[235] However, the feud abruptly ended after the Miz took a hiatus to compete on Dancing with the Stars. [140], On June 21, 2013, Hennigan defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool in FWE Welcome to the Rumble II, winning the FWE Heavyweight Championship. On May 24, 2015, Mundo made his debut for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) at the Lucha Libre World Cup event representing Lucha Underground as a member of "Team TNA/Lucha Underground" alongside TNA wrestlers Matt Hardy and Mr. Anderson. [283] Writing for People, former Survivor contestant Stephen Fishbach highlighted that "in a tribal council that was meant to take out the Davidest David [Christian Hubicki], it was really the Goliath of the Goliaths [Hennigan] who fell. Hennigan has also held main event roles in several promotions outside of WWE, including lucha libre promotions Lucha Underground and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide as Johnny Mundo, and in Impact Wrestling as Johnny Impact. [112] Morrison received his WWE Championship match on the January 3, 2011 episode of Raw, but lost to reigning champion The Miz in a falls count anywhere match. Within the following weeks, Morrison continued to save Marella from attacks by Sheamus. [1] As of February 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$8.3 billion. Hennigan won the match to become the inaugural WWFX Heavyweight Champion. Johnny Morris was born at Newport on 20 June 1916, while the Great War was at its height. to win the championship for the third time. [142] On October 12, 2013, at FWE Grand Prix, Hennigan defeated Matt Morgan, retaining the FWE Heavyweight Championship. His nationality is American by birth. Morris was a two-time Jefferson County Farmers Federation president who served on the state board from 1984-2000. [232], After Miz suffered an injury at WrestleMania Backlash on May 16, Morrison would embark on a singles run, starting by defeating Jeff Hardy on the June 14 episode of Raw. He took sick on Friday and was diagnosed with a bad case of diphtheria. [43] Nitro was immediately placed in the Intercontinental Championship picture, and at Vengeance on June 25, he defeated champion Shelton Benjamin in a triple threat match also involving Carlito to win the title. [200][201][202] He made his return on January 3, 2020 episode of SmackDown under his John Morrison ring name and resumed his partnership with The Miz, thus re-establishing him as a heel for the first time in WWE in 10 years. [16][259] He also has a background in amateur wrestling, breakdancing, gymnastics, and martial arts. He finished 12th out of 20 contestants and became the second member of the jury after the former members of the Goliath tribe were blindsided at tribal council; two contestants used hidden immunity idols, causing Hennigan to be eliminated despite only having three elimination votes, as Christian Hubicki, who received seven, was immune. John has a bright and strong personality. [29] Nitro acted as Bischoff's apprentice and assistant until June, when he was sent back to OVW. [129] Following this, Morrison went on a losing streak, lasting a number of weeks. [253] He is known to utilize a split-legged corkscrew moonsault, dubbed Starship Pain, as a finishing maneuver. Later that night in the main event, Mundo, Black and Evans defeated Rey Mysterio Jr., Prince Puma and Dragon Azteca Jr. to win the Lucha Underground Trios Championship, the first championship for each in Lucha Underground. [115] During the match, Morrison climbed to the top of the cage while inside the cage before dropping to deliver a crossbody on and eliminate Sheamus. [181] On August 17, a video package was shown at Destination X revealing his ring name as Johnny Impact. On the November 19 episode, Mundo defeated Big Ryck by disqualification after interference by Castro and Cisco. [19][268] The DVD covers his career from his name change to John Morrison up until his Intercontinental Championship win in September 2009. The Miz, R-Truth & Alberto Del Rio", "WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne def. [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]. [208][209][210][211], On March 8, Morrison and Miz had their first title defense in a tag team Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber, successfully defending their titles against The New Day, The Usos, Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado), and Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. The first Morris in America was John. 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[141] The next day, Hennigan defended the title against Too Cold Scorpio at House of Hardcore 2. Johnny Morris (television presenter) Ernest John Morris OBE (20 June 1916 - 6 May 1999 [1]) was a Welsh television presenter. He is also the founder of the White River Marine Group. [90] Morrison continued to score victories over Benjamin in singles and tag team matches before defeating him on May 17 at Judgment Day. Not long after, Nitro and Melina were joined by Joey Mercury, forming the stable MNM. [203][204] They would feud with the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The New Day, with Morrison winning singles matches against Big E and Kofi Kingston. [212] On the first night of WrestleMania 36 on April 4, after the Miz's absence due to illness,[213] Morrison defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championships by himself in a ladder match against Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso, in which he was successful. He is best known for his time in WWE, Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground. [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. Today he is known as a retail and travel destination pioneer. "I was a young kid running around in a diaper with a fishing pole in my hand," says Morris. [88] On the May 1 episode of SmackDown, Morrison engaged in a backstage fight with Chris Jericho after Jericho slapped him, turning face in the process for the first time in his career. Noted conservationist and Bass Pro Shops founder/CEO Johnny Morris today announced a collaborative partnership with 79-time PGA TOUR winner Tiger Woods and the Payne Stewart family that includes plans to create the first-ever public access golf courses designed by TGR Design, a world-class . John L. Morris (born 1948) is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder, majority owner, and CEO of Bass Pro Shops , a hunting and fishing retail chain in the US and Canada. [271], Hennigan is also a frequent collaborator with comic book-based film producers Bat in the Sun Productions, appearing in two episodes of their well-known Super Power Beat Down series; playing as Casey Jones against Kick-Ass in episode 13,[272] and as Winter Soldier against Nightwing in episode 19. [227][228] Later that night, he failed to win the title in a triple threat match against Riddle and reigning champion Bobby Lashley, as Riddle won the match. Aries and Impact both alleged in the media that they authentically took issue with comments. 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. John had gone west to work for the summer for John Gangwer in Grandview, Morris, Kansas. Caballero, who went under the name "Johnny Hardy", and Matt Hardy lost their match against Dragon Lee and Dralstico. John was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. [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. " Jameson West Messner and Rocco. 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. [281], Hennigan was a contestant on the 37th season of Survivor, Survivor: David vs. Goliath where he was originally part of the Goliath tribe and later the Tiva tribe before making it to the merged tribe Kalokalo. Morrison and Miz co-wrote each episode of The Dirt Sheet each week, and Morrison credits his time in college studying film with contributing to the success of the show. [178], On August 26, at Triplemana XXV, Mundo successfully defended his three championships against Fantasma and Texano in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. 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