Kerry Morton reflects on his dad, Ricky Morton, being his hero and his desire to add more gold to his family legacy.
Kerry Morton is currently the NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion. His father, Ricky Morton, is considered one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of all time. The Rock 'n' Roll Express is one of the teams that are synonymous with the NWA World Tag Team Championship. However, Ricky Morton also had several opportunities to challenge Ric Flair for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship.
While Ricky never won the big gold belt, he was able to make an impression on his son. In a new interview with PWPonderings' Scott Mitchell, Kerry Morton reflected on how his dad is his hero. Now that they have a championship opportunity that they've earned from winning the NWA Champions Series, he's hoping only to continue to collect title belts.
"My dad is my hero. He has been my hero for as long as I can remember. It’s truly awesome," said Kerry. "I was just on a car ride with Dirty Dango. My dad was in the backseat, I was in the passenger seat, and Dango was there. I remember Dango telling me to cherish these moments. This time is so precious, and he told me to make sure to take every advantage of it while I can. Don’t get me wrong, my dad is 66 years old, and he can still go in the ring. It’s so inspiring to see.
"Taking beating after beating and getting back up. It inspires me. We set some goals out in the NWA as a father and son duo," he continued. "I am the Junior Heavyweight Champion, and we have another championship opportunity after winning the championship series. The momentum with the NWA is rolling. It stopped during Covid, but now it’s like a roller coaster, and it’s going up. The upcoming PPV is sold out, and the tapings, I believe, are sold out, too, as of now. People are catching back on to the NWA and starting to put some respect on it. They’re not just saying they don’t like this product because so-and-so is the champion. A lot of people didn’t like the fact that a certain person is a champion because of his political standpoint. Let’s put that aside though. If you watch NWA, you won’t see that sh*t, you will see clear-as-day pound-for-pound professional wrestling. If they take the time out to watch the product, I think they’d enjoy it much more and stop being a critique and just go back to being a fan."
Continuing on, Morton hammered home the fact that whether it's the world championship or he follows in his dad's footsteps and becomes an NWA Tag Team Champion, he is laser-focused on adding more gold to his family name.
"The 12 pounds of gold. I want to hold that championship more than anything. I have the belt displayed on my wall. Also, the tag team world championship. My father won it, and if I had the chance to win it, then that would be awesome. It’s something for me to work towards and work my butt off to get to. This is why I’m capable of being this champion. I’m willing to add more gold, and I’m ready to add more. Don’t count Kerry Morton out of the 12 pounds of gold in the future. Tommy Rich won it at 21 years old, and me being 21 years old now, who knows?"
Before any of that, Morton must successfully defend his NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship against Alex Taylor at NWA Nuff Said.
Fans can check out the updated card here. Fightful will have coverage of the event on Saturday, February 11.
