The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)

The Midnight Express
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Name(s)The Midnight Express
Midnight Express Incorporated
The Original Midnight Express
HometownDark 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)
Debut1980
Disbanded2011

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.