Professional Wrestling is known to be a sport for prototype muscular wrestlers, and only a few stood out as an odd lot among them and entertained the fans with their scintillating athleticism. John Morrison is among those few who have succeeded in the sport without packing a lot of muscle.
The Shaman of Sexy is a former ECW World Champion, a 3-time Intercontinental Champion, and a 5-time Tag Team Champion in WWE and is also a former Impact World Champion.
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He has competed for multiple promotions throughout his 16-year career and looks to continue entertaining the fans with his current WWE run. With that said, let's take a look at ten best matches of John Morrison's career.
10 Against Dolph Ziggler - Hell in a Cell 2009
John Morrison defended the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler at Hell in a Cell 2009 and put on a highly acclaimed performance.
He & Ziggler traded spots throughout the match, and Ziggler gained the upper hand after Morrison missed a Starship Pain attempt. Ziggler took the fight to Morrison, but the tables turned when Morrison countered a Zig-Zag attempt by holding onto the ropes.
John Morrison had Ziggler down where he wanted for the Starship Pain and picked up the win to retain the Intercontinental Championship. The rivalry continued throughout the next month until Morrison won a two-out-of-three falls match on the November 20, 2009, episode of SmackDown to end the feud.
9 Elimination Chamber Match 2011
John Morrison entered his second Elimination Chamber match at the titular event in 2011. He competed inside the structure to become the No.1 contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 27 and survived until the final three in the ring.
Sheamus and John Morrison started off the proceedings as the ring filled up with the other superstars. Morrison channeled his inner spiderman and climbed to the top of the chamber and splashed onto Sheamus to eliminate him.
Morrison put on a valiant effort, but his time in the match ended after he got eliminated by CM Punk.
8 Against Batista & Eddie Guerrero - 2005
Before the WWE Universe knew him as John Morrison, he competed as Johnny Nitro as a part of MNM along with Joey Mercury & Melina. Morrison has three tag team championship reigns with Mercury, including one that lasted an impressive 145 days.
During their 2nd reign as tag team champions, MNM defended the titles against World Heavyweight Champion Batista & Eddie Guerrero on the November 4, 2005, episode of SmackDown.
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Morrison & Mercury put on a decent fight against the two legends, and they pulled off an upset victory after hitting Guerrero with brass knuckles.
7 First Tag Team Title With The Miz
John Morrison won his fourth tag team championship in WWE on the November 16, 2007, episode of SmackDown by teaming up with The Miz. Both superstars were coming off a feud to become the No.1 contender to the ECW Championship but little did they knew they would become one of WWE's most successful tag teams.
Miz & Morrison took on Matt Hardy & MVP for the WWE Tag Team Championships, and both superstars looked to put their differences aside and focus on winning the titles.
The new tag team made quick work of the champions and got the victory after Morrison made Matt Hardy tap out to a leg lock.
6 Ladder Match Against Sheamus - TLC 2010
John Morrison started a rivalry with Sheamus after costing the Celtic Warrior a match against Santino Marella in October 2010. Morrison continued to save Marella from Sheamus in the following weeks, which led him to face Sheamus in a winning effort at Survivor Series.
The feud culminated at the 2010 TLC PPV, where Morrison & Sheamus competed in a ladder match to determine the No.1 contender for the WWE Championship.
Morrison & Sheamus put on an impressive performance sacrificing their bodies throughout the match. Morrison's resilience proved higher than Sheamus' power as the Shaman of Sexy climbed the ladder to retrieve the contract & win the match.
5 ECW Championship Win
John Morrison won his first major singles title in WWE when he defeated CM Punk to win the ECW World Championship at the 2007 Vengeance: Night of Champions PPV.
After Bobby Lashley got drafted to Raw in the 2007 WWE draft, he got stripped off the ECW World Championship. After CM Punk's original opponent Chris Benoit didn't show up for the PPV as he tragically passed away the same night, WWE replaced him with John Morrison.
Morrison battled Punk at the PPV and put on a decent fight to pick up his first world title in WWE.
4 WWE Championship Triple Threat Match - Extreme Rules 2011
After a failed attempt in a one-on-one match against The Miz on the January 3, 2011, episode of Raw, John Morrison got another opportunity at the WWE Championship four months later at the Extreme Rules PPV.
He defeated R-Truth on the April 11, 2011, episode of Raw, to take his spot in the WWE Championship triple threat match also featuring John Cena at Extreme Rules. It was Morrison's first attempt at the WWE title in a major PPV, and the Shaman of Sexy was putting on a good fight until R-Truth rained on his parade.
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Furious over the fact that Morrison took his spot, R-Truth interfered in the match and prevented Morrison from escaping the cage costing him the WWE Championship.
3 First Tag Team Title Win
First championship wins are always special to every pro-wrestler in the world, and it's no different John Morrison. Morrison won his first title in WWE when he won the WWE Tag Team Championship along with Joey Mercury on the April 21, 2005, episode of SmackDown.
What makes the title win so special is the fact that MNM won it on their main roster debut. They confronted the champions Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero and goaded them into a title match for the night.
They pulled off the upset victory with some help from Melina and lifted the WWE Tag Team Championships on their debut.
2 Winning The Impact World Title
John Morrison had multiple names throughout his run in the independent, including Johnny Mundo, Johnny Onyx & Johnny Spade. When he made his Impact Wrestling debut in 2017, he took the name Johnny Impact and went after the Impact World Championship straight away.
After multiple failed attempts, Morrison won the Impact World Championship from Austin Aries at the 2018 Bound For Glory PPV. The rivalry became personal as the two wrestlers started taking shots at each other on social media and even had a brawl at Abyss' hall-of-fame induction ceremony.
Morrison defeated Aries in a back & forth contest and picked up his first Impact World Championship.
1 Intercontinental Title Win Over Rey Mysterio
Despite already having two reigns as the Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison's victory against Rey Mysterio to start his third must have a special place in his heart.
The match took place on the September 4, 2009, episode of SmackDown and the two babyfaces locked horns with mutual respect. Morrison & Mysterio put on an impressive match that lasted over 25 minutes, and the momentum shifted between the superstars throughout the contest.
Morrison picked up the win after reversing a hurricanrana attempt from Mysterio and delivered the Starship Pain to lift his third Intercontinental Championship.
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