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'''William Morrissey''' (born August 16, 1986) is an American [[professional wrestler]]. He is currently signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW), where he performs under the [[ring name]] '''"The Redwood" Big Bill''' and is a member of [[Chris Jericho#The Learning Tree (2024–present)|The Learning Tree]]. He is also a former one-time [[AEW World Tag Team Championship|AEW World Tag Team Champion]]. He is previously known for his tenures with [[WWE]] (where he performed under the ring names '''Colin Cassady''' and '''Big Cass'''), and [[Impact Wrestling]] (where he performed as '''W. Morrissey''').
In WWE, he came to prominence for his [[Enzo and Cass|partnership]] with [[Enzo Amore]], whom he teamed with from 2013 to 2017. Together, they won the [[NXT Year-End Award]] for Tag Team of the Year in 2015. He was brought up to [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] alongside Amore the day after [[WrestleMania 32]]. He was later moved to the ''[[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]'' brand, where he had a brief feud with [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]], before being released by the company in June 2018. After leaving WWE, he resumed teaming with Amore (now known as nZo) on the independent circuit before joining Impact Wrestling in 2021, and AEW in 2022.
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On the April 24 episode of ''Dynamite'', Big Bill informed new [[FTW Championship|FTW Champion]] [[Chris Jericho]] that he wants to join Jericho's Learning Tree. A week later, Jericho agreed to take in Big Bill as part of [[The Learning Tree (professional wrestling)|The Learning Tree]] after Big Bill assisted Jericho in defending the FTW Championship against [[Katsuyori Shibata]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tessier |first=Colin |date=May 1, 2024 |title=Chris Jericho Says He Would Love To Take Big Bill Into The Jericho Vortex On 5/1 AEW Rampage |url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/chris-jericho-says-he-would-love-take-big-bill-jericho-vortex-51-aew-rampage |website=Fightful |access-date=May 2, 2024}}</ref> On the June 12 episode of ''Dynamite'', Big Bill and new member [[Bryan Keith (wrestler)|Bryan Keith]] were dubbed "The Redwood" and "The Bad Apple" respectively. During a ''TV Time with The Learning Tree'' segment, the stable were attacked by [[Private Party (professional wrestling)|Private Party]] (Zay and Quen) as Jericho was teaching them how to climb the [[turnbuckle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=June 12, 2024 |title=AEW Dynamite results (6/12): Powell's live review of Will Ospreay vs. Rey Fenix for the AEW International Title, Mercedes Mone vs. Zeuxis for the TBS Title, Dustin Rhodes vs. Jack Perry in a ladder match qualifier |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/06/12/aew-dynamite-results-6-12-powells-live-review-of-will-ospreay-vs-rey-fenix-for-the-aew-international-title-mercedes-mone-vs-zeuxis-for-the-tbs-title-dustin-rhodes-vs-jack-perry-in/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=}}</ref>
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