Ricky Morton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Wendell . He wrestled primarily for Mid- Southern Wrestling in Memphis, Tennessee, often teaming with Lucas and Eddie Gilbert. The Rock n Roll Express was formed by booker Jerry Lawler. He & Robert Gibson went on to Mid- South Wrestling in 1. The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They won the Mid- South Tag Team Title three times and feuded with the team that would become their archrivals, The Midnight Express of Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey. Free DNS Hosting; Free Mail Forwarding; Free Web Forwarding; WHOIS Contact Privacy. Der Antistadl – Volxmusik ist Rock'n'Roll! Seit 2003 laden Marihuanne&Kiffael einmal j List of free sample resumes, resume templates, resume examples, resume formats and cover letters. Resume writing tips, advice and guides for different jobs and companies.
Because of his small stature and good looks, he was usually made the . He was also the one that always suffered a humiliation or . Nowadays, this is sometimes referred to as . In the early 8. 0s Ricky formed a successful tag team with Robert Gibson in Joe Blanchards South West wrestling territory feuding with The Grapplers. In 1. 98. 5, both teams moved on to the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions and became famous due to the national television exposure of TBS. Ricky and Robert had a major feud with the . They traded the title again with the Russians and lost them to their hated rivals the Midnight Express on February 2, 1. Jim Cornette. Cornette used his tennis racket on Robert to help his team win. In the spring of 1. Morton was having an interview when NWA Champion Ric Flair came out and insulted his fans by calling them . He said Morton couldn't handle real women and Morton stomped on Flair's sunglasses. This led to a fight and then a series of matches, the most notable being their Steel Cage match at the 1. Great American Bash. To help build Morton as a serious title contender, it was pointed out that he once went to a one- hour draw with then- AWA Champion. Nick Bockwinkel. Morton never won the title but he proved that he was of the same caliber as Flair was in the ring. At one point in the feud with Flair, the Four Horsemen attacked him and rubbed his face on the dressing room floor, causing a grotesque looking facial injury. They also broke his nose in another attack. Arn Anderson would make fun of Morton, calling him . The term used to belittle Morton backfired when fans began to use it as a term of endearment. Morton and Gibson won the title back from the Midnight Express and feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson for the rest of the year. They culminated this feud with a win over the Andersons in a cage match at Starrcade on November 2. This victory started the Horsemen's dissatisfaction with Ole who was kicked out just months later. Morton and Gibson then lost the title to Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez on December 6, 1. December 1. 98. 6 to June 1. When Rude left for the World Wrestling Federation, the title was given back to the Rock & Roll Express, with the explanation that they won the title accompanied by footage of a prior non- title match won by the Rock & Roll Express where they pinned the champions. Morton and Gibson then feuded briefly with the New Breed, Sean Royal and Chris Champion, but this feud ended when the New Breed were injured in an auto accident. Their next feud was with Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, who won the title from them on September 2. Jim Cornette's new Midnight Express of Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane attacked them and injured Morton's arm and shoulder. Morton came out in the middle of the match and blindly tagged Gibson and courageously tried to wrestle but the Horsemen soon took advantage and Gibson gave up the match to save Morton more pain. They feuded for a few months with the Horsemen keeping the titles by getting themselves disqualified, and injuring Gibson's ribs. Morton and Gibson then left the NWA and wrestled for the Continental Wrestling Association until they returned to World Championship Wrestling in 1. Gibson injured his knee and Morton teamed with Big Josh and Junkyard Dog to win the WCW World Six- Man Tag Team Championship. On June 1. 2, 1. 99. Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA, Morton was in the ring to accept an invitation by Alexandra York to join her York Foundation. Gibson appeared and said he was healthy and ready to go and to everybody's shock, Morton turned on Gibson and beat him down before leaving with York, Mr. Hughes and Terrence Taylor. He changed his name to Richard Morton and they soon added Tommy Rich, who became Thomas Rich. They feuded with Gibson, Dustin Rhodes and Bobby Eaton and won the WCW World Six- Man Tag Team Title. They disbanded in early 1. Morton was used as a preliminary heel jobber where he teamed with various heels like Diamond Dallas Page. By July, Morton was in the United States Wrestling Association where he won the title and feuded with his former partner, Eddie Gilbert. He left the USWA for Smoky Mountain Wrestling and reformed the Rock & Roll Express with Gibson. They feuded with two versions of The Heavenly Bodies for the next year and a half, Stan Lane and Tom Prichard, and Prichard and Jim Del Ray. They feuded with The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed) in 1. NWA to win the Tag Title again in 1. During 1. 99. 5 he also teamed briefly with David Jericho. In 1. 99. 6, they were back in WCW as jobbers to major heels. They left WCW by 1. In 1. 99. 8, they were briefly in the WWF as part of the . In 2. 00. 2, they briefly were part of Vince Russo's S. E. X. Since leaving TNA, Morton wrestles all over the independent circuit in the Southeast and on the East Coast and often wins regional titles. Occasionally, he teams with Gibson as the Rock 'N Roll Express. In 2. 00. 3/2. 00. Robert Gibson, joined the All World Wrestling league/Big Time Wrestling. In the past few years Morton has been in legal trouble regarding non payment of child support. On March 3. 1, 2. Logan, West Virginia, Morton defeated Bobby Eaton in an NWA Legends Match during ASW's Rumble In The Jungle show. On June 3. 0, 2. 00. The Rock & Roll Express (Ricky and Todd Morton) beat Big and Tasty (Sweet William Valentine and Playboy Mike Trusty) to win the AWA Supreme Tag Team titles. On October 2. 4, 2. The Rock & Roll Express lost the AWA Supreme Tag Team Titles to Chaos Theory (Khris Kaliber and Karma). On January 4, 2. 01. Morton defeated Chase Owens to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. He re- lost the title to Owens on March 7. As of August 2. 01. Morton has seven children and six grandchildren. He had greatly diminished over the past decade (after release from World Championship Wrestling) and he was forced to tour the Indy circuit. A United Wrestling Association show in Alcoa, Tennessee on February 2, 2. On February 1. 5, 2. Ricky was released under the condition that he continue working and making efforts to catch up on the delinquent payments owed to his ex- wife. He returned to the ring the next night for the United Wrestling Association. It was estimated he owed a remaining balance of $6. A website was established, and raised enough funds to secure his bail. In wrestling. During another reign, the championship was awarded to them, though there's no indication of where the titles were awarded nor which promotion they were wrestling for at the time.
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