Ricky Morton
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Richard Wendell Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson as the Rock 'n' Roll Express, described as "the consummate babyface tag team".[6] 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.
Ricky Morton | |
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Birth name | Richard Wendell Morton |
Born | (1956-09-21) September 21, 1956 (age 67) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Children | 7 |
Family | Paul Morton (father)[1] Todd Morton (cousin)[2] Kerry Morton (son) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Richard Morton Rick Morton Ricky Morton |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg)[3] |
Billed from | "The Volunteer State of Tennessee"[4] |
Trained by | Paul Morton[1] Ken Lucas[5] |
Debut | 1977 |
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".[6][7][8]