Matthew Thomas Morgan was born on September 10,1976 and is an American politician, actor and retired professional wrestler.
56 Facts About Matt Morgan
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Matt Morgan is known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion.
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Matthew Thomas Morgan was born in Fairfield, Connecticut on September 10,1976.
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Matt Morgan participated in tryouts for the NBA teams Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors, but he was not offered a contract by either team.
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Matt Morgan was first introduced to the World Wrestling Federation when he entered as part of its Tough Enough II program but left the show early due to an injury.
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Matt Morgan made his OVW debut on October 2,2002, at the OVW TV Tapings as "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan teaming with Mark Jindrak, defeating Travis Bane and Lance Cade.
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Matt Morgan wrestled there sporadically until October 2003 when he was called up to the SmackDown brand.
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Matt Morgan was then used to make run-ins along with the other members of Team Lesnar, helping Lesnar against his opponents.
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Soon thereafter, Jones quit WWE, so Matt Morgan occasionally teamed with Lesnar.
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Matt Morgan held the title for almost six months before losing it to Chris Cage on October 13,2004.
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Since the stipulation was that if Matt Morgan lost he would "never show his face again" in OVW, he began wearing a mask to the ring and tweaked his name to simply The Blueprint.
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Matt Morgan would regain the OVW Heavyweight Championship on April 13,2005, at an OVW live event after defeating Elijah Burke, but lost the title 17 days later to Brent Albright on April 30 after Albright hit Morgan with a crowbar.
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Matt Morgan helped Carlito defeat Big Show at Judgment Day, using Lesnar's former finisher, the F-5.
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Matt Morgan toured with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in late 2005, defeating Yuji Nagata in his debut match.
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Matt Morgan 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 he decided to leave NJPW to go to All Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Matt Morgan worked for NWE Wrestling in Italy and Rings of Europe in Austria, where he participated as the Monster Heel in a 20 Men Rumble Match.
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Matt Morgan debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the August 7,2007, episode of TNA Today, appearing briefly in the background of a segment featuring Eric Young and Jeremy Borash.
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Matt Morgan was the Special Enforcer in the Samoa Joe and Christian Cage match at Bound for Glory, preventing Christian's Coalition from interfering as Joe gave Cage his first true defeat in TNA.
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Matt Morgan teamed up with Kip James at Sacrifice as a result of the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament draw.
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Towards the end of the match, Matt Morgan turned on Abyss after hitting him with a steel chair, causing him to bleed, giving Storm and Roode the win and turning heel in the process.
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Matt Morgan won after interference by Abyss' psychiatrist, Dr Stevie, by hitting Abyss with a back low blow and then a chokebomb onto a pile of tacks.
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Matt Morgan was aware that the current members of the Mafia were all former World Champions, but realizing that Team 3D, Kip James and Al Snow had been invited into the Mafia, Morgan felt he should have been invited too.
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Matt Morgan faced Sting at Slammiversary, but was unable to defeat him and was thus barred from joining the Mafia.
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Matt Morgan lost at the event after Angle hit him with a steel chair.
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Matt Morgan seemingly took this as a friendly gesture and agreed to assist Angle for the remainder of the match.
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Matt Morgan then teamed up with Hernandez and D'Angelo Dinero and moved on to feuding with Rhino and Team 3D, who accused TNA of favoring the younger talent of the company.
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Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez by taking advantage of his injured shoulder and pinning him, while grabbing a hold of his trunks.
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However, in the semifinals Matt Morgan was defeated by the eventual winner of the entire tournament, D'Angelo Dinero.
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Matt Morgan then went on to successfully defend the World Tag Team Title while teaming with the likes of Amazing Red, Shark Boy and Jesse Neal as his substitute partners, attacking each of them after the matches.
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At Slammiversary VIII Matt Morgan defeated Hernandez via disqualification, when Hernandez was disqualified for shoving the referee, when he had gotten enough of him reprimanding him for going after Matt Morgan.
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However, Matt Morgan would be kicked out of Fortune after he faced Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, turning him into a fan favorite.
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Matt Morgan would have two titles matches at Turning Point and Final Resolution, but he lost both times.
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At Genesis Matt Morgan was defeated by Mr Anderson in a number one contender's match.
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Later that month, Matt Morgan entered the Bound for Glory Series to determine a number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Matt Morgan made his first wrestling appearance since departing from TNA on August 31,2013, at NWA Florida Underground Wrestling's Throwdown 6, defeating Kenneth Cameron.
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Matt Morgan made his debut for Family Wrestling Entertainment on October 12,2013, at their Grand Prix iPPV, unsuccessfully challenging John Hennigan for the FWE Heavyweight Championship.
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In January 2014, Matt Morgan announced his retirement from professional wrestling full-time in order to be with his wife and new born son, as well as begin a career as a regional manager for a "big-time medical device company".
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Matt Morgan has stated that while he has a great love for professional wrestling and all the opportunities it afforded him, that his biggest dream in life was to be a father and so he had to take a job that allowed him to be home every night with his son, something he unfortunately would not be able to do as a full-time wrestler.
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On June 24,2015, Matt Morgan returned to TNA as a face, after saving the returning Vader from an attack from Bram.
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At Slammiversary, Bram defeated Matt Morgan after performing The Brighter Side of Suffering onto a steel chair.
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Matt Morgan later confirmed that the match was a one-time deal only in order to give his son the chance to see him wrestle.
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Matt Morgan says he had only agreed to return because Impact was close to his home, only taped on the weekends and did not tour, and therefore would not interfere with his other 9 to 5 career.
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On March 16,2019, Matt Morgan returned to the independent circuit were he wrestled his final match of his career, teaming with Deon James as they would defeat Braydon Knight and Chico Adams with Eric Christopher as their manager in a tag team match.
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In 2017, Matt Morgan ran for public office, defeating incumbent Mark Weller as District 4 City Commissioner of Longwood, Florida.
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Matt Morgan changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican the same month he filed to run for office in the majority Republican county.
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Matt Morgan served as mayor of Longwood from May 7,2019 until September 2020.
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Matt Morgan serves as District 4 City Commissioner of Longwood, Florida after his defeat.
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Matt Morgan was linked to former tax collector of Seminole County Joel Greenberg, via payments that Greenberg's office made to Matt Morgan's company, Blueprint Enterprises, for consulting jobs.
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Matt Morgan will be serving as mayor until May 2023, but his term on the Longwood city commission is not up until November 2024.
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Since 2016, Matt Morgan has become a regular guest on The Wrestling Inc podcast, reviewing the week's latest edition of Raw while covering all WWE's pay-per-views and NXT's TakeOver events.
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In 2019, Matt Morgan started reviewing SmackDown, AEW Dynamite, NXT, and both WWE and AEW pay-per-views for Wrestling Inc.
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In 2008, Matt Morgan accepted an offer to appear on the third series of American Gladiators as one of the Gladiators.
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Matt Morgan defeated each of his two opponents in less than eight seconds.
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On September 24,2010, Matt Morgan appeared on Fox television show The Good Guys, playing the role of a Russian mobster on an episode titled Vacation.
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In November 2010 Matt Morgan was a contestant on an all TNA week of Family Feud, teaming with Jay Lethal, Mick Foley, Mr Anderson and Rob Van Dam against Angelina Love, Christy Hemme, Lacey Von Erich, Tara and Velvet Sky.
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On June 30,2011, Matt Morgan was announced as being a part of the new season of CMT Made 101.