Kerry Morton | |
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Born | Bristol, Tennessee, U.S. | April 4, 2001
Parent(s) | Paul Morton (grandfather) Ricky Morton (father) Todd Morton (cousin) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kerry Morton [1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Billed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) |
Trained by | Bobby Eaton Chase Owens Ricky Morton Robert Gibson Tom Prichard |
Debut | August 6, 2016 [2] |
Kerry Morton (born April 4, 2001) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where he is the former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is a second-generation professional wrestler, being the son of Ricky Morton. Kerry's grandfather, Paul, was also a professional wrestling referee. [1]
Morton attended King University where he started cheerleading at King Tornado. [1]
Morton made his debut in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) on December 4, 2021, at the Hard Times 2 pre-show in a NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Gauntlet match, which was won by Homicide. [3] [4] on the January 22, 2022 episode of NWA USA , which taped on December 3, 2021, where he defeated Jamie Stanley during the quarterfinals of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament. [5] He was later eliminated by Colby Corino. [6] On November 12, at Hard Times 3, Morton defeated Homicide to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. [7] On December 14, Morton confirmed that he has signed with NWA. [8] On February 11, 2023, at Nuff Said, Morton successfully defended the title against Alex Taylor. [9] On April 7 at NWA 312, Morton successfully defended the title against Joe Alonzo. [10] On May 17, Morton successfully defended the title against Evan Golden. [11] Morton lost title at NWA 75 on August 26, 2023 to Colby Corino. Morton made his Boca Raton Championship Wrestling debut at the March Madhouse event where he wrestled against Curt Stallion. [12]
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