In the main event of the January 22nd episode of AEW Dynamite, Cope continued to build momentum against the Death Riders when he defeated PAC. On the titantron though, the faction was shown attacking the Rock N’ Roll Express. Claudio Castagnoli hit Ricky Morton with a Con-Chair-To and Robert Gibson was laid out as well.

Not finished with their violence, the Death Riders then attacked Cope. While Jay White tried to make the save, he was outnumbered by the Moxley-led gaction. The group left Cope laid out before walking away.

This isn’t the first time that the legendary Rock N’ Roll Express has run afoul of the Death Riders. During the January 4, edition of Collision, the first show of its kind in 2025, Morton and Gibson were tied up backstage. Cope and FTR freed the two wrestling legends but the Death Riders had already fled by then.

Cope returned from injury at AEW Worlds End and immediately set his sights on Moxley and his goons. While a match isn’t confirmed yet, fans can expect a World Championship showdown between the two in due time, perhaps as soon as Grand Slam: Australia next month. Stay tuned to SEScoops for the latest on Cope’s feud with the Death Riders and how he plans to retaliate after the assaults handed out on the latest episode of Dynamite.

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Joey Janela certainly has big plans for his eighth rendition of his self-named Spring Break and it involves reuniting a WWE Hall of Fame tag team.

Along with Kerry Morton, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express will join forces once again to take on Mike Bailey and the East West Express which consists of Nick Wayne and Jordan Oliver. Spring Break will take place at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia on Friday, April 5.

Janela took to X to express his excitement about having a young “Express” vs. a legendary “Express.”

“We had to make this one happen! Thank you for buying tickets for my show and selling it out! We ain’t even close to being finished, this will be the best spring break of all time! The Rock N Roll express reunites for SPRING BREAK.”

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Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson started up their retirement tour back in 2022 before Gibson stepped out of the squared circle and made a hot tag to Ricky’s son Kerry to take up the mantle.

While no titles are on the line for this bout, Rock ‘n’ Roll had a renaissance before COVID-19 hit as the duo won the NWA World Tag Team Titles. Since then, Morton and Gibson would find themselves working a cup of coffee in AEW and several stints in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

The forthcoming GCW match will cover a wide range of ages as Morton is one of the oldest active talents at 67 years old and Wayne is one of the youngest at the age of 18.

Big-Time Wrestling has announced that Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat will make his hugely anticipated return to the ring by teaming up with current triple tag team champions FTR at Return of the Dragon.  

They will be facing “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal, Brock Anderson, and a mystery partner. They will be accompanied to the ring by “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson at the historic Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday, November 27^th.

This will be the first time Steamboat will be stepping between the ropes in twelve years after a short renaissance between 2009 and 2010 after stealing the show against Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXV His last match was at an FCW house show teaming with his son Richie Steamboat against Trent Baretta and Caylen Croft.

Also on the card is former RoH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes who will take on the legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll Express in what is billed as “R’N’R’s last match at the Dorton Arena ever!”

Dorton Arena is steeped in wrestling tradition, with Jim Crockett Promotions holding regular shows from 1963 until WCW last visited in December 1993. Located on the North Carolina Fairgrounds, the unique building famously was the venue where Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair for his first of three reigns of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.

FTR member Dax Harwood has shared how he and his partner, Cash Wheeler, lobbied AEW for a matchup against the legendary Rock and Roll Express. Harwood revealed the pitch details during an interview with WrestleTalk, where he noted FTR had “begged” AEW President Tony Khan for the opportunity.

“Both of us have begged him multiple times to please book this match, please book this match. He’s apprehensive and he has his reasons to be apprehensive.”

Harwood noted how Khan is aware of a potential online backlash to FTR’s proposal. He pointed to how COVID-19 was a major contributing factor as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are “[…] more susceptible to the virus.”

“I understand that but man, FTR vs. Rock’ n’ Roll is great on the marquee, but also the way that myself and Cash, and I’ve talked about it all the time, but the way that we wanna make people feel, that match would help us make people feel a certain way.”

He noted how people “feel a certain way” about Ricky Morton in the same way as they do for FTR, whether it’s good or bad. He believes those feelings would help “evoke so much emotion” for a bout between the teams.

“That would help us evoke so much emotion… because if we got the chance to beat on Ricky Morton that would help our stock rise. You know, just the Spike Piledriver rose our stock so much more than a year of having great matches, and that would just help us so much if we can ever get that done.”

You can see the Spike Piledriver the FTR member is referencing in the video below:

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are primed to make their New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) debut. The Rock N Roll Express will officially be a part of NJPW’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed Tour, which starts on September 27th and ends on September 29th. The tour includes shows in Lowell, Massachusetts; New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

NJPW1972.com highlighted the team’s lucrative career, writing that the duo has been wrestling over four decades and have had over 30 championship reigns all over the world. Despite their success, the team have never wrestled for NJPW—but Fighting Spirit Unleashed changes that.

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NJPW also announced that SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero (Roppongi 3K), and Suzuki-Gun member Lance Archer will also be in attendance. Roppongi 3K was recently over in the United States for the promotion’s Super J-Cup tour. Archer, meanwhile, participated in NJPW’s gruelling G1 Climax tournament this summer.

These names join several of NJPW’s top stars including Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Tomohiro Ishii, and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada.

For those interested in attending, there are still tickets available for NJPW’s show in Lowell, MA. Both Fighting Spirit Unleashed shows in New York and Philadelphia, however, are sold out.

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Express, will challenge for the ROH Tag Team Championships on August 25th. The legendary team will challenge Mark & Jay Briscoe for the belts in Nashville at ROH Honor for All.

The two teams met previously in the 1st round of the NWA’s Crockett Cup tournament held earlier this year. The Briscoes advanced in the tournament but were eventually eliminated in the semi-finals by PCO and Brody King via disqualification.

“One of the greatest tag teams of all time get their first shot at the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships in one of the most historic wrestling cities in the country: Hall of Famers Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Express, look to get revenge and leave Nashville with the ROH World Tag Team Championships when they challenge Jay and Mark Briscoe!” reads an ROH press release for the match.

ROH Honor For All

Honor For All will stream live on Honor Club from the Nashville Fairgrounds on August 25th beginning at 7 PM Central.

Matches confirmed for the show include:

• Matt Taven vs Jay Lethal vs Kenny King vs Jeff Cobb
• ROH TV Championship: Shane Taylor (c) vs TBD
• Rush vs Vinny Marseglia
• ROH Tag Team Championships: The Briscoes (c) vs the Rock N Roll Express
• ROH 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Villain Enterprises (c) vs LifeBlood

One of the most decorated tag teams in pro-wrestling history will compete in the upcoming Crockett Cup. The Rock N Roll Express will enter the 2019 version of the tag team tournament. Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are just the 4th confirmed team for the event.

The famed-tournament from the mid-80s will be resurrected by Billy Corgan’s NWA later this month.

The event will take place on April 27th, 2019. It will be held in Concord, North Carolina’s Cabarrus Arena & Events Center.

Rock N Roll Express Return To Crockett Cup

The only match announced for the event thus far is Nick Aldis defending the NWA World Heavyweight championship against Marty Scurll. This will be the 4th edition of the tournament and the first since 1988.

Other teams confirmed for the tournament thus far include:

• The War Kings (Crimson and Jax Dane)
• Mark & Jay Briscoe
• PCO & Brody King
• A team representing CMLL
• A team representing NJPW

Crockett Cup Tournament History

The Road Warriors were the first team to win the Crockett Cup when they did so in 1986. They defeated Ronnie Garvin and Magnum TA in the tournament finals.

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Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes won the 2nd edition of the tournament in 1987. They beat Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard in the finals that year.

Lex Luger and Sting won the 1988 version of the tournament defeating Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in the finals.

The WWE has posted a new video of 2017 Hall of Famers Teddy Long, Beth Phoenix, Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, Diamond Dallas Page and Kurt Angle receiving their rings from Triple H and Vince McMahon. Rick Rude’s family also received a Hall of Fame ring.

The WWE also uploaded a new 360 interview with Daniel Bryan and Kurt Angle. Bryan and Angle debated what would happen if a dream match were to take place between the two.

Bayley posted a photo of her and Scott Hall earlier today. Bayley was wearing a classic Razor Ramon jacket.

So excited to meet everyone at the Orlando Eye today! But first….#Wrestlemania pic.twitter.com/497hpiol5G

— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) March 31, 2017

You can watch the official WWE Hall Of Fame video package for “The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express” Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson above.

The wrestling legends spoke with CBS Sports on Monday at this link and admitted that the call from WWE caught them off guard. Morton called it a dream come true and both expressed interest in wrestling for WWE again as they continue to work indy matches each week.

“It was a surprise,” Morton told CBS Sports. “I had a message on my phone [from WWE] to call the number back. I think they got ahold of Robert at the time. When they called, it was just like a suckerpunch. It just knocked us off our feet.”

“It’s an honor for Ricky and me to go into the hall of fame,” Gibson added.

Meanwhile, past and present WWE Superstars congratulated the guys on Twitter and spoke about the impact they had on the business:

The Rock 'N' Roll Express are one of the greatest, most charismatic tag teams in our industry.
Welcome to the #WWEHOF! #TellEmHoot @WWE pic.twitter.com/hIAb3KOmKV

— Triple H (@TripleH) February 6, 2017

Congrats to the 1 and only Rock and Roll Express!!! @WWE #HallofFame 1 of greatest tag teams of all time.#ISmellMoney@RealRickyMorton

— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) February 7, 2017

Congratulations to The Rock N Roll Express going into the WWE Hall of Fame. Thank you for Paving the way for the tag team division TESTIFY!

— D-von Dudley HOF (@TestifyDVon) February 7, 2017

This is awesome. https://t.co/e0EqGaHENA

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) February 6, 2017

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WWE announced on Monday afternoon that the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are joining the WWE Hall of Fame.

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson are one of the most successful tag teams in professional wrestling history. The duo began teaming together back in 1983 and were the quintessential “teen idol” team. They had successful runs in Memphis, Mid-South wrestling, Jim Crockett, the NWA and many other territories. They had a few matches in WWE, competing against the Heavenly Bodies at Survivor Series 1993 and later during the Attitude Era as part of Jim Cornette’s NWA faction.

They still compete on the independent scene to this day and made a cameo appearance during Broken Matt Hardy’s Tag Team Apocalypto match at Total Nonstop Deletion back in December.

Along with Kurt Angle, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on Friday night, March 31st in Orlando, FL.

Legendary tag team Rock ‘n’ Roll Express may be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. They have a scheduled appearance at 50fifty Sports Tavern in Johnson City, Tennessee this Monday Night. 50fifty Sports Tavern put up a post on Facebook advertising the event. In the post, they said that there will be a big announcement on Monday Night Raw which has led many to believe that the duo may be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania weekend.

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Xavier Woods uploaded a new video to his YouTube channel that features Kofi Kingston, Kevin Owens, Mikaze and Big Show. They were playing Lightning Reaction when the Big Show let one rip and cleared the room. Check out the video below.

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– WWE posted the above video preview of tonight’s new episode of the WWE Network original program, “Unfiltered with Renee Young,” where her special guest will be The Miz. In the above preview, The Miz talks about his hijinx while ordering food on the road.

– One-half of the legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll Express tag-team and arguably one of the best natural babyface performers of his era, Ricky Morton, is the guest on the latest edition of WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair’s WOOOOO! Nation podcast. The official description for the episode reads as follows:

“Ric welcomes his friend of over 30 years, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express’ Ricky Morton! Ric and Ricky share great stories from both inside and outside of the ring! Hear about the nine one hour draws they wrestled two weeks in a row, the drinking, the women and the infamous boat story! Ricky talks about the hard lessons learned on the business end of wrestling while riding high in the 80s. Another great episode from Ric and Conrad on WOOOOO! Nation! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!”

– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho podcast, which is available now, features an interview with ECW Original Raven. The description for the episode reads:

“Raven returns to TIJ, and this time he’s talking straight on wrestling! ECW, WCW, WWE, the creation of the Raven gimmick, in-ring psychology, booking, the indie scene, Roddy Piper, Paul E. Heyman, Vince Russo, and drinking with Shane McMahon.”

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