Richard Morton
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-09-21
- Place of birth:
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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
Filmography
JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026
GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9
NWA Samhain
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1
Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon
Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022
WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever
Hey! (EW)
NWA USA
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Battleground Championship Wrestling
NEW Wrestlefest 25
Joey Janela's Spring Break 4
NWA Hard Times
NWA Into the Fire
WrestleCade Supershow 2019
NWA Powerrr
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
ROH: Honor For All
Beyond Americanrana 2019
NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup
Dark Side of the Ring
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2
WWE Hall of Fame 2017
WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count
I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
Timeline: The History of WCW – 1986 – As Told By The Rock 'n' Roll Express
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
JCW Bloodymania 6
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
JCW Legends and Icons
Ultimate Death Match 3
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
WWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997
FMW 7th Anniversary Show
Blood, Brawls and Grudges
The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament
SMW Night of The Legends
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
WWE Survivor Series 1993
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993
WCW SuperBrawl III
Raw
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
WCW WrestleWar 1992
WCW SuperBrawl II
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
WCW Starrcade 1991