On the June 19 episode of SmackDown, Morrison lost a critically acclaimed match against Edge, in which the commentators described it as a "third main event". After the defeat, the rivalry aspect of Morrison and Miz's relationship faded, as they were now portrayed as trusting friends. Morrison competed in the Royal Rumble match on January 27, but failed to win after being eliminated by Kane.
Morrison and Miz co-wrote each episode of The Dirt Sheet each week, and he credits his time in college studying film with contributing to the success of the show. The team had many successful title defenses over the next few months, before dropping the titles to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder at The Great American Bash in a fatal four-way match which also featured Jesse and Festus, and Finlay and Hornswoggle.
Neither Morrison nor Miz were pinned, as Hawkins pinned Jesse to win the titles. Hennigan was described by WWE as having "lightning-fast offense", "high-risk aerial expertise", and "incredible agility". He is known to utilize a split-legged corkscrew moonsault, dubbed Starship Pain, as a finishing maneuver. During his singles run as Johnny Nitro, he used a standing shooting star press as his finisher. After transitioning to his John Morrison character, Hennigan began using a corkscrew neckbreaker dubbed Moonlight Drive, in reference to the song of the same name written by Jim Morrison.
He also prominently used a superkick as a finisher in during a feud with D-Generation X, as a way to mock Shawn Michaels's Sweet Chin Music maneuver. Hennigan is a practitioner of parkour and often incorporates it into his wrestling style, giving him the nickname "The Prince of Parkour".
He also has a background in breakdancing, gymnastics, and martial arts. However, MNM would be unsuccessful in winning the championship. After Mercury's departure, Nitro also ended his association with Melina. A few weeks after winning the title, Nitro was repackaged as John Morrison, a reference to musician Jim Morrison, to whom Hennigan bears a strong physical resemblance. Punk would again challenge for the championship on the September 4 episode of ECW, in which Morrison lost the championship to Punk, ending his reign at 69 days.
Morrison was then suspended for thirty days for violating WWE's Wellness Program, renewing his feud with Punk upon his return, as well as competing against The Miz for the number one contendership to the title.
After winning the ECW World Championship in , he changed his ring name to John Morrison and his gimmick was tweaked to be even more conceited and self-aggrandizing — in addition to being modeled after Jim Morrison, the legendary frontman of the s rock band The Doors, to whom he bears a strong physical resemblance.
They began a rivalry with the team of Paul London and Brian Kendrick that lasted over three months, until they dropped the championship to London and Kendrick at Judgment Day in May , with the storyline leading to Nitro and Melina suddenly turning on Mercury after the match, breaking up the group. Later that night, Melina and Nitro were booked off the SmackDown! Hennigan was called up to the SmackDown! 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.
They were soon called up to the main SmackDown brand in April that same year. On March 1, episode of Raw, Hennigan debuted on main roster as a villain, under the ring name "Johnny Blaze".
The next week his name was changed to "Johnny Spade", and three weeks after that it was changed to "Johnny Nitro". To drive the point home, he began using the Nitro theme as his ring entrance music. To explain his departure, Nitro lost a match on June 7 episode of Raw against Eugene, which carried the stipulation that upon his loss, he also lost his job. Before getting into professional wrestling, Hennigan attended the University of California, Davis studying both film and geology.
Upon deciding that he did not want to pursue either path, Hennigan began his professional wrestling career training at the Supreme Pro Wrestling school in Sacramento, California.
For winning, Hennigan was awarded a developmental contract and assigned to their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling OVW , to continue his training. John Randall Hennigan born October 3, is an American professional wrestler, traceur, actor, and filmmaker. He graduated from the University of California, Davis in with a film major. 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 Tiva before making it to the merged tribe Kalokalo.
He finished 12th 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 Morrison Wrestler. John Morrison height - How tall is John Morrison? John Morrison. Mark Schultz. Artur Aleksanyan. Valentina Islamova. Abdulrashid Sadulaev. John Morrison fans also viewed:. Morrison initially returned on the June 13 edition of Raw, but R-Truth put him out of action again by attacking him before their scheduled match.
Morrison returned again on the July 25 edition of Raw, attacking R-Truth. Morrison would then get great recommendations of sorts for his competition in the WWE Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber months later, looking amazing in both matches, his Main Event Push would end at Extreme Rules after R-Truth who had recently turned heel attacked Morrison preventing him from winning the title.
After a summer of inactivity thanks to a neck injury Morrison returned twice the first time Truth attacked him before he could compete. After returning a second time, Morrison would defeat R-Truth 3 times. After his feud with Truth ended, Morrison would go on a 3-month losing streak which ended in October after he defeated Dolph Ziggler. After this event, it was announced that WWE wouldn't extend Morrison's contract due to his continuing neck problems.
The following day, it was announced that Morrison's character would be gone. On December 2, , Hennigan's profile was moved to the Alumni Roster. Hennigan later announced on his Twitter he would be going into semi-retirement due to his recent neck injuries. After leaving WWE, Hennigan began using his real name for wrestling shows.
On January 25, In September , it was reported that Hennigan had signed with the El Rey network's new television series, Lucha Underground , where he wrestled under the ring name Johnny Mundo.
Mundo wrestled in the main event of the debut episode of Lucha Underground on October 29 , , defeating Prince Puma and winning one hundred thousand dollars, which was then taken away from him by promoter Dario Cueto, setting up several feuds. Mundo then defeated Prince Puma and Big Ryck in the main event of the December 10, episode, which was a three-way ladder match, to finally win the hundred thousand dollars he was denied in the Lucha Underground debut.
He was the second luchador to enter the ring, but was the last man eliminated by Prince Puma, who thereby won the title. King Cuerno attacked Mundo on the February 4, episode, beginning a feud between them; the second installment took place on the episode which aired March 11, , where Mundo and Cuerno wrestled in a Steel Cage match, which was won by Mundo.
Under the ring name Johnny Impact , he debuted in during which the company was still operating under the Global Force Wrestling brand. During the early months, Impact won a succession of No. As the year wound to a close, Impact was involved in a feud with Brian Cage building towards their title match at Homecoming. Afterwards the former tag partners confronted each other before proceeding to brawl against one another.
At Rebellion , Impact's title reign ended when he was defeated by Brian Cage in a championship rematch. Johnny Impact's attempts to return to No. Officially listed as a freelance wrestler, Hennigan resumed his bookings with other wrestling promotions. Later during the event, he lost the title to the Russian Beast. Morrison made his brief return in the January 3, episode of WWE Smackdown and officially returning a week after, reuniting with The Miz.
He appeared on an episode of Destroy Build Destroy on March 3, Hennigan has two sisters and grew up in Palos Verdes, where he attended high school. He graduated from the University of California, Davis in Hennigan is married to Taya Valkyrie. Pro Wrestling Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? John Hennigan.
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