WWE John Morrison resurrection of Jim Morrison?
Here we have 2 artists, arguably a martial artist/wrestler, John Morrison, who is a dead ringer, lookalike (at least his face and hair) of Jim Morrison, the legendary lead vocalist of The Doors, a Los Angeles, California based band who died of a heroin overdose. John Morrison even hails from Los Angeles, California-- according to the ring announcer-- just like Jim Morrison and the rest of The Doors.
John Morrison, from what I've seen never mentions Jim Morrison, yet anyone can see Jim Morrison's influence. Also from what I've seen on television and wrestling matches of the WWE, he is never asked if he is related to Jim Morrison by the play by play t.v. announcer nor by the color man, who in the stv ports realm is the dude who is from a professional sports background and who comments on the sports action using his sports experience.
It's refreshing to see (since I have been a Doors fan for so many years, about 33 years) Jim Morrison's image reborn, if you will, into someone who is healthy, someone who doesn't smoke or take recreational drugs. The Doors and Jim Morrison were poetic and creative, to listen to their artwork was a wild journey for us artists, a pleasurable exercise for our minds.
Jim Morrison then, like a Buddhist monk, gave up his reverence of the physical outward temple called the body and focused on his spirit and his mind. By late 1960 standards of beauty, he turned from a thin hearthrob with chisled features into a chubby more overweight version. He did not neglect beauty when he put on weight during his later years and grew a shaggy beard. He switched focus from outer beauty to inner beauty and was able to worry about how he looked on the outside. Instead he was focused entirely on his mind and soul and on how to create much more excellent music. The result was such timeless artistic efforts like the songs "L.A. Woman" and "The Soft Parade"
Now, there's the wrestler John Morrison, a more outgoing, talkative figure in the public, especially the public press than Jim Morrison. John Morrison, the wrestler, is a good guy. He's not cocky or arrogant, instead, he's thoughtful and soft spoken at times. If he's not related to Jim Morrison, then this is a fine, concrete example of the good that hero worship provides. John Morrison isn't some cheap imitation of Jim Morrison, but a more refreshing look, almost like a reincarnation of Jim Morrison--but this time a muscular, healthy Jim Morrison, yet different in his own way, with other qualities and skills.
It's great to see this parallel...and hopefully, it will also stir interest in Jim Morrison and The Doors by younger John Morrison wrestling fans.