Rock ‘n’ Roll Express to reunite at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8

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The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express is set to reunite over WrestleMania weekend. 

Joey Janela announced on Monday that Robert Gibson will once again step into the ring to team with Ricky Morton at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8. The legendary tag team will be joined by Robert’s son Kerry in a trios match against Mike Bailey and The East West Express (Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne). 

Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8 takes place on Friday, April 5, at the Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA. The show will air live on Triller TV (previously FITE TV. 

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Only two other matches are official for the show. 

GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8 announced lineup:

  • The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton & Kerry Morton) vs. Mike Bailey & The East West Express (Nick Wayne & Jordan Oliver)
  • Masato Tanaka & Minoru Suzuki vs. Masha Slamovich & Rina Yamashita
  • Dragon Kid, YAMATO, & Kzy vs. Ben-K, Shun Skywalker & Kota Minoura

Gibson and Morton announced plans to finish up as a team in 2022. Morton said at the time he wanted to focus more on helping with his son Kerry’s career and working backstage. 

Kerry Morton frequently competes in GCW and the NWA. He was defeated by Janela in the first round of the Jersey J-Cup this weekend and is part of the Southern Six stable in the NWA. 

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express was voted into The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Class of 2014. They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017. 

Our own Dave Meltzer wrote upon their induction:

Their success spawned a number of imitations, although they themselves in a sense were spawned by the success of The Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn, in Memphis. After The Fabulous Ones became huge draws in Tennessee and Kentucky through use of music videos in the early 80s, Jerry Lawler put Morton & Gibson together. Both had been members of strong tag teams, Morton with Ken Lucas in Texas and Eddie Gilbert in Oklahoma, and Gibson with his half-brother Ricky for a number of years in different places.

The key to the act was that they could sell and work at a faster clip than most, upping the tempo of matches from their era, but also that women loved them, particularly young women. That was a combination of looks, the way Morton sold, and the way they were marketed with the music videos.