jimmy Hart (manager) Jim Cornette (manager) Paul E. Dangerously (manager) |
| Debut | 1980 |
| Disbanded | 2011 |
The Midnight Express was the name used by several professional wrestling tag teams of changing members, usually under the management of Jim Cornette. The group started in 1980 with Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose in Southeast Championship Wrestling. In 1981 they were joined by Norvell Austin. This group disbanded in 1983, but later the same year a new version of the Midnight Express was formed in Mid-South Wrestling by teaming up Condrey and Bobby Eaton, with Cornette as their manager. After leaving Mid-South, the Midnight Express competed briefly in WCCW (Dallas) before moving on to Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). Condrey left in 1987, and was replaced by Stan Lane. Eaton and Lane (still managed by Cornette) competed in JCP and WCW, where they briefly feuded with "The Original Midnight Express" of Condrey and Rose (managed by Paul E. Dangerously). This version of the Midnight Express disbanded in October 1990 when Cornette and Lane left WCW. In 1998, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) teamed up Bob Holly and Bart Gunn as "The Midnight Express", who were also managed by Jim Cornette. From 2004 until 2011 various combinations of Condrey, Eaton, and Lane competed as The Midnight Express on the independent circuit.