The Rock 'n' Roll Express
| The Rock 'n' Roll Express | |
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| Tag team | |
| Members |
Ricky Morton Robert Gibson Ricky Fuji Brad Armstrong Marty Jannetty Todd Morton David Jericho Tommy Gibson |
| Billed from | Music City, USA |
| Debut | 1983 |
| Promotions |
ECW WCW NWA WWC UWF SMW WWF USWA CWA AWA FMW |
The Rock 'n' Roll Express is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of professional wreslers Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson. The duo began teaming together in Memphis in the early 1980s, followed by Universal Wrestling Federation (known as Mid-South wrestling at the time), followed by a stint with the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). They held the NWA World Tag Team Championship eight times, with the first four times in JCP. They also feuded with the Four Horsemen alliance. In the late 1980s, they were contenders for the American Wrestling Association's AWA World Tag Team Championship. By 1991, the team was losing momentum, and Morton turned heel on his partner to join The York Foundation alliance in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In 1992, the team reformed in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where they held the SMW Tag Team Championship ten times. The duo also worked in the World Wrestling Federation and WCW.
The Rock 'n' Roll Express was formed by Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson in 1983 in Memphis by head booker Jerry Lawler. They were originally paired together as an alternative to the popular team of The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) when they could not wrestle in certain towns. The gimmick of The Rock 'n' Roll Express was a couple of high flying wrestlers who loved glam metal music, as it was a popular genre of music at the time. In 1983 and 1984, the team participated in a series of matches against The Galaxians, the Bruise Brothers (Porkchop Cash and Troy Graham), and the team of Lanny Poffo and Randy Savage.
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