Kerry Morton On His NWA Contract Status, Working with Wrestling Legends

Kerry Morton is currently teaming with his dad Ricky Morton in the NWA, and he recently discussed his contract status with the company and more. Morton spoke with Fightful for a new interview and you can check out the highlights below:

On his experience with the NWA so far: Oh, man. It has been so exciting. The nice thing is I’m not actually on an exclusive contract with NWA. I’m just on as a pay-per-appearance contract which is great. Billy is very supportive of that, too, because I’m an NCAA collegiate athlete can now get paid, which is wonderful for us athletes, being a broke college student. It’s great. I love the NWA. I’m thrilled to be there. I’m kind of continuing the legacy of where my dad got his start and my grandfather hit his groove in the professional wrestling industry, too. It’s a circle of life and it’s cool. I love the product in the NWA. I love what we stand for. Wrestling the way it should be is a big moniker that Billy always pounds in people. ‘Guys, be genuine and go out there and put on a show. Give the fans their money’s worth.’”

On competing against wrestling veterans like Barbarian and Tommy Rich: “One of the best compliments I think I’ve received so far in this career and I received this from the SATs and also Shane Douglas and a couple of other veterans—George South, the Barbarian, Tommy Rich. What’s so humbling is Barb knows my father. Barb is the veteran. You let him call the spots. Same with George South. When you get in the ring, you don’t talk. You just listen. You just listen to them. I think one of the coolest moments that I realized that I’m doing something right in this business is when I stepped in the ring with the Barbarian and we’re about five minutes in, I’m just selling my ass off for him, and he’s beating up on me and the crowd’s going wild, we’re in the south. Wrestling is a little bit different here. He looks at me and goes, ‘You’re a night off, kid. Thank you so much.’ He calls me Moto, which is my nickname. He said in his heavy accent, ‘You’re a night off, Moto. You’re a night off.’ It was the best compliment ever.

“George South, I’m in the ring with him and Shane Douglas for instance, too, and they’re allowing me to call the spots. Wow. It’s a crazy moment to think. These guys are wanting me to call the spots for them to do in the ring, in the midst of the moment. ‘Hey, you do this now. What do you want to do?’ Holy shit, this is awesome. When you get to the back and your emotions and the adrenalin run down, you’re like, ‘Wow, they just allowed me to call spots to them in the ring and did the spots and they loved it.’ It’s a pat on the back sometimes, ‘Hey, you know what? You’re doing something right.’