Matt Morgan
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| Ring name(s) | The Blueprint Gomorrah Matt Morgan |
| Billed height | 6'10" ft (208 cm) |
| Billed weight | 330 lb (145 kg) |
| Born | September 10, 1978 Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Trained by | Al Snow Bob Holly |
| Debut | 2002 |
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Morgan (born September 10, 1978 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is an American professional wrestler, who made a name for himself in World Wrestling Entertainment and its farm federation Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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[edit] Career
Matt Morgan was first introduced to WWF when he entered as part of its Tough Enough II program but left the show early due to injury. In April 2002, Morgan signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he wrestled as "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan. He made his WWE debut on the October 30, 2003 episode of SmackDown!, and was picked by then GM of SmackDown!, Paul Heyman, to join Team Lesnar (Morgan, Brock Lesnar, Big Show, A-Train and Nathan Jones) who would face off against Team Angle in a ten person elimination tag team match at Survivor Series 2003. They where not victorious however, and Morgan was then used to make run-ins along with the other members of Team Lesnar, helping Lesnar against his opponents. When Nathan Jones quit WWE, Morgan started teaming with Lesnar and helping him by himself. But as Lesnar quit the WWE to, Morgan was sent back to OVW for further development and experience, wrestling again as "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan, and there became the OVW Champion once again.
Matt Morgan made his re-debut to WWE on April 21, 2005, with a new gimmick of a stuttering big-man who is defensive over his speech disorder and allied himself with Carlito Caribbean Cool to become Carlito's "backup", helping Carlito defeat The Big Show at WWE Judgment Day. This partnership ended when Carlito was drafted to RAW and subsequently Morgan was released by WWE on July 5, 2005.
Matt Morgan toured with New Japan Pro Wrestling in late 2005, defeating Yuji Nagata in his debut match. He was being pushed as a "monster gaijin" and along with Brock Lesnar, was expected to become one of NJPW's top foreign wrestlers, but plans for this were abandoned when Matt Morgan decided to leave NJPW to go to All Japan Pro Wrestling, as a member of Taka Michinoku's foreigner-oriented RO&D faction. He and Mark Jindrak have also started wrestling for HUSTLE as a tag team under the names of Sodom and Gomorrah. The two form the biggest tag-team in Japan, with Morgan standing at 6 ft 10 in and 335 lb and Jindrak at 6 ft 6 in 250 lb. Matt Morgan has also started work with NWE, a wrestling company in Italy. He wrestles under his own name, and has been pushed as the "Giant" of this promotion ran by Rikishi.
On November 10, 2006, Morgan made his debut with Far North Wrestling, a small promotion in western Pennsylvania. He won the FNW Heavyweight Championship in his first match, pinning Calvin McGrath. Matt had recently just finished filming his first ever major movie picture in Rome, Italy. Morgan plays the role of Hercules in the movie titled "Poofer".
Matt Morgan will also be featured in upcoming wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Mount Morgan Drop (Vertical suplex into a side slam)
- F-5 (Fireman's carry to spinning facebuster)
- Hang Time (Sitdown powerbomb)
- Sitout chokeslam
- Gutwrench powerbomb
- Big boot
- Side slam
- Gullotine Leg drop
- Managers
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- OVW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Far North Wrestling
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- FNW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
