WWE News: Will John Morrison Be Given a Second Chance in WWE?

The curious case of John Morrison seems to get more confusing by the day. 

After returning from a neck injury on the July 25 edition of Raw, Morrison teamed with Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston to defeat The Miz, R-Truth and Alberto Del Rio in a six-man tag match at SummerSlam. He followed that up with a victory over R-Truth in a Falls Count Anywhere the following night on Monday Night Raw. 

Then, it all went downhill from there. 

Morrison would lose a Fatal 4-Way match for the United States Championship at Night of Champions as well as two Intercontinental Championship matches (one in a TV battle royal on Raw and one in a singles match against Cody Rhodes at Hell in a Cell). 

Though Morrison was getting title matches, he was still essentially serving as the WWE’s jobber to the stars. He would get squashed by guys like Alberto Del Rio and Mark Henry, and he completely forgot what it feels like to win. 

Following that victory over Truth on Raw back in August, Morrison would go on a losing streak that lasted more than three months and didn’t end until the Nov. 7 edition of Raw. 

The question of all of our minds during Morrison’s burial: What the hell did he to do piss the WWE off? 

Well, as it turns out, it’s nothing he really did per say. It’s the fact that his WWE contract is about to expire. 

From F4Wonline.com (via WrestleNewz.com): 

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F4Wonline is reporting that the talk backstage is that John Morrison will not be re-signing with WWE when his contract expires very soon.

The feeling is that both Morrison and WWE have had enough working together and are ready to move on without each other. 

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OK, maybe he did something, and that something appears to be that he hasn’t been willing to sign a new contract with the company. 

Thus, it was no longer that surprising to us fans who couldn’t understand why Morrison was being buried so far down on the WWE roster. If he’s not going to re-sign with the WWE, then of course they’re not going to want to push him, right? 

Well, maybe so. But this is where it seems to get complicated. 

On last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, Morrison’s losing streak finally came to an end when he got a victory over United States Champion Dolph Ziggler. 

A victory over a WWE titleholder that seems to be in the midst of a big push? Huh? Where’d that come from? 

Then, in another out of the blue moment, the WWE decided to surprise me even more when WWE.com announced yesterday that Morrison would be wrestling Ziggler for the US title at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view. 

Instantly, I thought that one of two things was happening: Either the WWE was trying to coax Morrison to stay by giving him somewhat of a push, or Morrison has already re-signed with the company. 

Which is it? 

Well, I thought it would be the latter one, but then I remembered that Morrison has reportedly been removed from the WWE’s tour of Japan in December. So, maybe that means that Morrison and the WWE are indeed planning to part ways. 

I just don’t get it, though. 

Despite any differences Morrison and the WWE may have had with each other in the past, he is undoubtedly a very valuable asset to the company. He’s someone who can be a contributor to the upper mid-card and the tag team division, but is only one good storyline away from being a main eventer. 

It doesn’t really make much sense to me to just let the guy walk, especially when there’s another wrestling company out there that’s just dying to scoop him up. 

Maybe WWE officials realize that, though. Maybe they see that Morrison is a special talent, one who deserves to have a second chance to turn his career around. 

And maybe that’s exactly what the WWE is doing at the moment. 

Even if Morrison has yet to re-sign with the company, the creative team is booking him in a title match at Survivor Series for a reason. The WWE is giving him a second chance to change his mind, re-sign with the company and become a building block for the company’s future. 

Otherwise, what would be the point of having him beat a champion and then face that champion at a “Big Four” pay-per-view? 

There would be none, unless you count building him up so that he leaves the company looking good, and we all know that isn’t the case. 

The real case is that Morrison is getting the creative team back behind him, and he better use that to his advantage by sticking with the company that launched his wrestling career