If you haven't heard, John Morrison has a contract that is soon going to run out. If the WWE re-signs him, that's wonderful, both for him and for the big 'E. Morrison is a very talented athlete, and could undoubtedly be groomed into a top draw if given the opportunity. There's something very Shawn Michaels-esque about his character. If the WWE would put some effort into emphasizing his strengths - his athletic talent and his willingness to use his body as a weapon - he could turn into the next Jeff Hardy (without the drugs), or better yet, the next Shawn Michaels. Michaels was never a great promo cutter. He was articulate most of the time, but Mick Foley he was not. Michaels is (and always was) a gifted athlete who worked his ass off to make sure the audience got what they paid for. And that's what Morrison is - or, at the very least, can turn out to be.
John Morrison is an asset. He has mass appeal - the same kind of mass appeal that Jeff Hardy, Shawn Michaels, and even Bret Hart always had. He's over with the internet marks because of his moveset, he's over with the females because of his look, and he's over with the marks because he connects with them. That's all it takes. John Cena isn't over with the internet marks because he doesn't have a huge moveset. Daniel Bryan isn't over with the females because he isn't a model. Drew McIntyre isn't over with the marks because he hasn't connected with the crowd yet. It's a three ring venn diagram and the middle of the diagram consists of legends. There are multiple ways to connect to a crowd - through the mic (Punk), through a character (Cena), even through a match (Austin) - but it takes a special performer to make it happen.
That leads me to my question...what happens if Morrison doesn't get re-signed? Does he even stay in the wrestling business? I'd like to hope that he would, if for no other reason because he's the one who wanted to be a wrestler in the first place. He was a Tough Enough contestant, after all. So, if he's staying in the business, where does he go? He'd make it in Mexico, that's a given. He might even make it in Japan, assuming he can assimilate to the stronger style over there. You know what I think would be perfect? Ring of Honor. Do you even realize how badly ROH would want John Hennigan in their company if the WWE let him get away? ROH is the perfect fed for him, too, because he'd be in the upper echelon of mic workers over there, and he can keep up with them in the ring.
Just imagine the matches: Hennigan (John Morrison is likely a WWE Trademark, so he'd have to change it, and ROH likes using real names) scheduled to have a match with the likes of a Davey Richards, Roderick Strong, Eddie Edwards, El Generico, hell, put him in the Embassy and have him tag with Tomasso Ciampa to take on the likes of WGTT, ANX and the Briscoes. That'd be insane - John Hennigan sharing a ring with Kenny King would create fireworks. I think that solves it. If John Morrison's WWE contract runs out, ROH needs to be on the phone THAT DAY with John Hennigan, working out a deal that allows him to work at non-televised ROH shows for 3 months and then show up on ROH TV after his 90 day no-compete clause runs out. WWE's loss is ROH's gain.
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