John Morrison

John Randall Hennigan^[9] (born October 3, 1979)^[1][2] is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring names John Morrison and Johnny Nitro.^[2] He is currently signed to World Wrestling EntertainmentRaw brand.^[5] (WWE) performing on its
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Hennigan entered Tough Enough III, a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract. He was one of the winners in the competition and assigned to their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), to continue his wrestling training. While situated at OVW, he was placed in a tag team, alongside Joey Mercury, in which they won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on one occasion. It was also during this time that he and Mercury, alongside their managerMelina, were known as the stable MNM.
After signing with WWE, the group were called up to the SmackDown! roster and on their debut in April 2005, Hennigan and Mercury went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. After their third and final reign ended in May 2006, Hennigan and Melina turned on Mercury. Hennigan and Melina were let go from the SmackDown! roster and debuted on the Raw brand. During his time with the brand, Hennigan competed in singles competition and won the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice. In June 2007, Hennigan was drafted from Raw to the ECW brand. During that time, he won the vacant ECW World Championship once, which was his first world championship. Hennigan formed a partnership with The Miz in late 2007, with the two capturing the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship on separate occasions. They split in April 2009, and Morrison returned to SmackDown, where he won the Intercontinental Championship for the third time in September 2009.

Brand switches and NXT (2009–present)

On April 15, 2009, Morrison was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.^[71] In Morrison's first match back for the brand, on April 17, he defeated R-Truth.^[72] On the May 1 episode of SmackDown, Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin, and then engaged in a backstage fight with Chris Jericho, after Jericho slapped him, thus turning into a face (fan favorite character).^[73] At Judgment Day, Morrison defeated Benjamin in a rematch.^[74] On the July 31 episode of SmackDown, Morrison had his first World Heavyweight Championship match against champion Jeff Hardy, but failed to win the title.^[75] On the September 4 episode of SmackDown, Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio to win his third Intercontinental Championship.^[76] At the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, Morrison lost the Intercontinental Championship to Drew McIntyre.^[77]
In 2010, Morrison formed a friendship with R-Truth. He won an Elimination Chamber pay-per-view qualifying match and participated but lost and failed to capture the World Heavyweight Championship.^[78]The Hart Dynasty to earn a Unified WWE Tag Team Championship match at WrestleMania XXVI against ShoMiz (The Big Show and The Miz). At the event, they failed to win the championship. Morrison and Truth defeated Cryme Tyme and

On April 26, Morrison was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2010 WWE Draft, and lost his first match back for the brand later that night to Jack Swagger.^[79] Later that week, in his final match on SmackDown, he lost to Cody Rhodes.^[80] On June 1, Morrison announced that he would be mentoring Eli Cottonwood in the second season of WWE NXT.^[81][82] Cottonwood, however, was eliminated from the competition on the July 27 episode of NXT.^[83]