 Morris in October 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jack Morris Nicholson (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (age 32)[2] Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Jack Morris |
| Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Debut | 2017 |
Jack Morris Nicholson (born 6 October 1993) is a Scottishprofessional wrestler. He is currently signed to the JapanesepromotionPro Wrestling Noah, where he performs under the shortenedring nameJack Morris. In Pro Wrestling NOAH, he is a formerGHC National Champion, former three-timeGHC Tag Team Champion, and former leader ofTeam 2000X. Morris also makes occasional appearances on theBritish independent circuit.
Prior to hisprofessional wrestling career, Nicholson was a professionalfootballer and played as a striker for the Scottish teamCowdenbeath F.C. of theLowland Football League. Injuries forced him to quit football and eventually make his transition to professional wrestling.[3]
Nicholson started his career working for local Scottish promotions such as Reckless Intent, Discovery Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling under the ring name, Jack Morris. His main work took place in theBritish independent scene. He competed in a suite of events promoted byRevolution Pro Wrestling, first of them being theRevPro Live In London 71 from 5 March 2023, where he picked up a victory overTK Cooper.[4] AtRevPro Raw Deal 2023 on 11 March, he fell short toDan Moloney.[5]
Morris shared a three-year tenure withInsane Championship Wrestling. He made his debut in the promotion atICW Fight Club #115 on 13 January 2019, where he teamed up with Dickie Divers to defeat The Kinky Party (Jack Jester andSha Samuels). He participated in various of the promotion's signature events such as theLionheart 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.[6] AtICW 8th Annual Square Go! on 24 February 2019, Morris competed in a30-man square go match to determine the number one contendership for theICW World Heavyweight Championship won by Rudo Lightning and also involving notable opponents such asGrado,Jeff Jarrett,Jimmy Havoc,Joe Hendry,Wolfgang, Andy Wild,Mark Coffey,Leyton Buzzard,Viper,Kenny Williams,BT Gunn and many others.[7][8]
Morris and Dickie Divers formed the team The Nine9. On 16 June 2019, they defeated The Kings of Catch (Aspen Faith and Lewis Girvan) atICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface!.[9]
On 20 March 2021, The Nine9 defeated Krieger and Lou King Sharp to win the ICW Tag Team Championships in asteel cage match.[10] The duo successfully defended the titles untilICW: Fear and Loathing XIII where they were dethroned by The Kings of the North.[11]
Morris made his debut inPro Wrestling Noah on the first night of the 2022 edition of theN-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 againstKaito Kiyomiya,Katsuhiko Nakajima,Masakatsu Funaki,Takashi Sugiura,Satoshi Kojima,Masa Kitamiya and Kinya Okada.[12]
He soon started competing in various of the promotion signature pay-per-views. First of them was theNoah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022 from 25 September where he teamed up withEl Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. andNaomichi Marufuji to defeatDaiki Inaba,Masaaki Mochizuki andMasato Tanaka in asix-man tag team match.[13] AtNoah Ariake Triumph 2022 on 30 October he teamed up withDante Leon to defeat Daiki Inaba andYo-Hey.[14] AtNoah The Best 2022 on 23 November he defeated Inaba insingles competition.[15] AtNoah The New Year 2023 on 1 January Morris defeatedTimothy Thatcher.[16] He joined the "Good Looking Guys" unit and he teamed up with his stablematesJake Lee andAnthony Greene for the first time atThe Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on 22 January 2023, where they defeated Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba andYoshiki Inamura.[17] On the first night of theNoah Star Navigation 2023 from 5 February Morris teamed up with Lee and Anthony again in a losing effort against Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marafuji and Takashi Sugiura.[18] AtNoah Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 on 12 February he unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for theGHC Heavyweight Championship.[19] AtKeiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love on 21 February 2023, he teamed up with Lee and Anthony to defeatSugiura-gun's Takashi Sugiura and Timothy Thatcher, and Satoshi Kojima.[20] AtNoah Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023 on 19 March, Morris teamed up with Anthony to defeat Naomichi Marufuji and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in tag team action.[21] This was the build up of a short-term feud between Morris and Wagner Jr. as he is expected to face the latter atNoah Green Journey in Sendai 2023 on 16 April for theGHC National Championship.[22]
In August, Morris took part in the 2023N-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 24 September atGrand Ship In Nagoya, Morris and Anthony Greene defeated Real (Timothy Thatcher andSaxon Huxley) to win theGHC Tag Team Championship.[23] On 28 October atDemolition 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.[24] He lost the title toHayata on 11 April 2024 in his fourth title defence.[25] On June 16 atGrand Ship In Yokohama, Morris and Greene lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Brave (Naomichi Marufuji andTakashi Sugiura) in their ninth title defense, ending their reign at 266 days.[26] On July 13 atDestination, Good Looking Guys disbanded. Afterwards, Jake Lee joinedBullet Club War Dogs, leading Morris to confront him before Lee attacked Morris.[27] In August, Morris took part in the2024 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.
On September 30, Morris faced Greene and LJ Cleary in a three-way match. The match ended in a no-contest, when a masked wrestler attacked the referee. Afterwards, he refused to shake Clearly's hand, only to shake Morris' instead with the two leaving the arena together. Morris then announced that the masked man's identity would be revealed on October 14. On October 7, Morris faced Greene in a match, which ended in a no-contest, after the masked wrestler attacked Greene. Afterwards,Daga, who pretended to help Greene, turned on him, aligning himself with Morris and the masked wrestler before the three attacked Morris and Greene's former stablemate LJ Cleary. On October 14, the mystery member was revealed toYoshitatsu, with the three naming their stable "Team 2000X". On October 27, Morris, Daga and Yoshitatsu attackedUlka Sasaki, after his match. Afterwards, they began targeting Sasaki, with Morris confronting Sasaki, demanding a match against him on November 17, the winner facingShinsuke Nakamura on January 1, 2025 atNoah The New Year 2025. On November 17 atDeathnity, Morris was defeated by Sasaki.
In 2021, Nicholson appeared as a participant on theBBC One gameshowI Can See Your Voice, where the two contestants won money by correctly guessing he was a bad singer.[28]
In addition to his professional wrestling career, Nicholson works as a gym instructor.[29]
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