- Adam Birch is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring names Joey Mercury and Joey Matthews
- He is signed to WWE, where he works as a producer and occasional on-screen performer
Born: | 18 July 1979 Comment | How old is Joey Mercury in 2024? / Age: | 44 years
| Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
Joey Mercury Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Joey Mercury worth? | Under review
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Who is Joey Mercury? / Facts
- Birch was trained by fellow wrestler Jimmy Cicero and made his wrestling debut in October 1996, using the name Joey Matthews
- The following year, he began competing for Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF), where he began competing in tag team competition and captured the MEWF Tag Team Championship, alongside Christian 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 with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky under the name Joey Mercury
- While situated at OVW, he was placed in tag team competition, alongside Johnny Nitro, in which they won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on one occasion
- It was also during this time that he and Nitro, alongside their manager Melina, were known as the stable MNM
- The group were called up to the SmackDown! roster and on their debut in April 2005, Mercury and Nitro went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship
- After their third and final reign ended in May 2006, Nitro and Melina turned on 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 at Ring of Honor events
- In March 2008, he returned to OVW, where he won the OVW Television Championship on 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 a producer
- He returned to TV in 2014 as an on screen security for the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins as part of The Authority faction
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