Bobby Horne, the energetic professional wrestler best known to fans as “Mo” and later “Sir Mo” of the World Wrestling Federation tag team Men on a Mission, has died. He was 58.
Horne died Saturday at a hospital in Texas after complications from a severe blood infection and pneumonia, according to people close to his family. He had endured years of health struggles, including a kidney transplant in 2018 and a lengthy recovery from COVID-19 in 2022.
Born April 13, 1967, in Monroe, North Carolina, Robert Lawrence Horne trained under Ole and Gene Anderson and Ivan Koloff before making his professional debut in 1991. He first wrestled in the Carolinas-based Pro Wrestling Federation and then in the Memphis-area United States Wrestling Association, teaming with Nelson Frazier Jr. as the Harlem Knights. The pair’s chemistry and imposing size made them standouts on the regional circuit, leading to their signing with the WWF in 1993.
Under the new names “Mo” and “Mabel,” and joined by manager Oscar, the duo became Men on a Mission — a bright, rap-inspired tag team known for crowd interaction and upbeat energy during a grittier era of wrestling. They captured the WWF Tag Team Championship in March 1994, one of the promotion’s most memorable moments of that year.
After the team’s split in 1996, Horne — by then billed as “Sir Mo” — continued competing in the USWA, Power Pro Wrestling in Tennessee, and a range of independent promotions across the United States and Canada, including Ultimate Championship Wrestling in Nova Scotia. Later, he turned his focus to promoting and mentoring young talent through SOAR Championship Wrestling, the Dallas-based company he co-founded with his wife, Denise Jones.
Horne remained active in wrestling circles for more than three decades, known among peers for his mentorship and approachability as much as his in-ring persona.
“Bobby was always good to me,” former WWE star Mark Henry said in a tribute posted to social media. “Keeping in touch with little messages over the years. Godspeed, Mo.”
Funeral arrangements were not immediately released.