James Morrison (June 26, 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring name J.J. Dillon.
Professional wrestling career[]
Dillon is best known for being the Executive Director of the Four Horsemen. After leaving the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in February 1989, Dillon served as a front office executive for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) until 1997. He then appeared in an on-camera role with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In 2003, Dillon had a short stint as an NWA representative in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
In 2009, he made a one-night appearance at Deaf Wrestlefest 2009 to team with "Beef Stew" Lou Marconi and "Handsome" Frank Staletto in a six-man tag team match against "Franchise" Shane Douglas, Dominic DeNucci and Cody Michaels.
On March 31, 2012 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen.
In wrestling[]
- Wrestlers managed
- Tag teams and stables managed
- The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and in respective order of time as a Horseman Ole Anderson, Lex Luger or Barry Windham)
- The Long Riders (Ron Bass and Black Bart)
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- Other inductee (2007)
- Eastern Sports Association
- ESA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ESA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Freddie Sweetan
- ESA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Western States Sports
- NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time)
- NWA Western States Television Championship (1 time)
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Manager of the Year (1982, 1983, 1988)
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
