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* HeterosexualLifePartners: If not outright BloodBrothers; Ricky and Robert have been with each other through thick and thin for more than thirty years. At their Hall of Fame induction, Ricky outright called Robert his fifth brother, as well as the greatest person he'd ever met.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: If not outright BloodBrothers; Ricky and Robert have been with each other through thick and thin for more than thirty years. At their Hall of Fame induction, Ricky outright called Robert his fifth brother, as well as the greatest person he'd ever met.
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Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They started in Memphis in 1983 as a {{B Show}} replacement team for Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes. As luck would have it, the [=RNRs=] ([[LineOfSightName name taken from their first initials]]) [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll would far surpass the Fabs]]. They would go on to hold the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times (4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic version]] and 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html revived version that started in 1993]]) and were ''[[TropeCodifier THE]]'' underdog pretty-boy babyface team of their era. Over time, they would split up and go in other directions before inevitably coming back together. They have competed for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and many other promotions. They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017. In January 2022, Ricky announced that the Express would start their farewell tour later that month, saying that he wanted to focus more on backstage work and on the wrestling career of his son Kerry.

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Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They started in Memphis in 1983 as a {{B Show}} replacement team for Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes. As luck would have it, the [=RNRs=] ([[LineOfSightName name taken from their first initials]]) [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll would far surpass the Fabs]]. They would go on to hold the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times (4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic version]] and 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html revived version that started in 1993]]) and were ''[[TropeCodifier THE]]'' underdog pretty-boy babyface team of their era. Over time, they would split up and go in other directions before inevitably coming back together. They have competed for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and many other promotions. They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017. In January 2022, Ricky announced that the Express would start their farewell tour later that month, saying that he wanted to focus more on backstage work and on the wrestling career of his son Kerry.
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%% As per the Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment, please do not use this article or any subpages to criticize Ricky Morton for his personal/legal issues.

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%% As per the Rule Of of Cautious Editing Judgment, please do not use this article or any subpages to criticize Ricky Morton for his personal/legal issues.



Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They started in Memphis in 1983 as a {{B Show}} replacement team for Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes. As luck would have it, the [=RNRs=] ([[LineOfSightName name taken from their first initials]]) [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll would far surpass the Fabs]]. They would go on to hold the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times (4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic version]] and 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html revived version that started in 1993]]) and were ''[[TropeCodifier THE]]'' underdog pretty-boy babyface team of their era. Over time, they would split up and go in other directions before inevitably coming back together. They have competed for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and many other promotions. They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam as The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They started in Memphis in 1983 as a {{B Show}} replacement team for Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes. As luck would have it, the [=RNRs=] ([[LineOfSightName name taken from their first initials]]) [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll would far surpass the Fabs]]. They would go on to hold the NWA World Tag Team Titles 8 times (4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic version]] and 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html revived version that started in 1993]]) and were ''[[TropeCodifier THE]]'' underdog pretty-boy babyface team of their era. Over time, they would split up and go in other directions before inevitably coming back together. They have competed for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and many other promotions. They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017. In January 2022, Ricky announced that the Express would start their farewell tour later that month, saying that he wanted to focus more on backstage work and on the wrestling career of his son Kerry.



%% As per the Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment, please do not use this article or any subpages to criticize Ricky Morton for his personal/legal issues.

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%% As per the Rule Of of Cautious Editing Judgment, please do not use this article or any subpages to criticize Ricky Morton for his personal/legal issues.



* RingOldies: From the late 1990s forward. They tagged together into the mid 2010s when they were both in their late fifties, beating much younger teams with legit shooters on them like Filthy Tom Lawlor.

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* RingOldies: From the late 1990s forward. They tagged together into the mid 2010s when they were both in their late fifties, beating much younger teams with legit shooters on them like Filthy Tom Lawlor. And into the early 2020s, working matches with other younger teams such as [[Wrestling/TheRevival FTR]].

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** Ricky's father, long-time referee Paul Morton, passed away in 2010. His cousin Todd Morton has wrestled in Memphis for years as well as been a {{Jobber}} for WCW and WWE.

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** Ricky's father, long-time referee Paul Morton, passed away in 2010. His cousin Todd Morton has wrestled in Memphis for years as well as been a {{Jobber}} for WCW and WWE. Ricky’s son Kerry is also a wrestler and frequently teams with his dad.



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rock_n_roll_express The Other Wiki]].
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* MrFanservice: Much of their appeal was that they were young good looking guys who attracted teenage girls and young women. According to ArchEnemy Wrestling/JimCornette, the audience at some cards they were on was 60% women and girls because of their attractiveness to that audience.

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* MrFanservice: Much of their appeal was that they were young good looking guys who attracted teenage girls and young women. According to ArchEnemy Wrestling/JimCornette, the audience at some of the cards they were on was 60% women and girls because of their attractiveness to that audience.
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* MrFanservice: Much of their appeal was that they were young good looking guys who attracted teenage girls and young women. According to ArchEnemy Wrestling/JimCornette, the audience at some cards they were on was 60% women and girls because of their attractiveness to that audience.

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* Trope2000: Ricky's Rock 'n' Roll Express 2000 with Wrestling/BradArmstrong
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** When they [[https://streamable.com/fbye2 showed up]] at Wrestling/{{AEW}}'s Full Gear PPV to save Wrestling/TheYoungBucks from a beatdown by Proud and Powerful (Santana and Ortiz) who'd ambushed and beaten the Express up a few weeks earlier, Ricky hit them with both a Suicide Dive through the ropes and a ''Slingshot Canadian Destroyer!''
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* LongRunners: With over 35 years of in ring competition and counting.
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* Trope2000: Ricky's Rock 'n' Roll Express 2000 with Brad Armstrong

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