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[[File:JohnMorrison2_3976.jpg|frame| We, in fact, do have tropes in the Palace of Wisdom]]
{{quote|"Hello, my name is John Morrison and if I had a nickel for everybody at Wrestlemania better looking then me... I'd have no nickels."}}
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'''John Randall Hennigan''' (born October 3, 1979) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, '''[[John Morrison]]''' (and previously Johnny Nitro).
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Male example. John mocks those less attractive than himself (a.k.a. everybody else).
* [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]: High-flying [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]] that aren't famous for their mic ability? Are we talking about John or [[AJ Styles]]? AJ has even called him out for using a lot of his moves.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[The Miz]], [[CM Punk]], [[Sheamus]], and [[Ron Killings|R-Truth]].
* [[Awesome Yet Impractical]]: His finisher Starship Pain is a tough move for Morrison to hit on a consistent basis due to the high degree of difficulty. It's not the split-legged corkscrew moonsault that gives him problems, it's a tendency to overshoot the opponent (either by his own doing or by improper position by the opponent) and barely graze him.
** [[Botchamania|Botchamania 158:]] "[[
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Beard]]: He's started growing one, because his [[Twitter]] followers who support the beard outnumber those who don't.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: A befeathered, occasionally animal-print, longcoat.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: On the 2-7-11 episode of RAW, Morrison, after celebrating a victory against a member of the New Nexus, was attacked [[In the Back|from behind]] by [[CM Punk|New Nexus leader CM Punk,]] who pepper sprayed him [[Eye Scream|in the face.]] Fast forward a week to the Valentine's Day 2011 episode of RAW, where he and [[Black Best Friend|R-Truth]] are in a tag-team match with Michael
* [[Black Best Friend]]: He has his in R-Truth, they've even tag-teamed together under the [[Fan Nickname]] Truth and Wisdom.
** And he took said guy championship match, [[With Friends Like These...|some friend he turned out to be.]] (Though Truth wasn't ''obligated'' to take the match - [[Genre Savvy|he knew that Morrison was trying to bait him,]] [[Too Dumb to Live|but he fell for it anyway]]).
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: If he's a heel, and his name is Johnny Nitro.
* [[Book Ends]]: Morrison's first and last match on Raw in 2011 were falls count anywhere, no DQ with the Miz. Both matches also involved a spot using the giant WWE logo on the entrance ramp.
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: A wrestling [[The Doors|Jim Morrison]] impersonator?
* [[Captain Obvious]]: The night he underwent a [[Retool]] into John Morrison
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* [[Casanova]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: When doing [[The Dirt Sheet]], he would begin each show with "Hi, my name is [[John Morrison]] and..." followed by something humorous. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_knA58HCME Look at this compilation.] Also, "We don't [blank] at the Palace of Wisdom." For example, in the first episode they showed footage of Finlay dancing in the ring with Hornswoggle, and John's response was "We don't dance like that at the Palace of Wisdom."
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: On the Dirt Sheet his lines were always delivered with a wonderfully dry tone.
* [[Determinator]]: Has become an element of his matches during his recent push.
** Particularly apparent at Elimination Chamber 2011. Despite being one of the first two guys out, and taking ''by far'' the most amounts of punishment, [[Cast
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Heel.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: While not exactly the same, both he and <s>ex-</s>girlfriend Melina are known as rather limber, flexible, and acrobatic wrestlers. They're also both [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] (OK, Melina ain't so tall), both have the ability to [[Even the Girls Want Her|invalidate]] [[Even the Guys Want Him|orientation]], and even wear [http://www.wwepictures.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/WWE-Handsome-Hunk-John-Morrison.jpg similar]{{Dead link}}[http://images.askmen.com/photos/melina-perez/63898.jpg ring gear.]
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Beyond those abs, he is sexy on many, many, many levels.
** [[Bishounen]]: He's often painted with this brush.
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** [[Gaussian Girl|Gaussian Guy]]: His entrance is even in slow motion.
** [[Pretty in Mink|Handsome in Mink]]
** [[Long
** [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]
** [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: As a face.
** [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: As a heel.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
** Don't forget his finisher Starship Pain: A split-leg corkscrew moonsault. Yeah, it's that [[Awesome Yet Impractical|awesome...if impractical]]. (see above entry)
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: John almost always uses his legs, when he isn't jumping on people or throwing around the compulsory punches and clotheslines.
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* [[Fridge Logic]]: If he is a Jim Morrison [[Captain Ersatz|Ersatz]], then why is his music an [[Expy]] of [[Jimi Hendrix]] instead of, you know, [[The Doors]]?
* [[Fur and Loathing]]
* [[Game
* [[Guile Hero]]: Has had his moments, like when he goaded R-Truth into putting his #1 contender status for the WWE Championship on the line by questioning Truth's fitness and conditioning. JoMo won the match, by the way, but...
** [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Great job, JoMo! Your plan worked and you've maneuvered your way into the Triple Threat match for the WWE title at ''Extreme Rules 2011''! Side effects include R-Truth [[Face Heel Turn|flipping his shit.]] [[No
* [[Hoist
* [[Ho Yay]]: He and tag-team partner Mike "[[The Miz]]" Mizanin.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: When John was on Tough Enough he was seen as a pretty boy gymnast that didn't really appreciate or care about the business, he's still willing to take the craziest bumps in WWE-PG and has worked out of being a [[Spot Monkey]].
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: One of the few homegrown ones [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] has.
* [[Jerk
* [[Le Parkour]]: Which has been played up by the commentators a lot, check [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PPUYRBKEPI&feature=related it] out. It helps that the practice is actually [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PPUYRBKEPI part of his training]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: A very fast paced and flashy wrestler... [[Determinator|who's also starting to need to take a crapload of punishment in order to be taken down]].
* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: "We don't allow (X) at the Palace of Wisdom."; "I'm John Morrison and (some random bit of trivia that probably isn't true)."
* [[Man in
* [[Meaningful Rename]]: Johnny Nitro, tag-team mainstay and member of MNM, becomes John Morrison soon after winning the ECW title. Notable because it's one of the few times WWE has acknowledged a name change on air. Their normal M.O. is to give a wrestler's previous name the [[Discontinuity]] treatment.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: For a while he was feuding with [[CM Punk]] because while Punk was preaching about the importance of the material world, John promised a paradise.
* [[Nice Guy]]: His current Face run basically consists of him sticking up for the little guy i.e, [[Big Damn Heroes|saving Santino from getting his ass kicked by]] [[The Bully|Sheamus]], kick-starting their [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|minifeud]].
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Yeah, you know how R-Truth is now a ''[[Sanity Slippage|completely insane]]'' [[Face Heel Turn|heel]]? Morrison taking his title shot from him started that...
* [[No Shirt, Long Jacket]]
* [[One of Us]]: Even outside of his promos, he shows a knowledge and interest of not just pop culture but lesser known pieces. For instance, in his Twitter feed, he mentioned going to an art museum and seeing a piece that reminded him of Gir from Invader Zim.
* [[Paparazzi]]: Until MNM disbanded, their entrance involved a red carpet and photographers.
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** Morrison and the Miz's initial tag team title run taking place (at least when it did) was a result of WWE needing to write out [[Matt Hardy]], one half of the previous champions, to take care of his appendix issues.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Yes he wears sparkling glittery animal print longcoats, he's still a badass.
* [[Red Baron]]: The Shaman of Sexy, The '''Monday'''/Tuesday/Thursday Night Delight (the day changes depending on show he's on), The Guru of Greatness, The Prince of <s>[[Mondegreen|Hardcore]]</s> [[Le Parkour|Parkour]] (as [[Michael Cole]] has dubbed him).▼
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: His [[Heel Face Turn]] has not worked out so well, while he was a [[Heel]], his arrogant pretty boy meets pretentious rockstar gimmick made him many fans, as a face, he's floundered with finding an interesting character, though his burgeoning [[Le Parkour]] is a step in the right direction. In part, this is due to him being pretty [[Genre Savvy]] with pop culture and wrestling and snarky. As a heel, this meant he could poke fun at most anything. But faces generally don't do that sort of thing so his promo style got a little deflated- somewhat ironic considering his flashy wrestling style and move-set is much more suitable for a babyface.
** Probably has something to do with the fact that his ''ECW On Sci-Fi'' promos and videos for ''The Dirt Sheet'' were his own ideas with him just goofing off and having fun with it, whereas his promos for the past two years...[[Executive Meddling|weren't]].
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: In one Palace of Wisdom exclusive, he goes back and time...to meet up with his former persona Johnny Nitro. He basically tore down what was so awful about his former persona (the spray-on tan and the blonde hair specifically) and sarcastically states that if everyone was like him (Johnny Nitro), the world would be a better place.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: John rambles like hell on his promos.
* [[Shout
* [[Spicy Latina]]: His girlfriend, [[Hello Nurse|Melina]], widely considered to be one of the more talented divas, oh, and [[Even the Girls Want Her]].▼
▲* [[
▲* [[Spicy Latina]]: His girlfriend, [[Hello, Nurse!|Melina]], widely considered to be one of the more talented divas, oh, and [[Even the Girls Want Her]].
* [[Spot Monkey]]: There have been some [[Internet Backdraft|very hotly contested]] debates as to whether or not Morrison counts as a [[Spot Monkey]]. The general consensus is that he is one, but is much better than the usual example in that he actually has a sense of [[Wrestling Psychology|psychology]]. He did improve in that area in 2011, as noted in [[Wrestling Psychology]] below.
** To elaborate, Morrison's psychology is extremely erratic, and fluctuates as to whether or not it's a major match. Are you watching Morrison on a PPV? Then you're going to get an awesome match with great high-spots and excellent psychology. TV? Enjoy your spot-fest!
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* [[Take That]]: To [[Mike Adamle]] ("Hello. My name is [[John Morrison]], and I may look like Tarzan, but I certainly don't hit like Jane.")
** During his first tryout for Tough Enough 2, back when he was a lot cockier than he is now, he mentioned his background as a breakdancer and was asked if he can do a spinneroonie. He responded by asking what a spinneroonie was. T.E. judge [[Jim Ross]] questioned him on not knowing who [[Booker T]] is and if he was really a fan of the WWE. Morrison responded not by doing the spinneroonie, but doing the breakdance move [[Booker T]] based his trademark gesture on. This is not only a [[Take That]] to the judges, but possibly a [[Take That]] to [[Booker T]] himself. Needless to say, the judges didn't like his attitude and he didn't make the cut for T.E. 2.
* [[Took a Level
▲* [[Ted Baxter]]: Heel.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: John and [[The Miz]].
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Mostly his heel character, though a little bit creeps in as a face.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Got some backstage heat for giving the cold shoulder to [[Trish Stratus]] when they were having an angle together because he felt she took Melina's spot on the card at Wrestlemania XXVII. That he allegedly did it at Melina's insistence while she has cheated on him with other wrestlers in the past makes him look like a [[Henpecked Husband|Henpecked Boyfriend]] as well.
* [[When He Smiles]]: When he smiles, he looks even more Bishonen and around ten years younger.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]{{context}}
* [[Wrestling Psychology]]: Made a major improvement in this area in 2011, selling injuries like a pro and telling stories with his matches (see the [[Beware the Nice Ones]] entry), especially when it comes to his legs. During his ''Elimination Chamber'' match, he was either acting like [[Spider
** The night after Elimination Chamber 2011, he and [[CM Punk]] faced each other in the opening match on Raw. They were the only two participants of the EC match who were selling the prior night's injuries, including limping and a general aura of soreness. (Although considering the beating both men took that previous night, you kind of have to wonder how much of that was selling.)
** In the weeks immediately following his return from a legit neck injury, he has done exceptionally well at working that injury into his matches.
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