Biography
Richard Wendell Morton is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. He is the current ECW Television Champion, after pinning Matt Cardona at GCW Say You Will. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson as The Rock N' Roll Express, described as "the consummate baby face tag team". Morton has wrestled for multiple promotions in the United States including the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the Japanese promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Wrestle Association R.
Morton has held dozens of championships throughout his career, including the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, USWA World Tag Team Championship, and WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. He has been inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, and WWE Hall of Fame. His skill at driving audiences into a sympathetic frenzy by convincingly selling pain gave rise to the expression "playing Ricky Morton"
Filmography
all 76
Movies 71
self 32
TV Shows 5
NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1 (2023)
Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon (2022)
Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match (2022)
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022 (2022)
WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever (2022)
WrestleCade Supershow 2021 (2021)
NEW Wrestlefest 25 (2021)
Joey Janela's Spring Break 4 (2020)
WrestleCade Supershow 2019 (2019)
NWA Powerrr (2019)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
ROH: Honor For All (2019)
Beyond Americanrana 2019 (2019)
NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup (2019)
Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2 (2019)
WWE Hall of Fame 2017 (2017)
WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count (2016)
I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story (2016)
Timeline: The History of WCW β 1986 β As Told By The Rock 'n' Roll Express (2016)
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash (2014)
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013)
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions (2012)
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection (2012)
The Rise & Fall of WCW (2009)
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen (2007)
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House (1998)
WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House (1998)
Ohio Valley Wrestling TV (1998)
ECW Crossing The Line Again (1997)
Blood, Brawls and Grudges (1995)
The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament (1994)
SMW Night of The Legends (1994)
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch (1994)
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993 (1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993)
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993 (1993)
SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993 (1993)
WCW SuperBrawl III (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992 (1992)
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames (1992)
WCW SuperBrawl II (1992)
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII (1992)
WCW Starrcade 1991 (1991)
WCW Halloween Havoc '91 (1991)
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91 (1991)
WCW The Great American Bash 1991 (1991)
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun (1991)
WCW WrestleWar 1991 (1991)
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite (1991)
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course (1990)
WCW Halloween Havoc '90 (1990)
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution (1990)
WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush (1990)
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop (1990)
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing (1990)
CSW International Bash (1989)
AWA SuperClash III (1988)
AWA The Road to SuperClash III (1988)
WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88 (1988)
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat! (1987)
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games (1987)
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1987)
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation (1987)
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers (1986)
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro (1986)
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land (1986)
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte (1986)
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986)
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation (1986)
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II (1985)
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 (1985)
NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering (1985)
NWA Samhain
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1956-09-21 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceNashville, Tennessee, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsThe Rock 'n' Roll Express, Ricky Morton, Richard Morton
AwardsWrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, WWE Hall of Fame
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