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Richard Morton
Actor

Richard Morton

21 Sep 1956Born
70Age
78Credits
Nashville, Tennessee, USABirthplace

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".

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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"

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2026JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026Film: Ricky Morton
  2. 2025GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9Film: Ricky Morton
  3. 2023NWA SamhainFilm: Ricky Morton
  4. 2023All Elite Wrestling: CollisionSeries: Ricky Morton (1 episode)
  5. 2023NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1Film: Ricky Morton
  6. 2022Big Time Wrestling - Return of The DragonFilm: Ricky Morton
  7. 2022Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last MatchFilm: Ricky Morton
  8. 2022WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022Film: Ricky Morton
  9. 2022WrestlePro Rock And Roll ForeverFilm: Ricky Morton
  10. 2022NWA USASeries: Ricky Morton (3 episodes)
  11. 2021WrestleCade Supershow 2021Film: Ricky Morton
  12. 2021Battleground Championship WrestlingFilm: Ricky Morton
  13. 2021NEW Wrestlefest 25Film: Ricky Morton
  14. 2020NWA Hard TimesFilm: Ricky Morton
  15. 2019NWA Into the FireFilm: Ricky Morton
  16. 2019WrestleCade Supershow 2019Film
  17. 2019NWA PowerrrSeries: Ricky Morton (13 episodes)
  18. 2019All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteSeries: Ricky Morton (4 episodes)
  19. 2019ROH: Honor For AllFilm: Ricky Morton
  20. 2019Beyond Americanrana 2019Film
  21. 2019NWA & ROH: The Crockett CupFilm
  22. 2019Dark Side of the RingSeries (1 episode)
  23. 2019GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2Film: Ricky Morton
  24. 2017WWE Hall of Fame 2017Film
  25. 2016WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 CountFilm
  26. 2016I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. StoryFilm
  27. 2013Legends of Mid-South WrestlingFilm: Ricky Morton
  28. 2012JCW Bloodymania 6Film: Ricky Morton
  29. 2011JCW Legends and IconsFilm: Ricky Morton
  30. 1998WWE Unforgiven: In Your HouseFilm: Ricky Morton
  31. 1998WWE WrestleMania XIVFilm: Ricky Morton
  32. 1998WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your HouseFilm: Ricky Morton (Appearance)
  33. 1998Ohio Valley Wrestling TVSeries: Ricky Morton (1 episode)
  34. 1997ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997Film: Ricky Morton
  35. 1996FMW 7th Anniversary ShowFilm: Ricky Morton
  36. 1995Blood, Brawls and GrudgesFilm: Ricky Morton
  37. 1994The 1994 NWA World's Championship TournamentFilm: Ricky Morton
  38. 1994SMW Night of The LegendsFilm: Ricky Morton
  39. 1994The Life And Times of Paul BoeschFilm: Ricky Morton (archive footage)
  40. 1994Smoky Mountain WrestlingSeries: Ricky Morton (7 episodes)
  41. 1993SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993Film: Ricky Morton
  42. 1993WWE Survivor Series 1993Film: Ricky Morton
  43. 1993SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993Film: Ricky Morton
  44. 1993WCW SuperBrawl IIIFilm: Ricky Morton
  45. 1993RawSeries: Ricky Morton, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (7 episodes)
  46. 1992WCW WrestleWar 1992Film: Richard Morton
  47. 1992WCW SuperBrawl IIFilm: Richard Morton
  48. 1992WCW Clash of The Champions XVIIIFilm: Richard Morton
  49. 1991WCW Starrcade 1991Film: Richard Morton
  50. 1991WCW Halloween Havoc 1991Film: Richard Morton
  51. 1991WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91Film: Richard Morton
  52. 1991WCW The Great American Bash 1991Film: Richard Morton
  53. 1991WCW SuperBrawl 1Film: Ricky Morton
  54. 1991WCW WrestleWar 1991Film: Ricky Morton
  55. 1990WCW Starrcade 1990Film: Ricky Morton
  56. 1990NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal CrushFilm: Ricky Morton
  57. 1990WCW WrestleWar 1990Film: Ricky Morton
  58. 1988AWA SuperClash IIIFilm: Ricky Morton
  59. 1988AWA The Road to Super Clash IIIFilm: Ricky Morton
  60. 1988NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88Film: Ricky Morton
  61. 1988NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami MayhemFilm: Ricky Morton (Interview)
  62. 1988Clash of the ChampionsSeries: Ricky Morton (Interview), Richard Morton (1 episode)
  63. 1987NWA Starrcade 1987Film: Ricky Morton
  64. 1987NWA Super Towns on The SuperStationFilm: Ricky Morton
  65. 1987AWA All-Star WrestlingSeries: Ricky Morton (1 episode)
  66. 1986NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise LandFilm: Ricky Morton
  67. 1986NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: CharlotteFilm: Ricky Morton
  68. 1986The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentFilm: Ricky Morton
  69. 1986NWA Superstars on The SuperStationFilm: Ricky Morton
  70. 1985AWA/NWA Night of Champions IIFilm
  71. 1985Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984Film: Ricky Morton
  72. 1985NWA Starrcade 1985Film: Ricky Morton
  73. 1985NWA World Championship WrestlingSeries: Ricky Morton (78 episodes)
  74. 1983WCW Arena ShowsSeries: Ricky Morton (1 episode)
  75. 1981AWA Arena ShowsSeries: Ricky Morton (1 episode)
  76. 1981Mid-South WrestlingSeries: Ricky Morton (43 episodes)
  77. 1981Mid-Atlantic Championship WrestlingSeries: Ricky Morton (19 episodes)
  78. 1977USWA Championship WrestlingSeries: Rick Morton, Ricky Morton (19 episodes)

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