Ricky Morton was inducted into the Tennessee Wrestling Hall of Fame December 5th 2019.
Richard Wendell Morton was born on September 21, 1956 in Nashville Tennessee and was trained by his father, Paul and Ken Lucas before starting wrestling in 1978. He wrestled primarily for Mid-Southern Wrestling in Memphis, Tennessee, often teaming with Lucas and Eddie Gilbert.
Ricky & Robert Gibson went on to Mid-South Wrestling in 1983, They won the Mid-South Tag Team Title three times and feuded with the team that would become their arch rivals, The Midnight Express of Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey.
But Ricky and Robert weren’t just pretty boys — they could fight. Once the bell rang, The Rock ’n’ Roll Express brought that high-octane attitude into the squared circle. Often outsized, Ricky and Robert relied on speed and agility to combat their opponents. And in the event that they found themselves overpowered, they had the innate ability to rally a crowd behind them and will them back into the fight.
Their fast-paced offense, teen idol looks and rock ’n’ roll charm made The Express one of the most popular tag teams in sports-entertainment history and the perfect foils for villains like The Four Horsemen, The Russian Team, The Heavenly Bodies and their greatest rivals, Jim Cornette’s Midnight Express. Ricky and Robert fought the tennis racket-wielding loudmouth’s charges around the world for the top tag team titles in the industry and set the bar for a generation of tandem competitors.
During their historic careers, The Rock ’n’ Roll Express captured dozens of tag team championships in Memphis, Mid-South Wrestling, NWA and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. In 2017, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were added to the WWE Hall of Fame.
On December 5th 2019, Ricky Morton was inducted into the Tennessee Wrestling Hall of Fame at 127 Pro Wrestling.
