Jack Morris (wrestler)

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Jack Morris
File:20221030 jackm.jpg
Morris in October 2022
Born (1993-10-06) October 6, 1993 (age 30)[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

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]

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.[6] At RevPro Raw Deal 2023 on March 11, he fell short to Dan Moloney.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[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)

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.[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 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.[16] At Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 on October 30, he teamed up with Dante Leon to defeat Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey.[17] At Noah The Best 2022 on November 23, he defeated Inaba in singles competition.[18] At Noah The New Year 2023 on January 1, 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 January 22, 2023, where they defeated Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura.[20] 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.[21] At Noah Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 on February 12,he unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[22] 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.[23] 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.[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 April 16 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 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.[26]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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