Matt Morgan Matthew Thomas Morgan ( September 10 , 1976 ) is an American professional wrestler , best known for his work in Impact Wrestling as " The Blueprint " Matt Morgan . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2002 - 2005 ) . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2002 – 2003 ) . 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 . In April 2002 , Morgan signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) . He made his OVW debut on October 2 , 2002 at the OVW TV Tapings as " The Blueprint " Matt Morgan teaming with Mark Jindrak , defeating Bane and Lance Cade . until October 2003 when he was called up to the SmackDown brand . SmackDown ! ( 2003 – 2004 ) . He made his WWE debut on the October 30 , 2003 episode of " SmackDown ! " and was picked with the returning Nathan Jones by then General Manager of SmackDown ! , Paul Heyman , to join Team Lesnar , which consisted of Morgan , Jones , Brock Lesnar , Big Show and A - Train . It was hinted that Morgan and Jones would be a tag team , but their only tag team match was at the 2003 Survivor Series pay - per - view took on Team Angle ( not the stable introduced one year earlier , but a one - off combination of five wrestlers ) . They lost to Team Angle in a ten - person elimination tag team match at 2003 Survivor Series . Morgan was eliminated after an Angle Slam . Morgan was then used to make run - ins along with the other members of Team Lesnar , helping Lesnar against his opponents . Very soon thereafter , Nathan Jones quit WWE , so Morgan occasionally teamed with Lesnar . He teamed up with Lesnar , Big Show , and Rhyno in a four - on - two Handicap match against Chris Benoit and John Cena on the January 22 , 2004 edition of SmackDown ! , in a losing effort . On January 25 , 2004 , he competed in the 2004 Royal Rumble match , in which the winner would get a title shot against their brand ' s champion at WrestleMania XX ; he got rid of The Hurricane but was eliminated by Benoit , who would go onto win the match and the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX . Two nights later , Paul Heyman announced a second Royal Rumble to air on television . This shortened match would only feature Royal Rumble participants from the SmackDown brand . But during the announcement , he claimed ( accurately ) that Morgan had sustained a shoulder injury and be would be replaced by eventual match winner Eddie Guerrero . Return to OVW ( 2004 – 2005 ) . After Lesnar quit the WWE , Morgan was sent back to OVW for further development and experience , wrestling again as " The Blueprint " Matt Morgan and on April 14 , 2004 he defeated Nick Dinsmore to become the OVW Heavyweight Champion . He would hold the belt for almost six months before losing it to Chris Cage on October 13 , 2004 . Since the stipulation was that if 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 . He 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 . Return to SmackDown ! and departure ( 2005 ) . Morgan returned to the WWE on the April 21 , 2005 episode of " SmackDown ! " , with a new gimmick as a stuttering big - man who was defensive over his speech disorder , and quickly defeated a jobber . On the May 19 episode of " Smackdown ! " , he allied himself with Carlito Caribbean Cool and became his backup " . Morgan helped Carlito defeat The Big Show at Judgment Day , using Lesnar ' s former finisher , the F - 5 . This partnership ended when Carlito was drafted to Raw , and Morgan was subsequently released by WWE on July 5 , 2005 . His last match in the WWE was on the July 4 , 2005 episode of " SmackDown ! " against William Regal , although technically the match never took place as Morgan was attacked by The Mexicools before Regal ever got to the ring . Japanese and European promotions ( 2005 – 2006 ) . Morgan toured with New Japan Pro Wrestling in late 2005 , defeating Yuji Nagata in his debut match . He 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 . Morgan debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling as a member of Taka Michinoku ' s foreigner - oriented RO & D faction . He and Mark Jindrak wrestled for HUSTLE as a tag team under the names of Sodom and Gomorrah . Morgan also 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 . He and Joe Legend became allies but were unable to defeat Austrian Hero Big Van Walter in the end . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 – 2014 ) . Cornette ' s " Back up " ( 2007 - 2008 ) . Morgan debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) on the August 7 , 2007 episode of " TNA Today " , appearing briefly in the background of a segment featuring Eric Young and Jeremy Borash . On the August 9 episode of " TNA Impact ! " , Morgan appeared alongside former TNA Management Director Jim Cornette , with TNA later identifying him as Cornette ' s " backup " . 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 . Morgan had to restrain Tomko and A . J . Styles on the October 18 edition of " Impact ! " when they tried interfering in the main event helping Christian defeat Samoa Joe in a Fight For The Right Qualifying match . On the April 3 , 2008 edition of " TNA Impact ! " , it was revealed that Morgan allowed Team Tomko to add James Storm to their team , giving them a five - to - four advantage heading into Lockdown ; however , at the end of the program , it was revealed that Morgan himself had joined Team Cage . The next week , Jim Cornette relieved Morgan of his assistant duties to become a full - time wrestler . With Morgan joining Team Cage , he established himself as a fan favorite , and due to his wrestling abilities , Morgan developed the nickname " The Blueprint " . Morgan teamed up with Kip James at Sacrifice as a result of the Deuces Wild Tournament draw . They failed to win the tag titles as James and Morgan couldn ' t get along long enough . He then began to feud with The Rock ' n Rave Infection after defeating Jimmy Rave in less than two minutes on July 17 . Lance Rock immediately challenged Morgan to a match right there , and Morgan squashed him . Storyline with Abyss ( 2008 – 2009 ) . Morgan entered a tag team up with Abyss , a team affectionately , but not officially , referred to as ' The Monster and The Beast ' ( Abyss ' s nickname was " The Monster " and Morgan played " Beast " in " American Gladiators " ) . The storyline was an additional chapter in the " Abyss ' Humanisation " storyline . Since his return to television , Abyss had portrayed an emotionally vulnerable character , exaggerating the meaning behind every gesture he received . Abyss saw Morgan as his best friend , and was desperate not to displease him . But Abyss ' new sensitivity made him more naive , thus causing him to make simple errors that cost the team matches . Through time , Morgan would go from understanding to frustrated over Abyss ' errors . They feuded briefly with Team 3D . The duo defeated Team 3D at No Surrender , but lost at Bound for Glory IV in a Monster ' s Ball match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship , which Beer Money , Inc . won . On the November 6 episode of " Impact ! " Morgan and Abyss won a four team ladder match to earn a future TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Beer Money , Inc . , which they lost at Final Resolution when Storm hit Abyss with brass knuckles when the referee was distracted . They gained a third opportunity at the belts at Genesis in a three - way match against Beer Money , Inc . and then - champions Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed . During the match , Abyss accidentally knocked Morgan out with one of the championship belts , causing him to be pinned by Beer Money . On the following " Impact ! " , the team fought against Lethal and Creed in a number one contenders match for the tag team championship , which ended with Morgan once again being pinned because of Abyss . On the January 23 edition of " Impact ! " , Morgan and Abyss battled Beer Money , Inc . in a non - title first blood match . Towards the end of the match , 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 . Abyss was so distraught over losing Morgan ' s friendship that he started having therapy sessions with his psychiatrist , Dr . Stevie at shows . At Against All Odds , Abyss defeated Morgan ( who wrestled despite having a staph infection right to the bone of his shoulder ) in a standard match . Three weeks later , Morgan challenged Abyss to a Match of 10 , 000 Tacks at Destination X , which Abyss accepted the following week , after Morgan threatened his girlfriend Lauren . Morgan defeated Abyss in the match after knocking him off the entrance ramp with his " Carbon Footprint " bicycle kick , onto two tables covered in tacks . The feud ended at Lockdown , in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match , in which neither wrestler could be legally pinned were he not bleeding . 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 . This ended the feud , with Abyss moving on to feuding with Dr . Stevie . Alliance and feud with Main Event Mafia ( 2009 ) . The following weeks Morgan began a campaign to convince the heel stable The Main Event Mafia to allow him to join them and become a member . He was aware that the current members of the Mafia were all former World Champions , but realising that Team 3D , Kip James and Al Snow had been invited into the Mafia ( Team 3D refused , and James and Snow were rejected ) , Morgan felt he should ' ve been invited too . Kurt Angle then hired Morgan to perform a series of tasks , constantly promising that the Mafia were considering inducting him . He faced Sting at Slammiversary , but was unable to defeat him and was thus barred from joining the Mafia . At Victory Road he defeated Daniels to regain the Mafia ' s favour . On the August 13 , 2009 , episode of " Impact ! " , Morgan defeated A . J . Styles in the deciding match of a " Best of Three Series " to secure his place in a triple threat match at Hard Justice also involving Sting and Kurt Angle . He lost at the event after Angle hit him with a steel chair . At No Surrender competed in a re - match that also featured A . J . Styles and Hernandez , who used his " Feast or Fired " contract to include himself in the match , but was removed after a few minutes when he sustained an injury at the hands of Eric Young . During the match , Styles attempted a front flip senton from the apron onto Morgan outside of the ring , at the same moment Angle attempted to attack Morgan , but accidentally got struck by Styles instead . Morgan seemingly took this as a friendly gesture and agreed to assist Angle for the remainder of the match . But when Angle seemed set to win , Morgan turned on Angle and cost him the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , turning into a fan favorite in the process . On the September 24 , 2009 , episode of " Impact ! " , Morgan cemented his newfound disinterest in the Main Event Mafia when he teamed with Hernandez to defeat Kurt Angle and Eric Young , which also solidified his status as a face . On October 5 Morgan announced on his Twitter page that he had signed a new 5 - year deal with TNA . Morgan ' s feud with Angle culminated in a singles match at Bound for Glory , where despite Morgan ' s loss , he managed to gain Angle ' s respect . This match practically ended the Main Event Mafia . Teaming and feuding with Hernandez , and TNA Wolrd Tag Team Championship ( 2009 - 2010 ) . Since then Morgan 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 . At Turning Point , Rhino and Team 3D defeated Morgan , Hernandez and Dinero in a street fight . The next night , the two teams had a re - match which ended the same way after Jesse Neal returned and attacked Hernandez with a steel chair . It was announced that the both teams would face of at Final Resolution in an elimination match , but both teams were required to have four members . Team 3D immediately enlisted Neal , while Dinero pursued Suicide ' s help . Both teams fought in a regular tag match to determine an additional stipulation on the forthcoming match at Final Resolution . The match at Final Resolution would begin as a 4 - on - 1 handicap match , but the disadvantaged wrestler could have his partners join the match if he survived the first 5 minutes . Neal pinned Hernandez , meaning that Hernandez and his team would be disadvantaged at Final Resolution . At the pay - per - view Morgan , Hernandez , Dinero and Suicide defeated Jesse Neal , Team 3D and Rhino in an eight - man elimination tag team match , with Morgan scoring the deciding fall on Brother Ray . On the January 4 , 2010 , live , three hour , Monday night edition of " Impact ! " Morgan and Hernandez defeated Dr . Stevie and Raven to become the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Champions The British Invasion ( Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams ) at Genesis . At the pay - per - view Morgan and Hernandez defeated the British Invasion to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship , his first major championship . At Against All Odds as part of the 8 Card Stud Tournament Morgan and Hernandez were forced to face each other in the first round . Morgan defeated Hernandez by taking advantage of his injured shoulder and pinning him , while grabbing a hold of his trunks . However , in the semifinals Morgan was defeated by the eventual winner of the entire tournament , D ' Angelo Dinero . At Destination X Morgan and Hernandez retained the Tag Team Titles in a match against Beer Money despite plenty of miscommunication between the two champions . After the match Morgan nailed Hernandez with the Carbon Footprint and left with both titles , turning heel in the process . The following day on " Impact ! " Morgan defeated Hernandez via referee stoppage after sandwiching his head between his boot and the ring post , putting him out of action indefinitely . With Hernandez scheduled to miss months of action , Morgan declared himself the sole World Tag Team Champion on the April 5 edition of " Impact ! " and TNA went along with this and recognized him as the sole Champion . in addition to this he began to reference himself as " matt and morgan " making him seem as if he had split personality disorder . Morgan then went on to successfully defend the Tag Team Titles teaming with the likes of Amazing Red , Shark Boy and Jesse Neal as his partner , attacking each of them after the matches . On the May 3 edition of " Impact ! " it was announced that Morgan would defend the Tag Team Championship at Sacrifice against Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore , both of whom he had attacked in the two previous weeks , and that Hulk Hogan would decide his partner for the match . On the May 13 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan demanded to find out who his partner would be and when he didn ' t get an answer , threatened to turn his match against Generation Me ( Jeremy and Max Buck ) into a bloodbath . However , Samoa Joe came to the ring to put a stop to this and gave Morgan the Muscle Buster . This led to The Band coming out and Kevin Nash cashing in his " Feast or Fired " contract , after which he pinned Morgan to make himself and Scott Hall the new TNA World Tag Team Champions . On the June 3 edition of " Impact ! " , Matt Morgan was distracted by somebody in the crowd which cost him a four - way match with Samoa Joe , Sting and the winner of the match , TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam . The camera ' s immediately showed what was distracting Morgan , but nobody could clearly see who it was , although Taz and Mike Tenay believed it to be Hernandez . The following week , Hernandez made his official return by attacking Morgan . After the attack The Band gave the injured Morgan the rematch he had wanted for the World Tag Team Championship and easily defeated him to retain the title . At Slammiversary VIII 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 Morgan . The following month at Victory Road Morgan was defeated by Hernandez in a Steel Cage match . Fortune and Face Turn ( 2010 - 2011 ) . On the July 15 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan went to attack D ' Angelo Dinero , after losing to him in a singles match , but was stopped by Mr . Anderson . The following week Anderson defeated Morgan , who then attacked and bloodied him . On the July 29 edition of " Impact ! " , Morgan was involved in an altercation with Mr . Anderson and Jeff Hardy , during which two security guards , Gunner and Murphy , came out and attacked Hardy and Anderson . Later that night Morgan , Gunner , and Murphy were defeated in a three - on - two handicap match by Hardy and Anderson , after Morgan walked out during the match . On the August 12 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan joined Ric Flair ' s Fortune ( originally spelled Fortune ) stable , as he , A . J . Styles , Kazarian , Robert Roode , James Storm and Douglas Williams attacked EV 2 . 0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers . At Bound for Glory Morgan , Styles , Kazarian , Roode and Storm were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2 . 0 members Tommy Dreamer , Raven , Rhino , Sabu and Stevie Richards , ending the feud between the two factions . On the following edition of " Impact ! " Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan ' s and Eric Bischoff ' s new stable , Immortal . On the October 28 edition of " Impact ! " , Morgan began showing signs of a face turn by showing concern for the concussed Mr . Anderson and trying to convince Eric Bischoff not to allow him to wrestle Jeff Jarrett in a chain match in the main event of the night . Morgan ended up taking Anderson ' s spot in the match , but was defeated after a low blow . After the match Fortune , minus Douglas Williams , turned on Morgan and beat him down , effectively turning him into a fan favorite . The following week Morgan became the number one contender to TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy by attacking Bischoff and signing a contract , which was originally meant for Mr . Anderson , who was unable to attend the event due to his concussion . At Turning Point Morgan failed in his attempt to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Hardy . During the match Morgan seemingly scored a three count on Hardy , but this was missed by the referee of the match . Due to the controversy surrounding the title match , Morgan was given a chance to earn another shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on the following edition of " Impact ! " in a three – on – one handicap match against Fortune members Douglas Williams , James Storm and Robert Roode . Morgan won the match , after Beer Money , Inc . abandoned Williams , but was afterwards laid out by Jeff Hardy . On the November 18 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan defeated Ric Flair in a singles match , after Douglas Williams turned on the rest of Fortune , when they interfered in the match . As a result , Morgan earned the right to choose a special guest referee for the match between himself and Hardy at Final Resolution . On the December 2 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan announced the returning Mr . Anderson as the special guest referee for his title match . At Final Resolution Hardy defeated Morgan to once again retain the World Heavyweight Championship . During the match Anderson was knocked out during which Morgan seemingly had the match won , but when a replacement referee came to the ring , Hardy managed to pull himself together and pinned Morgan to win the match . Chasing the World Heavyweight Championship ( 2011 – 2013 ) . At Genesis Morgan was defeated by Mr . Anderson in a number one contender ' s match . On the February 10 edition of " Impact ! " , Morgan received a shot at Anderson ' s TNA World Heavyweight Championship , but was defeated following interference from the returning Hernandez , who made his first TNA appearance in over six months . On the March 3 edition of " Impact ! " Morgan defeated Hernandez via disqualification . On March 13 at Victory Road , Hernandez defeated Morgan in a First Blood match , after using fake blood on him , following a distraction from a planted fan , later identified as Anarquia , the newest member of Hernandez ' s Mexican America stable . On April 17 at Lockdown , Morgan defeated Hernandez in a steel cage match to win the feud . With his feud with Hernandez behind him , Morgan announced his intention of going for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on the following edition of " Impact ! " , but was interrupted by Scott Steiner who claimed to be next in line for the shot , before laying Morgan out with a low blow . On June 12 at Slammiversary IX , Morgan defeated Steiner in a singles match . Later that month , Morgan entered the Bound for Glory Series to determine a number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . On the July 21 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Morgan won a four - man ladder match to climb to number three spot in the tournament ' s rankings , however , just four days later it was reported that Morgan had torn his pectoral muscle , which would sideline him for six weeks , ending his participation in the tournament . Over the following weeks , Morgan was on commentary for the Bound for Glory Series matches . On August 29 it was reported that Morgan had been cleared to return to the ring . On the September 1 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Morgan tried to stop Samoa Joe , who had vowed to ruin the Bound for Glory Series , but got kicked in the groin . Later in the evening , Morgan called out Joe and brawled with him , which ended with Joe again kicking Morgan in the groin , before hitting him in the arm with a steel chair . On September 11 at No Surrender , Morgan defeated Joe in a grudge match . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Joe defeated Morgan in a submission match . On [ [ October 16 ] ] Bound for Glory , Morgan and Joe were defeated by Crimson in a three - way match . On November 13 at Turning Point , Morgan wrestled Crimson to a double disqualification . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Morgan and Crimson defeated Mexican America to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . On December 11 at Final Resolution , Morgan and Crimson successfully defended their title against D ' Angelo Dinero and Devon . Later that same month , Morgan took part in TNA ' s India project , Ring Ka King , defeating Scott Steiner in a tournament final to become the promotion ' s inaugural heavyweight champion . Return to TNA ( 2015 – present ) . On June 24 , 2015 , Morgan returned to TNA saving the returning Vader from an attack from Bram and clotheslined him to the floor . It was soon announced that Morgan would face Bram at Slammiversary XIII . Other media . In 2008 , Morgan accepted an offer to appear on the third series of " American Gladiators " as one of the Gladiators . Morgan , under the name Beast , made his Gladiator debut during the first night of the semi - finals in the joust . He defeated each of his two opponents in less than eight seconds . On September 24 , 2010 , Morgan appeared on Fox television show " The Good Guys " , playing the role of a Russian mobster on an episode titled " Vacation " . Personal life . Morgan announced on an episode of " TNA Impact ! " during the TNA Webography segment where TNA Superstars give an insight into their life that he has been married to his college sweetheart , a Hawaiian / Filipino woman named Larissa Vasper from Hawaii for five years . During that Webography , he also announced that when he was five , he was diagnosed with Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ) , which led to him getting involved with CHADD ( Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ) , a non - profit organization based out of Landover , Maryland . In an interview with Pro Wrestling Report on 540 ESPN Radio , he stated " I ' m a big Jay - Z fan " and that " The Blueprint " moniker was inspired by the album of the same name . In August 2008 , it was announced that Morgan would contribute a sample of his DNA to be launched into space as part of game designer Richard Garriott ' s " Operation Immortality " project .