5 Things you need to know about John Morrison

#3 He's an accomplished actor

Morrison is an accomplished actor

John Morrison studied Film whilst he was at University, but then decided to pursue a career in wrestling instead. Following his release from WWE back in 2011, Morrison decided to pursue acting as a career so that he could work on improving his promo skills.

Morrison then went on to appear in a number of films and TV series whilst also wrestling for promotions like Impact and Lucha Underground.

In 2012 Morrison appeared in Legend of the Black as a Shadow Creature, before then appearing as Razor in 20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending. In 2014 he was in Ascent to Hell and Hercules Reborn.

He was also a noticeable addition to the first season of Netflix show GLOW when he appeared in the pilot episode as Salty Johnson who first put the women of the show through their paces in the ring.

In recent years, Morrison has had guest appearances on Baby Daddy, Shameless, Days of our Lives, The Last Ship, The Guest Book, Miz & Mrs and even Being The Elite. He also starred in seven WWE video games from SmackDown vs RAW 2007 to WWE '12.