Jack Morris
Morris in October 2022
Birth nameJack Morris Nicholson
Born (1993-10-06) October 6, 1993[1]
Dunfermline, Scotland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Jack Morris
Billed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Billed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Debut2017

Jack Morris, is a Scottish professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. He is also known for his tenures with various promotions from the British independent scene.[3]

Early life

Prior 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

In 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]

He also has a blue staffy dog named Belle.

Professional wrestling career

British independent scene (2017–present)

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 March 5, 2023, where he picked up a victory over TK Cooper.[7] At RevPro Raw Deal 2023 on March 11, he fell short to Dan Moloney.[8]

Insane Championship Wrestling (2019–2022)

Morris shared a three-year tenure with Insane Championship Wrestling. He made his debut in the promotion at ICW Fight Club #115 on January 13, 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] He is a former ICW Tag Team Champion, titles which he held alongside his "The Nine9" tag team partner Dickie Divers. They won the titles at ICW Fight Club #164 - ICW Barred on March 20, 2021, after defeating The Fite Network (Krieger and Lou King Sharp) in a steel cage match.[10] At ICW 8th Annual Square Go! on February 24, 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.[11][12]

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!. [13]

On 20 March 2021, The Nine9 defeated Krieger and Lou King Sharp to win the ICW Tag Team Championships in a steel cage match.[14] The duo successfully defended the titles until ICW: Fear and Loathing XIII where they were dethroned by The Kings of the North.[15]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–present)

Morris 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.[16]

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 September 25, 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.[17] At Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 on October 30, he teamed up with Dante Leon to defeat Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey.[18] At Noah The Best 2022 on November 23, he defeated Inaba in singles competition.[19] At Noah The New Year 2023 on January 1, Morris defeated Timothy Thatcher.[20] 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 January 22, 2023, where they defeated Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura.[21] On the first night of the Noah Star Navigation 2023 from February 5, Morris teamed up with Lee and Anthony again in a losing effort against Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marafuji and Takashi Sugiura.[22] At Noah Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 on February 12,he unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[23] At Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love on February 21, 2023, he teamed up with Lee and Anthony to defeat Sugiura-gun's Takashi Sugiura and Timothy Thatcher, and Satoshi Kojima.[24] At Noah Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023 on March 19, Morris teamed up with Anthony to defeat Naomichi Marufuji and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in tag team action.[25] 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 April 16 for the GHC National Championship.[26]

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 September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Morris and Anthony Greene defeated Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.[27] On October 28 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.[28]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "Jack Morris • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kack Morris/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Jack Morris Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jack Morris Interview". eatsleepsuplexretweet.com. Suplex Retweet. April 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ More, Andy (August 8, 2022). "Exclusive: Jack Morris On Competing In Pro Wrestling Noah's N1 Victory". bodyslam.net. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ Wrestler's outfit and confidence is there, but is the voice? 🤔 | I Can See Your Voice - BBC, retrieved 2024-01-01
  7. ↑ Daly, Wayne (March 7, 2023). "RevPro Results: Live In London 71 – London, England (3/5)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Hamilton, Ian (March 16, 2023). "Hamilton's Rev Pro Raw Deal 2023 03.11.2023 Review". 411mania.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ Morrison, Adam (November 28, 2020). "ICW Announce The Lionheart League Tournament". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ Coulson, Steve (March 21, 2021). "THREE MORE INDIE WRESTLING VIDEOS ADDED TO WWE NETWORK – ALL CAGE MATCHES ON ICW, BRYAN'S LAST EVOLVE MATCH, AND MORE". wwenetworknews.com. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
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  12. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=225182
  13. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=232387
  14. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=303878
  15. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=1836&page=5&reign=23
  16. ↑ "【8/14記者会見】GHCジュニアヘビー級選手権試合調印式＆後楽園ホール大会直前記者会見 レポート｜プロレスリング・ノア". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  17. ↑ Pollock, John (September 25, 2022). "POST PURORESU: Burning Spirit, Kiyomiya wins title, AJPW 50th Anniversary". postwrestling.com. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
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  20. ↑ Rose, Bryan (January 1, 2023). "NOAH The New Year notes: Jake Lee, Hiroshi Hase, new champions crowned". f4wonline.com. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  21. ↑ Fritts, Chick (January 22, 2023). "Great Muta Final Bye-Bye live results: Muta, Sting & Darby Allin trios match/Kazushi Sakuraba takes on Hideki Suzuki in a GHC martial arts rules match". f4wonline.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  22. ↑ Carlan, Lewis (February 5, 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Star Navigation 2023 Results (2/5/2023)". pwmania.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  23. ↑ Thompson, Andrew (February 12, 2023). "POST NEWS UPDATE: Lio Rush chats NJPW WK 17, past managerial roles, wanting to face Amazing Red". postwrestling.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  24. ↑ Coyle-Simmons, Patrick (February 21, 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's Keiji Muto Tokyo Dome Retirement Show: Every Match Ranked, Worst To Best". thesportster.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  25. ↑ Murray, Dylan (March 20, 2023). "Jake Lee Doesn't Think Pro Wrestling NOAH Is Inferior To NJPW". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  26. ↑ Carlan, Lewis (March 26, 2023). "Full Pro Wrestling NOAH Green Journey 2023 In Sendai Line-Up (4/16/2023)". pwmania.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  27. ↑ Carlan, Lewis (September 24, 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH GRAND SHIP 2023 In NAGOYA Results (9/24/2023), New Champions Crowned". postwrestling.com.
  28. ↑ Carlan, Lewis (October 28, 2023). "RESULTS & RECAPS Pro Wrestling NOAH DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 In FUKUOKA Results (10/28/2023), Two Title Changes". bodyslam.net. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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  30. ↑ Wrestling Titles. "Insane Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  31. ↑ Ruth, Sondra (September 14, 2023). "Complete 2023 PWI 500 List Revealed, Top NJPW Star Absent". tjrwrestling.net. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  32. ↑ "Jack Morris wins GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship". September 25, 2023.
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