Richard Morton
Acting • Born 1956-09-21
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"
Filmography
99 credits
I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story
Movie • 2016
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Movie • 1985
WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count
Movie • 2016
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2
Movie • 2019
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NEW Wrestlefest 25
Movie • 2021
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WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Movie • 2021
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NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1
Movie • 2023
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WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever
Movie • 2022
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WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022
Movie • 2022
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NWA Starrcade 1985
Movie • 1985
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NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Movie • 1986
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NWA Starrcade 1987
Movie • 1987
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NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Movie • 1987
Himself
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW WrestleWar 1991
Movie • 1991
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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Movie • 1998
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WCW SuperBrawl 1
Movie • 1991
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
Movie • 1991
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WCW SuperBrawl III
Movie • 1993
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Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Movie • 1985
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NWA Samhain
Movie • 2023
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Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match
Movie • 2022
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ROH: Honor For All
Movie • 2019
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The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Movie • 1994
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Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon
Movie • 2022
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NWA Into the Fire
Movie • 2019
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NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
Movie • 1988
Ricky Morton (Interview)
WWE Hall of Fame 2017
Movie • 2017
AWA SuperClash III
Movie • 1988
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Blood, Brawls and Grudges
Movie • 1995
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Timeline: The History of WCW – 1986 – As Told By The Rock 'n' Roll Express
Movie • 2016
Himself
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Ricky Morton (Appearance)
NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup
Movie • 2019
SMW Night of The Legends
Movie • 1994
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The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Movie • 2012
Himself
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Movie • 2012
Himself
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie • 2013
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Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
Movie • 2007
Himself
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Movie • 2009
Self
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Movie • 2014
Himself
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Movie • 1986
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NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Movie • 1987
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Joey Janela's Spring Break 4
Movie • 2020
Himself
WrestleCade Supershow 2019
Movie • 2019
AWA The Road to Super Clash III
Movie • 1988
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NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
Movie • 1988
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CSW International Bash
Movie • 1989
Himself
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Movie • 1990
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NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Movie • 1990
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WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
Movie • 1992
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The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1986
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WCW Starrcade 1990
Movie • 1990
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WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
Movie • 1991
Himself
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Movie • 1986
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NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Movie • 1986
Himself
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1987
Himself
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
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WCW The Great American Bash 1991
Movie • 1991
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WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
Movie • 1991
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WCW Starrcade 1991
Movie • 1991
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WCW SuperBrawl II
Movie • 1992
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SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993
Movie • 1993
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SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993
Movie • 1993
Himself
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Movie • 1993
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SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993
Movie • 1993
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WCW WrestleWar 1992
Movie • 1992
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ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997
Movie • 1997
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SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Movie • 1992
Himself
The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament
Movie • 1994
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Beyond Americanrana 2019
Movie • 2019
NWA Hard Times
Movie • 2020
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GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9
Movie • 2025
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Ultimate Death Match 3
Movie • 2011
Self
Battleground Championship Wrestling
Movie • 2021
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FMW Kawasaki Stadium 7th Anniversary
Movie • 1996
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Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Raw
TV • 1993
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Ohio Valley Wrestling TV
TV • 1998
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Raw
TV • 1993
The Rock 'n' Roll Express
NWA Powerrr
TV • 2019
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All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
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Hey! (EW)
TV • 2022
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All Elite Wrestling: Collision
TV • 2023
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Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
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AWA All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1987
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AWA Arena Shows
TV • 1981
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Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV • 1981
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Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV • 1994
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NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV • 1985
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WCW Arena Shows
TV • 1983
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USWA Championship Wrestling
TV • 1977
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USWA Championship Wrestling
TV • 1977
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Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Ricky Morton (Interview)
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
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Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Himself
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
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NWA USA
TV • 2022
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