Richard Morton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-09-21 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Richard Morton

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"

Known For

  • Raw

    Raw

  • Raw

    Raw

  • All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

    All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

  • All Elite Wrestling: Collision

    All Elite Wrestling: Collision

  • Hey! (EW)

    Hey! (EW)

  • Dark Side of the Ring

    Dark Side of the Ring

  • NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

    NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

  • Mid-South Wrestling

    Mid-South Wrestling

  • The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament

    The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament

  • The Rise & Fall of WCW

    The Rise & Fall of WCW

  • SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

  • NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

    NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

  • WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

    WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

  • SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993

  • The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

    The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

  • WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

    WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

  • Battleground Championship Wrestling

    Battleground Championship Wrestling

  • NWA Powerrr

    NWA Powerrr

  • Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

    Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

  • The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

    The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

  • WCW Halloween Havoc '91

    WCW Halloween Havoc '91

  • SMW Night of The Legends

    SMW Night of The Legends

  • WCW Halloween Havoc '90

    WCW Halloween Havoc '90

  • WCW Starrcade 1991

    WCW Starrcade 1991

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91

    WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91

  • AWA SuperClash III

    AWA SuperClash III

  • Ultimate Death Match 3

    Ultimate Death Match 3

  • WCW WrestleWar 1991

    WCW WrestleWar 1991

  • ECW Crossing The Line Again

    ECW Crossing The Line Again

  • ROH: Honor For All

    ROH: Honor For All

  • WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever

    WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever

  • NEW Wrestlefest 25

    NEW Wrestlefest 25

  • NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

    NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

  • GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9

    GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9

  • NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88

    NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88

  • SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993

    SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite

    WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite

  • WCW SuperBrawl II

    WCW SuperBrawl II

  • WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

    WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

  • WWE Hall of Fame 2017

    WWE Hall of Fame 2017

  • NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering

    NWA Starrcade '85: The Gathering

  • NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup

    NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup

  • AWA The Road to Super Clash III

    AWA The Road to Super Clash III

  • WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count

    WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count

  • GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2

    GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2

  • Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen

    Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen

  • The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

    The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

  • Blood, Brawls and Grudges

    Blood, Brawls and Grudges

  • NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

    NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

  • Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

    Ohio Valley Wrestling TV

  • Timeline: The History of WCW – 1986 – As Told By The Rock 'n' Roll Express

    Timeline: The History of WCW – 1986 – As Told By The Rock 'n' Roll Express

  • WrestleCade Supershow 2021

    WrestleCade Supershow 2021

  • SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993

    SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993

  • WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution

    WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution

  • NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem

    NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem

  • CSW International Bash

    CSW International Bash

  • WrestleCade Supershow 2019

    WrestleCade Supershow 2019

  • The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

    The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

  • NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

    NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

  • NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

    NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

  • WCW Wrestle War: WarGames

    WCW Wrestle War: WarGames

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

    WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

  • Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match

    Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match

  • Joey Janela's Spring Break 4

    Joey Janela's Spring Break 4

  • AWA All-Star Wrestling

    AWA All-Star Wrestling

  • WWE WrestleMania XIV

    WWE WrestleMania XIV

  • WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

    WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

  • WCW SuperBrawl III

    WCW SuperBrawl III

  • WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

    WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

  • WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop

    WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop

  • WWE Survivor Series 1993

    WWE Survivor Series 1993

  • WCW The Great American Bash 1991

    WCW The Great American Bash 1991

  • NWA Samhain

    NWA Samhain

  • WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022

    WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022

  • NWA Into the Fire

    NWA Into the Fire

  • Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon

    Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon

  • NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1

    NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1

  • WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course

    WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course

  • NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!

    NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!

  • Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

    Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

  • I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story

    I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story

  • AWA Arena Shows

    AWA Arena Shows

  • NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing

    NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing

  • NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

    NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

  • Beyond Americanrana 2019

    Beyond Americanrana 2019

  • NWA Hard Times

    NWA Hard Times

  • AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

    AWA/NWA Night of Champions II