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Joey Mercury

Adam Birch(born July 18, 1979), better known by thering namesJoey MercuryandJoey Matthews,is an Americanprofessional wrestler.He is best known for his tenure inWWE.Birch was most recently signed toRing of Honor,where he worked as a producer, trainer, and member of the creative team.

Joey Mercury
Mercury in 2015
Birth nameAdam Birch
Born(1979-07-18)July 18, 1979(age 45)
Fairfax, Virginia,U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Joey Matthews[1]
Joey Mercury[2]
Joseph Mercury[3]
Joey Wrestling
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Billed weight218 lb (99 kg)[2]
Billed fromLos Angeles,California[2]
Trained byJimmy Cicero[1][4]
DebutApril 12, 1996[1]

Birch was trained by fellow wrestlerJimmy Ciceroand made his wrestling debut in October 1996, using the name Joey Matthews as he wrestled in ECWExtreme Championship Wrestling.The following year, he began competing forMid-Eastern Wrestling Federation(MEWF), where he began competing intag teamcompetition and captured theMEWF Tag Team Championship,alongsideChristian York.Throughout the late-1990s, Birch competed in various independent promotions, where he and York continued to work as a team. It was also during that time that he won various championships in singles and tag team competition.

In 2004, Birch signed withWWEand was assigned to theirdevelopmental territoryOhio Valley Wrestling(OVW) inLouisville, Kentuckyunder the name Joey Mercury. While situated at OVW, he was placed in tag team competition, alongsideJohnny Nitro,in which they won theOVW Southern Tag Team Championshipon one occasion. It was also during this time that he and Nitro, alongside theirmanagerMelina,were known as the stableMNM.The group were called up to theSmackDown!roster and on their debut in April 2005, Mercury and Nitro went on to win theWWE Tag Team Championship.After theirthirdand final reign ended in May 2006, Nitro and Melinaturnedon Mercury, thus ending their faction. However, in November 2006, the team reunited for a brief period, before Mercury was let go from his contract in March 2007.

Following his stint with WWE, Birch continued his wrestling career, appearing at several independent promotions, including competing atRing of Honorevents. In March 2008, he returned to OVW, where he won theOVW Television Championshipon one occasion. In October 2008, Birch announced his retirement from professional wrestling, following an injury, but later returned to wrestling in 2010, working for WWE as aproducerand making a brief in-ring return as part ofCM Punk'sStraight Edge Society.He returned to TV once again in 2014 alongsideJamie Noble,(known as J&J Security) as an on screen security guard for the WWE World Heavyweight ChampionSeth Rollinsas part ofThe Authorityfaction.

Professional wrestling career

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Early career (1996–2001)

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See also:Bad Street Boys

After being trained by fellow professional wrestlerJimmy Cicero,Birch made his debut in October 1996 under the name Joey Matthews.[1]In 1997, approximately a year after his debut, Matthews began competing for theMid-Eastern Wrestling Federation(MEWF)promotion,where he won theMEWF Tag Team ChampionshipwithChristian York.[1]Matthews defeated York on May 8, 1998, to regain the Southern Championship Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship inWendell, North Carolina.Matthews and York, soon teamed up again, however, and won theSteel City WrestlingTag Team Championship on December 20, 1998.[1]Less than a month later, Matthews defeated York to win theIndependent Professional Wrestling AllianceLight Heavyweight Championshipon January 9, 1999.[1]

He was also a member of theNorth CarolinabasedOrganization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts(OMEGA) run byMattandJeff Hardy,where he defeated York to win theOMEGA Light Heavyweight Championshipon January 29, 1999.[5]He was signed to aWorld Championship Wrestlingcontract in 1999; Birch did not make any appearances for the promotion during the seven months he was signed to a contract.[4][6]A few months later, while competing in singles competition atMaryland Championship Wrestling(MCW), he once again defeated York to win theMCW Cruiserweight Championshipon May 21.[1]Matthews and York soon began teaming again, and, sometimes using theBad Street Boysas a tag team name, they won numerous tag team championships, including the Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship on January 15, 2000, and theMCW Tag Team Championshipon May 17, 2000.[1][7]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)

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See also:Bad Street Boys

In late 2000, Matthews and York joinedExtreme Championship Wrestling(ECW), and lost toDanny Doring and RoadkillatAnarchy Rulz.[8]They then began afeudwithSimon and Swinger,whom they lost to atNovember to Remember,but defeated atMassacre on 34th Street.[9][10]They competed in ECW for approximately six months, until the promotion closed in January 2001 and were on the company's finalpay-per-viewGuilty as Charged,where they suffered a loss toJerry LynnandCyrus.[11][12]

After the closure of ECW, they returned to theindependent circuit,where, on February 3, 2001, the Bad Street Boys defeatedRick MichaelsandDavid Youngto become theNWA World Tag Team Champions,a championship that they held for two weeks.[1]They won the MCW Tag Team Championship for the second time on November 3 by defeating Earl the Pearl and Rich Myers, and later won the Virginia Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship on December 1, 2001.[1][7]

Independent circuit (2001–2004)

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See also:Bad Street Boys

In 2002, Matthews and York competed inRing of Honor(ROH), and teamed together on several occasions, before Matthews joined a faction called Special K, of which he was a member until 2004.[1][7]He also worked for various independent organizations such asXtreme Pro Wrestling,Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) andPhoenix Championship Wrestling.[1]On January 29, 2003, Matthews defeatedRomeo Valentinoto win theMCW Rage Television Championship,but lost it four months later to Doug Delicious on May 15.[13][14][15]

On April 14, 2003, prior toWorld Wrestling Entertainment(WWE)'sflagshiptelevision program,Raw,Matthews and York defeated Phil Brown and Pat Cusick in adark match.[16]He continued wrestling dark matches and onsupplementary programsHeatandVelocity,facing the likes ofLance Storm,Crowbar,Matt Hardy,Último DragónandA-Train.[1][17][18]On July 19, 2003, at ROH'sDeath Before Dishonor,he teamed withKrazy Kin a loss to Jeff Hardy in ahandicap match.[19]In August 2003, Matthews lost toChris Sabinon an episode ofTNA Xplosion.[7]

After spending some time at theOhio Valley Wrestling(OVW) training center in 2003, Matthews made several appearances inPro-Pain Pro Wrestling(3PW), defeatingA.J. Styles,before defeating Jerry Lynn andSabuto become the number one contender to the3PW Heavyweight Championship.[20][21]On April 17, 2004, he defeatedRavento win the championship, a title he retained until August 21 of that year, when he lost it toChristopher Danielsin afour-way elimination match,also involving A.J. Styles and Chris Sabin.[1][22][23]

Meanwhile, Matthews was still active in WWE, and lost toRhinoandMavenonSunday Night Heat.[24][25]He was also still competing in TNA'sX Division,and in August, he took part in a 20-Man Gauntlet match, in whichPetey Williamswon theX Division title.[26]Afterwards, Matthews competed forPuerto Rico'sWorld Wrestling Council(WWC), losing toEddie Colónin September, and exchanging victories with Alex Montalvo in November.[1][7]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2007)

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See also:MNM

Matthews wrestled in dark matches before being signed to a developmental deal by WWE in 2004; he moved toLouisville, Kentuckyto the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW)farm territory.[1][27][28]There he formed a faction withJohnny Nitro;along withmanagerMelina,they were known as "MNM".[1]MNM wrestled in OVW for around a year, winning theOVW Southern Tag Team Championshiponce, before being called up to the mainSmackDown!roster, where Matthews was renamed Joey Mercury.[29]

Nitro (left), Melina (center) and Mercury (right) asWWE Tag Team Championsin 2006

In their first match for theSmackDown! brand,in April 2005, they won theWWE Tag Team ChampionshipfromRey MysterioandEddie Guerrero.[30][31]They held the titles for three months, having successful titles defenses against the teams of Mysterio and Guerrero andHardcore HollyandCharlie HaasatJudgment Day,beforedroppingthem to thenew Legion of Doom(LOD) atThe Great American Bashin July 2005.[32]They recaptured the titles on the October 28 episode ofSmackDown!in afour-way matchdefeating theMexicools,William RegalandPaul Burchill,and LOD,[33]but lost them to Mysterio andBatistatwo days before theArmageddonpay-per-view in December. Due to help fromMark Henry,they defeated Mysterio and Batista in a rematch on the December 30 episode ofSmackDown!to win the WWE Tag Team Championship for the third time.[34]They began a rivalry with the team ofPaul London and Brian Kendrickthat lasted over three months,[35]until theJudgment Daypay-per-view on May 21, 2006, where MNM lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to London and Kendrick. Nitro and Melina suddenlyturnedon Mercury, attacking him and breaking up the group. Later that night Nitro and Melina were fired from the SmackDown! brand in storyline, to facilitate their move toRaw,where they reappeared the following week.[36][37]Thelegitimatereason for the team's sudden split was later revealed to be Mercury failing aWWE Wellness Policydrug test and being forced to serve a 30-day suspension.

Mercury stayed off WWE television for six months. Mercury made a surprise return on the November 27, 2006 episode ofRaw,temporarily reforming MNM with Nitro and Melina to take up the also recently reunitedHardys(Matt and Jeff) "open challenge" forDecember to Dismember.[38]The Hardys went on to win the match at December to Dismember,[39][40]but the feud continued across all three brands (Raw,ECW,and SmackDown!),[41][42][43]and in a fatal-four wayladder matchfor the WWE Tag Team Championship at December'sArmageddonevent, also involving London and Kendrick, andDave Taylor and William Regal.During the ladder match, Mercury suffered a legitimate injury when he was struck in the face with a ladder, breaking his nose and orbital bone. He immediately left the match and was rushed to anemergency roomwhere he received more than thirty stitches.[12][39][44]As a result, Nitro continued the match on his own.

After missing a few weeks, Mercury returned wearing a protective face mask and his injury was worked into theangle,with both he and Nitro attempting to injure the Hardys in various ways for revenge. MNM lost to The Hardys at theRoyal Rumble,and again in a six-man tag team match in which they teamed withMontel Vontavious Porter(Chris Benoitteamed with The Hardys) at theNo Way Outpay-per-view in February which concluded the feud.[45][46]He also wrestled in singles competition onSmackDown!until he was released from his WWE contract on March 26, 2007.[47][48]

Independent circuit (2007–2008)

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Birch wrestlingXavieron theindependent circuitin 2007

Birch's first appearance after his WWE release was on April 21 for Northeast Wrestling as Joey Matthews, when he andRomeo Rosellidefeated The NOW.[7]He went on to make appearances for MCW,Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South,and the New York Wrestling Connection, competing against wrestlers includingAlex Shelley,Tyler Black,andBrother Runt.[49][50][51]Matthew's wrestled inAll American Wrestling(AAW) in July 2007, where he lost toEric Priestin a match for the AAW Heritage Championship.[52]He made another appearance on September 29, reuniting with Christian York, in a losing effort against the AAW Tag Team Champions,The Motor City Machine Guns(Chris Sabinand Alex Shelley).[53]

In September 2007, Matthews began working for OVW as a trainer for the intermediate class.[7]He also competed in dark matches at the OVW television tapings.[54][55]At TNA'sBound for Glorypay-per-view in October 2007, he competed in a dark match, where he teamed withJohnny Swingerin a losing effort to The Motor City Machineguns.[56]For the remainder of 2007, Matthews worked for independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Unplugged and the United Wrestling Federation.[7][57]

On March 12, 2008, at an OVW television taping, he defeatedJamin Olivenciato win theOVW Television Championship.[58]After successful defenses against Olivencia, he dropped the title to Tommy McNailer a month later on April 16.[7][59]In October 2008, Birch announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to injury.[7]

Ring of Honor (2008)

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See also:Age of the Fall

On January 25, 2008, Matthews returned to ROH as the newest member ofAge of the Fall(AotF), where he partnered with Jimmy Jacobs in a losing effort againstRoderick StrongandRocky Romeroof theNo Remorse Corps.[60]The following night, Matthews lost toMark Briscoe.[61]Matthews was mainly utilized in a tag team role as a member of the AotF, teaming with fellow faction membersTyler BlackandNecro Butcher.[62][63]He continued to wrestle for ROH until Battle For Supremacy in June 2008, when he and Jimmy Jacobs lost toKevin Steen and El Generico,in what was his last ROH wrestling match.[64]

Return to WWE (2010–2017)

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See also:Straight Edge SocietyandThe Authority

In 2010, Birch came out of retirement and returned to WWE at theSmackDowntapings on April 20, where he lost toShelton Benjaminin a dark match.[65]On April 25 atExtreme Rules,he reappeared on television as a masked member of theCM Punk'sStraight Edge Societystable and interfered in Punk's match withRey Mysterio,helping him pick up the win.[66]Birch continued to interfere in Punk's matches during the following months, before being unmasked byBig Showon the July 23 episode ofSmackDown.[67]This led to a handicap match atSummerSlamwhere Big Show defeated the entire Society.[68]In early September it was reported that Mercury had undergone surgery on a tornpectoral muscle.[69]

In order to rehabilitate his injury, he began training atFlorida Championship Wrestling,WWE's developmental territory.[70]He later began working there as a trainer.[71]Following this, he moved into a producer role for the main roster.[4]

Mercury (right) with J&J Security partnerJamie Noble(center) andSeth Rollins(left) in December 2014

On the September 29, 2014 episode ofRaw,Mercury and fellow producerJamie Noblealigned themselves withThe Authority.Dubbed "J&J Security", Mercury and Noble began acting as bodyguards to Authority memberSeth Rollins.[72]On the November 24 episode ofRaw,J&J Security wrestled the first televised matches for each man in several years, partnering with Rollins in athree-on-two handicap matchagainstJohn CenaandDolph Ziggler,which they lost. On the March 16, 2015 episode ofRaw,both Mercury and Noble seemingly left The Authority due to Rollins not listening them. Later that night, it was revealed to be a ruse, with all The Authority members coming out to help Rollins take outRandy Orton,but they were stopped bySting,who made a surprise appearance and helped Orton fight off The Authority. On the June 22 episode ofRaw,J&J Security reconciled with Rollins when the three of them andKaneattackedBrock Lesnar.On the July 6 episode ofRaw,Mercury was viciously beaten by Lesnar, who after destroying his and fellow J&J Security member Jamie Noble's prized Cadillac car, which had been gifted to them by Seth Rollins the week before, picked him up and tossed him onto the then unbroken windshield of it. On July 7, it was reported that Mercury suffered mild contusions as a result of the attack and both members of J&J Security would be out of action indefinitely.[citation needed]

Mercury appeared on the March 14, 2016 episode ofRawbreaking up the brawl betweenTriple HandRoman Reigns.In January 2017, it was reported that Birch had been released from WWE.[73]

Return to independent circuit (2017–2018)

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Birch, performing once again as Joey Matthews, announced his return as an active independent wrestler. Matthews won theMCWShane Shamrock Memorial Cup.[74] On September 30, 2017, he won the MCW Heavyweight Championship.[75]In July 2018 he made four appearances onHouse of Hardcore's Australian tour. He would lose to the likes ofTommy Dreamer,Al SnowandSwoggleon the shows.[76]He also appeared in Lucha Underground in August 2018 as "Joey Wrestling", as part of former tag team partner Johnny Mundo's (previously Johnny Nitro) stable Worldwide Underground.[77]The following week, he lost his only Lucha Underground match to Matanza Cueto, after which he was "sacrificed to the gods," killing off his character in the show.[citation needed]That is the last match he has competed in to date.[76]

Ring of Honor (2018–2019)

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On May 19, 2018, he became one of the trainers at ROH's Baltimore Dojo a training school for the Ring of Honor promotion.[78]Later on February 2, 2019, it was revealed that he would now be working as a producer, trainer and a member of the creative team for Ring of Honor going forward.[79]In October 2019, he departed from Ring of Honor as a producer.

Personal life

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During an interview in late 2007, Birch revealed that he had been using drugs since he was 15 and had mixed cocaine, crack, and heroin with alcohol: "I've been a drug addict andalcoholicsince I was 15 years old, right before I started in wrestling – so that's the better part of 15 years. "[80]As a result of this, Birch has overdosed three times and wrecked ten cars.[80]He entered rehab in 2006 and missed six months of work.[80]Due to the facial injury he suffered atArmageddonin December 2006, Birch then became addicted to painkillers.[80]After a direct intervention byVince McMahon,Birch was released from the WWE and he credits this with helping him to address his addictions.[80]After his release,CM Punkhelped pay for his house, which was on the verge of foreclosure after losing his job.[81]

Birch had a three-and-a-half-year relationship withMickie James,and they lived together inVirginiabefore breaking up.[6]He also briefly datedChristy Hemme.[6]

Championships and accomplishments

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