10 Things You Didn't Know About John Morrison
7. His First Proper Gimmick Was WCW-Inspired
Johnny Nitro was, of course, the gimmick which really set the wheels of Morrison's career in motion - a greasy, fur-coated narcissist alongside tag partner Joey Mercury and girlfriend/manager Melina.
However, before all that, he was positioned as an assistant to Eric Bischoff - Raw General manager at the time. The 'Nitro' surname came about as a reference to Uncle Eric's obvious WCW past, but lasted with John beyond that stage of his career (which in reality lasted only a few months).
Fans at the time will probably know this fact, especially as Nitro used the old Nitro TV theme as his entrance music, but those of us that missed this period will probably have never considered the name's actual origin.