Richard Morton
Born: 1956-09-21 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9 as Ricky Morton
2023
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision as Ricky Morton
- NWA Samhain as Ricky Morton
- NWA Crockett Cup 2023: Night 1 as Ricky Morton
2022
- Hey! (EW) as Ricky Morton
- WrestlePro Rock And Roll Forever as Ricky Morton
- Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match as Ricky Morton
- Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon as Ricky Morton
- WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2022 as Ricky Morton
2021
- NEW Wrestlefest 25 as Ricky Morton
- Battleground Championship Wrestling as Ricky Morton
- WrestleCade Supershow 2021 as Ricky Morton
2020
- NWA Hard Times as Ricky Morton
- Joey Janela's Spring Break 4 as Himself
2019
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite as Ricky Morton
- Dark Side of the Ring
- NWA Powerrr as Ricky Morton
- ROH: Honor For All as Ricky Morton
- GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2 as Ricky Morton
- WrestleCade Supershow 2019
- NWA Into the Fire as Ricky Morton
- Beyond Americanrana 2019
- NWA & ROH: The Crockett Cup
2016
2014
2013
- Legends of Mid-South Wrestling as Ricky Morton
2012
- The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions as Himself
- WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection as Himself
2011
- Ultimate Death Match 3 as Self
2009
- The Rise & Fall of WCW as Self
2007
- Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen as Himself
1998
- WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House as Ricky Morton (Appearance)
- WWE Unforgiven: In Your House as Ricky Morton
- Ohio Valley Wrestling TV as Ricky Morton
- WWE WrestleMania XIV as Ricky Morton
1997
- ECW Crossing The Line Again as Ricky Morton
1995
- Blood, Brawls and Grudges as Ricky Morton
1994
- SMW Night of The Legends as Ricky Morton
- The Life And Times of Paul Boesch as Ricky Morton (archive footage)
- The 1994 NWA World's Championship Tournament as Ricky Morton
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling as Ricky Morton
1993
- Raw as Ricky Morton
- WWE Survivor Series 1993 as Ricky Morton
- SMW Fire on The Mountain 1993 as Himself
- SMW Thanksgiving Thunder 1993 as Ricky Morton
- SMW Bluegrass Brawl 1993 as Ricky Morton
- WCW SuperBrawl III as Ricky Morton
1992
- WCW SuperBrawl II as Richard Morton
- SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992 as Himself
- WCW WrestleWar 1992 as Richard Morton
- WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII as Richard Morton
1991
- WCW Starrcade 1991 as Richard Morton
- WCW WrestleWar 1991 as Ricky Morton
- WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91 as Richard Morton
- WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite as Himself
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1991 as Richard Morton
- WCW SuperBrawl 1 as Ricky Morton
- WCW The Great American Bash 1991 as Richard Morton
1990
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1990 as Himself
- NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush as Ricky Morton
- WCW Starrcade 1990 as Ricky Morton
- WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop as Himself
- WCW WrestleWar 1990 as Ricky Morton
- WCW The Great American Bash 1990 as Himself
1989
- CSW International Bash as Himself
1988
- NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88 as Ricky Morton
- AWA SuperClash III as Ricky Morton
- AWA The Road to Super Clash III as Ricky Morton
- NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem as Ricky Morton (Interview)
1987
- The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Himself
- NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation as Ricky Morton
- NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games as Himself
- NWA Starrcade 1987 as Ricky Morton
- AWA All-Star Wrestling as Ricky Morton
1986
- The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Ricky Morton
- NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land as Ricky Morton
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte as Ricky Morton
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro as Himself
- NWA Superstars on The SuperStation as Ricky Morton
1985
- NWA Starrcade 1985 as Ricky Morton
- Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 as Ricky Morton
- NWA World Championship Wrestling as Ricky Morton
- AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1983
- WCW Arena Shows as Ricky Morton
1981
- Mid-South Wrestling as Ricky Morton
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling as Ricky Morton
- AWA Arena Shows as Ricky Morton