Ricky Morton
Morton in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Wendell Morton September 21, 1956 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Children | 7 |
| Family | Todd Morton (cousin) Kerry Morton (son) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Richard Morton Rick Morton Ricky Morton |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Billed from | "The Volunteer State of Tennessee" |
| Trained by | Ken Lucas |
| Debut | 1977 |
Richard Wendell Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler who currently performs on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has teamed with Robert Gibson as part of the Rock 'n' Roll Express, widely regarded as "the consummate babyface tag team". Morton has competed for numerous 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. Known for bis ability to elicit sympathy from audiences by convincingly selling pain, Morton's technique gave rise to the expression "playing Ricky Morton".