Jack Morris (born 6 October 1993) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was a member of the Good Looking Guys stable. He is also known for his tenures with various promotions from the British independent scene.[3]
| Jack Morris | |
|---|---|
 Morris in October 2022 | |
| Birth name | Jack Morris Nicholson |
| Born | 6 October 1993[1] Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jack Morris |
| Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Debut | 2017 |
Early life
editPrior to his professional wrestling career, Morris was a professional footballer and played as a striker for the Scottish team Cowdenbeath F.C. of the Lowland Football League. Injuries forced him to quit football and eventually make his transition to wrestling.[4] In an interview from August 2022, he mentioned he also works as a gym instructor.[5]
Personal life
editIn 2021, Morris appeared as a participant on BBC One gameshow I Can See Your Voice, where the two contestants won money by correctly guessing he was a bad singer.[6]
Professional wrestling career
editBritish independent scene (2017–present)
editMorris started his career working for local Scottish promotions such as Reckless Intent, Discovery Wrestling and Fair City Wrestling. Morris’ main work took place in the British independent scene. He competed in a suite of events promoted by Revolution Pro Wrestling, first of them being the RevPro Live In London 71 from 5 March 2023, where he picked up a victory over TK Cooper.[7] At RevPro Raw Deal 2023 on 11 March, he fell short to Dan Moloney.[8]
Insane Championship Wrestling (2019–2022)
editMorris shared a three-year tenure with Insane Championship Wrestling. He made his debut in the promotion at ICW Fight Club #115 on 13 January 2019, where he teamed up with Dickie Divers to defeat The Kinky Party (Jack Jester and Sha Samuels). He participated in various of the promotion's signature events such as the Lionheart League where he competed against the winner Sha Samuels, Alexander Darwin MacAllan, B. T. Gunn, Daz Black, DCT, Grant McIvor, Ian Skinner, Jack Jester, Jason Reed, Leyton Buzzard, Liam Thomson, Luca De Pazzi, Stevie Boy, Stevie James and Theo Doros.[9] At ICW 8th Annual Square Go! on 24 February 2019, Morris competed in a 30-man square go match to determine the number one contendership for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship won by Rudo Lightning and also involving notable opponents such as Grado, Jeff Jarrett, Jimmy Havoc, Joe Hendry, Wolfgang, Andy Wild, Mark Coffey, Leyton Buzzard, Viper, Kenny Williams, BT Gunn and many others.[10][11]
Morris and Dickie Divers formed the team The Nine9. On 16 June 2019, they defeated The Kings of Catch (Aspen Faith and Lewis Girvan) at ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface!.[12]
On 20 March 2021, The Nine9 defeated Krieger and Lou King Sharp to win the ICW Tag Team Championships in a steel cage match.[13] The duo successfully defended the titles until ICW: Fear and Loathing XIII where they were dethroned by The Kings of the North.[14]
Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–present)
editMorris made his debut in Pro Wrestling Noah on the first night of the 2022 edition of the N-1 Victory, the most important tournament of the promotion. He competed in the block B where he scored a total of six points after going against Kaito Kiyomiya, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki, Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Masa Kitamiya and Kinya Okada.[15]
He soon started competing in various of the promotion signature pay-per-views. First of them was the Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022 from 25 September where he teamed up with El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Naomichi Marufuji to defeat Daiki Inaba, Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka in a six-man tag team match.[16] At Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 on 30 October he teamed up with Dante Leon to defeat Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey.[17] At Noah The Best 2022 on 23 November he defeated Inaba in singles competition.[18] At Noah The New Year 2023 on 1 January Morris defeated Timothy Thatcher.[19] He joined the "Good Looking Guys" unit and he teamed up with his stablemates Jake Lee and Anthony Greene for the first time at The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on 22 January 2023, where they defeated Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura.[20] On the first night of the Noah Star Navigation 2023 from 5 February Morris teamed up with Lee and Anthony again in a losing effort against Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marafuji and Takashi Sugiura.[21] At Noah Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 on 12 February he unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[22] At Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love on 21 February 2023, he teamed up with Lee and Anthony to defeat Sugiura-gun's Takashi Sugiura and Timothy Thatcher, and Satoshi Kojima.[23] At Noah Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023 on 19 March, Morris teamed up with Anthony to defeat Naomichi Marufuji and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in tag team action.[24] This was the build up of a short-term feud between Morris and Wagner Jr. as he is expected to face the latter at Noah Green Journey in Sendai 2023 on 16 April for the GHC National Championship.[25]
In August, Morris took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins, two losses and a draw, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On 24 September at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Morris and Anthony Greene defeated Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.[26] On 28 October at Demolition Stage In Fukuoka, Morris defeated El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in a rematch to win the GHC National Championship, becoming a double champion, in the process.[27] He lost the title to Hayata on 11 April 2024 in his fourth title defence.[28] On June 16 at Grand Ship In Yokohama, Morris and Greene lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Brave (Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura) in their ninth title defense, ending their reign at 266 days.[29] On July 13 at Destination, Good Looking Guys disbanded. Afterwards, Jake Lee joined Bullet Club War Dogs, leading Morris to confront him before Lee attacked Morris.[30] In August, Morris took part in the 2024 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On September 30, Morris faced Greene and LJ Cleary in a three-way match. The match ended in a no-contest, when a masked wrestler attacked the referee. Afterwards, he refused to shake Clearly's hand, only to shake Morris' instead with the two leaving the arena together. Morris then announced that the masked man's identity would be revealed on October 14.
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Discovery Wrestling
- Disco Derby (2022)[31]
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dickie Divers[32]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- Reckless Intent Wrestling
- Reckless Intent Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Reckless Intent UK Championship (1 time)
- Reckless Intent Tag Team Championship (1 time,) – with Dickie Divers
- Battle Of West Lothian Tournament (2019)
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance
- SWA X Championship (1 time)
References
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- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kack Morris/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Jack Morris Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Jack Morris Interview". eatsleepsuplexretweet.com. Suplex Retweet. April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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- ^ Wrestler's outfit and confidence is there, but is the voice? 🤔 | I Can See Your Voice - BBC, retrieved 1 January 2024
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- ^ Hamilton, Ian (16 March 2023). "Hamilton's Rev Pro Raw Deal 2023 03.11.2023 Review". 411mania.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Morrison, Adam (28 November 2020). "ICW Announce The Lionheart League Tournament". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (30 October 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph Results (10/30): New GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ, NJPW Stars Compete". fightful.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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- ^ Carlan, Lewis (5 February 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Star Navigation 2023 Results (2/5/2023)". pwmania.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (12 February 2023). "POST NEWS UPDATE: Lio Rush chats NJPW WK 17, past managerial roles, wanting to face Amazing Red". postwrestling.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Coyle-Simmons, Patrick (21 February 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's Keiji Muto Tokyo Dome Retirement Show: Every Match Ranked, Worst To Best". thesportster.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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- ^ Carlan, Lewis (26 March 2023). "Full Pro Wrestling NOAH Green Journey 2023 In Sendai Line-Up (4/16/2023)". pwmania.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (24 September 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH GRAND SHIP 2023 In NAGOYA Results (9/24/2023), New Champions Crowned". postwrestling.com.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (28 October 2023). "RESULTS & RECAPS Pro Wrestling NOAH DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 In FUKUOKA Results (10/28/2023), Two Title Changes". bodyslam.net. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "HAYATA Defeats Jack Morris To Win The GHC National Championship, First Jr Heavyweight To Win Title". Bodyslam.net. 11 April 2024.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (16 June 2024). "NOAH Results: Grand Ship 2024 In Yokohama – Yokohama, Japan (6/16)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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- ^ Wrestling Titles. "Insane Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Ruth, Sondra (14 September 2023). "Complete 2023 PWI 500 List Revealed, Top NJPW Star Absent". tjrwrestling.net. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Jack Morris wins GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship". 25 September 2023.
External links
edit- Jack Morris's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database
