I really took to it. "I was a young kid running around in a diaper with a fishing pole in my hand," says Morris. [193] At United We Stand on April 4, Impact won a five-way Ultimate X match to become the number one contender for the Impact X Division Championship. New "Payne's Valley" Course will honor legacy of Payne Stewart in beautiful Ozark Mountains. [89] Later that same night, Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin, beginning a feud between the two. His nationality is American by birth. On April 4, Hennigan defeated Elijah Burke and on April 5, Morrison defeated Japanese legend Jushin Thunder Liger in an "International Dream Match" at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS) event. Hennigan has won the ECW World Championship, AAA Mega Championship, Impact World Championship, and Lucha Underground Championship once each. Johnny Morris, born on June 14, 1948, is 74 years old today, July 28, 2022. [239] In the main event of Triplemana XXX: Tijuana, Caballero was revealed as Matt Hardy's mystery tag team partner (due to his original partner Jeff Hardy's arrest five days prior). Upon leaving education James took up . Served in the Army Air Corps. Their feud culminated in a tag team lumberjack match where both titles were on the line at the WrestleMania 25, but it was The Colns who would unify the championships with a win. Team Morrison (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)", "History of the Intercontinental Championship: John Morrison", "Batista, Jericho and Michaels capitalize on Elimination Chamber opportunities", "Unified Tag Team Champion Big Show & The Miz def. [92], On the September 4 episode of SmackDown, Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio to win his third Intercontinental Championship. [76], Morrison and Miz retained the titles against Kane and CM Punk at Judgment Day on May 18[77] and Finlay and Hornswoggle at Night of Champions on June 29,[78] before dropping the titles to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder on July 20 at The Great American Bash in a fatal four-way match which also featured Jesse and Festus. [citation needed] On the March 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, Impact's wife Taya Valkyrie would low blow Cage, which allowed Impact to attack Cage, turning into a villain. [26] The next week his name was changed to "Johnny Spade",[27] and three weeks after that it was changed to "Johnny Nitro". [120] After the match, Truth viciously attacked Morrison. 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[262] After winning the ECW World Championship in 2007, he changed his ring name to John Morrison and his gimmick was tweaked to be even more conceited and self-aggrandizing[263] in addition to being modeled after Jim Morrison, the legendary frontman of the 1960s rock band The Doors, to whom he bears a strong physical resemblance. [131], In his last advertised WWE appearance on the November 28 episode of Raw,[132] Morrison faced The Miz in a Falls Count Anywhere match; Miz won the match by delivering the Skull-Crushing Finale on the steel entrance stage, giving Morrison a kayfabe injury. [45] Nitro recaptured the Intercontinental Championship from Hardy on the November 6 episode of Raw,[46] but lost it back to Hardy on the following week's Raw. Growing up in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Bass Pro Shops founder and CEO Johnny Morris, it's no surprise that John Paul Morris grew up with a love for the outdoors. With this bigmouth buffalo, the young Morris' name is now firmly in the state record books. [153], On January 7, 2015, Mundo participated in a 20-man "Aztec Warfare" battle royal for the Lucha Underground Championship. On September 22, Morrison reunited with former MNM tag team partner Joey Mercury after ten years, defeating Reno Scum. [123] Morrison then underwent surgery to correct a legitimately pinched nerve in his neck. [181] On August 17, a video package was shown at Destination X revealing his ring name as Johnny Impact. [273] Hennigan portrayed Eternal Warrior in the web series Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe, produced by Valiant Entertainment and directed by Bat in the Sun.[274][275]. John Morris Pendleton and his son John T. were living in the home of Elizabeth Monroe in the 1870 United States Federal Census of Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. [65] Following his return to WWE and reunion with his tag team partner the Miz in 2020, Hennigan added a comedic aspect to his villainous character, with WWE describing him as using "quirkiness and quick wit to shine every time he is on screen". [187] As the PPV moved closer, the feud started to blur the lines between a work (something scripted) and shoot (something real), beginning with the two wrestlers trading insults on Twitter that they appeared to take personal, with Aries later deleting many of his tweets. [186], Impact began a feud with the Impact World Champion Austin Aries, which led to a match at Bound for Glory. [168] On October 4, at Hroes Inmortales IX, Mundo unsuccessfully challenged El Patrn Alberto for the AAA Mega Championship, when he was defeated by disqualification. John Morrison (wrestler) 32 languages Talk Read Edit View history John Randall Hennigan [1] (born October 3, 1979) [2] is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name John Morrison. [216] Morrison and Miz then started a rivalry with Universal Champion Braun Strowman. [39] They began a rivalry with the team of Paul London and Brian Kendrick that lasted over three months,[40] until they dropped the championship to London and Kendrick at Judgment Day on May 21, 2006, with the storyline leading to Nitro and Melina suddenly turning on Mercury after the match, breaking up the group. [257][258] Hennigan is a practitioner of parkour and often incorporates it into his wrestling style, giving him the nickname "The Prince of Parkour". [170] Mundo participated in the 2016 Lucha Libre World Cup as a member of "Team Lucha Underground" alongside Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Brian Cage, defeating "Team Mexico Leyendas" (Blue Demon Jr., Canek, and La Parka) in the quarter-finals,[171] and "Team Mexico International" (Rey Mysterio Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., and Dragon Azteca Jr.) in the semi-finals. John B. Morris, age 91, 57 West St., Illian, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY. John has a bright and strong personality. On November 17, 2018, Mundo wrestled on the final episode of Lucha Underground, Ultima Lucha Cuatro, defeating Matanza Cueto in a Sacrifice to the Gods match. During the course of the feud, Melina was brought into the company as Nitro's ex-girlfriend and an ally of Cappotelli, only to turn on him and side with Nitro. [104] On June 1, Morrison announced that he would be mentoring Eli Cottonwood in the second season of NXT. [260] Regarding his unique wrestling style, Hennigan stated in a 2021 interview with Sports Illustrated: "My movement background is different from everyone on the roster. "I got my first deer with a bow when I was 9 years old. John Morris was born in the year 1600 in Wales. [119] The next week on Raw, Morrison challenged R-Truth to a match with the stipulation that if Morrison won, he would take Truth's place in the steel cage match at Extreme Rules. roster in April 2005 under the ring name Johnny Nitro; winning the WWE Tag Team Championship with Joey Mercury in his first match on the show. The first Morris in America was John. [95] Their rivalry continued after both were announced as opposing team captains for Survivor Series on November 22, where Miz's team defeated Morrison's team. He's short-tempered, but frank . He is best known for his time in WWE, Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground. At Homecoming on January 6, 2019, Impact defeated Brian Cage to retain his championship. As Impact was able to cover his opponent first the referee was able to provide the count and therefore Impact won the match as Brian Cage went to cover his opponent. He also competed as a contestant on the 37th season of the competitive reality show Survivor. [90] Morrison continued to score victories over Benjamin in singles and tag team matches before defeating him on May 17 at Judgment Day. MNM wrestled in OVW for around a year, holding the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship once, before losing the titles to Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter in January 2005. . [143] On March 11, 2015, Hennigan lost the FWE Heavyweight Championship to A.J. His son, Johnny Morris, accepted the award. [233], Outside of WWE, Hennigan began referring to himself as the "Mayor of Slamtown", a fictional town he first coined in Lucha Underground in 2015. This was used to write Morrison off television, even being stretchered out of the arena after the match. [188] Specifically, Impact mocked Aries' short stature and the champion responded by making fun of his wife's weight. [6] His first feud in the promotion was with Eli Drake, when Impact made his televised in-ring debut on the August 24 episode of Impact!, participating in a Gauntlet for the Gold match for the vacant Global Championship, but was eliminated by eventual winner Eli Drake. Johnny Morris was born at Newport on 20 June 1916, while the Great War was at its height. [7] Mundo wrestled in the main event of the debut episode of Lucha Underground on October 29, 2014, defeating Prince Puma and winning one hundred thousand dollars, which was then taken away from him by promoter Dario Cueto, setting up several feuds. The feud between Morrison and Ziggler continued throughout the next month, with the two wrestling to a double countout for the Intercontinental Championship on the November 13 episode of SmackDown and Morrison retaining the championship in a two-out-of-three falls match the following week to end the feud. On the May 7 episode of Superstars, Morrison lost a match to Jericho after a distraction by Benjamin. The following week, Morrison defeated Randy Orton to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match at the namesake pay-per-view event on July 18,[233] which was won by Big E.[234] On the August 23 episode of Raw, Miz turned on Morrison by attacking him, thus turning Morrison face and setting up a feud between the pair. No relationship was listed. [42], The next week, Nitro, along with Melina, debuted on the Raw brand in a loss to WWE Champion John Cena. 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