Former WWE star Bobby Horne in ICU with blood infection and pneumonia

Former WWE performer Bobby "Sir Mo" Horne is hospitalized in intensive care after developing a severe blood infection and pneumonia, his friends and wrestling organizations said on Thursday. The 1990s tag team star is receiving treatment in the ICU with his wife, Denise Jones, by his side, according to a social media statement from Book Pro Wrestlers and a Facebook post by WWE Hall of Famer Leilani Kai.

Book Pro Wrestlers asked supporters to keep Horne and his wife in their thoughts and said Jones remained with him at the hospital. Kai, who described a long friendship dating back to the mid 1990s, said Horne has "been going through a really tough time right now, battling a blood infection and pneumonia, and remains in the ICU." She added that Jones has been sharing updates and that Horne was showing "small signs of improvement."

Horne, who performed as Mo in the popular Men on a Mission duo with Nelson Frazier, rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation in the early 1990s. The team, known for upbeat entrances and a positive message, captured the WWF Tag Team Championship during a house show in London in March 1994, a reign that lasted two days. Men on a Mission later...