17 Facts About Joey Mercury

However, in November 2006, the team reunited for a brief period, before Joey Mercury was let go from his contract in March 2007.

Joey Mercury returned to TV in 2014 alongside Jamie Noble, as an on screen security guard for the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins as part of The Authority faction.

Joey Mercury was a member of the North Carolina based Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts run by Matt and Jeff Hardy, where he defeated York to win the OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship on January 29,1999.

Joey Mercury was signed to a World Championship Wrestling contract in 1999; Birch did not make any appearances for the promotion during the seven months he was signed to a contract.

Joey Mercury worked for various independent organizations such as Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Maryland Championship Wrestling and Phoenix Championship Wrestling.

Joey Mercury continued wrestling dark matches and on supplementary programs Heat and Velocity, facing the likes of Lance Storm, Crowbar, Matt Hardy, Ultimo Dragon and A-Train.

Nitro and Melina suddenly turned on Joey Mercury, attacking him and breaking up the group.

The legitimate reason for the team's sudden split was later revealed to be Joey Mercury failing a WWE Wellness Policy drug test and being forced to serve a 30-day suspension.

Joey Mercury made a surprise return on the November 27,2006 episode of Raw, temporarily reforming MNM with Nitro and Melina to take up the recently reunited Hardys "open challenge" for December to Dismember.

Joey Mercury immediately left the match and was rushed to an emergency room where he received more than thirty stitches.

Joey Mercury went on to make appearances for MCW, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, and the New York Wrestling Connection, competing against wrestlers including Alex Shelley, Tyler Black, and Brother Runt.

Joey Mercury competed in dark matches at the OVW television tapings.

Joey Mercury continued to wrestle for OVW, and made appearances for MCW and German Stampede Wrestling.

Joey Mercury appeared on the March 14,2016 episode of Raw breaking up the brawl between Triple H and Roman Reigns.

Birch, performing as Joey Mercury Matthews, announced his return as an active independent wrestler.

Joey Mercury appeared in Lucha Underground in August 2018 as Joey Wrestling, as part of former tag team partner Johnny Mundo's stable Worldwide Underground.

Joey Mercury entered rehab in 2006 and missed six months of work.