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Adam Birch
Actor, ProducerBorn July 18, 1979 (45 years)
Adam Birch is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, also known by the ring names Joey Mercury and Joey Matthews. He is signed to WWE, and works as a trainer in WWE's developmental territory NXT. 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), in which he began competing in tag team competition, where he captured the MEWF Tag Team Championship, alongside Christian York. Throughout the mid-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 the WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky. 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. After signing with WWE, the group were called up to the SmackDown! roster and on their debut in April 2005, Birch 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 Birch, 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 Championshipon one occasion. In October 2008, Birch announced his retirement from professional wrestling, following an injury he sustained, but later returned to wrestling in 2010. In his personal life, Birch has admitted to using drugs since the age of 15, leading to several overdoses. While with WWE, Birch failed the company's Wellness Policy drug test, which ultimately resulted in him entering a drug rehabilitation. He has since overcome his drug problems.
Filmography
| 2020 | The Best of WWE: Best of Survivor Series · as Joey Mercury |
| 2018 | Twist of Fate: The Best of the Hardy Boyz · as Joey Mercury |
| 2015 | WWE Elimination Chamber · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2015 | WWE Payback · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2015 | WWE Extreme Rules · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2015 | WrestleMania · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2015 | WWE Fastlane · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2015 | WWE Royal Rumble · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2014 | TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Stairs · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2014 | WWE Survivor Series · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2014 | Lucha Underground (TV Series) · as Joey Wrestling |
| 2014 | WWE Hell in a Cell · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2014 | WWE Night of Champions · as Joey Mercury |
| 2014 | WWE Batista: The Animal Unleashed · as Joey Mercury |
| 2013 | Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling · as Joey Matthews |
| 2012 | WWE: CM Punk - Best in the World · as Joey Mercury |
| 2012 | WWE Main Event (TV Series) · as Joey Mercury |
| 2011 | The Big Show: A Giant's World · as Joseph Mercury |
| 2011 | WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man · as Joey Mercury |
| 2011 | Raw the Best of 2010 · as Joey Mercury |
| 2010 | WWE: Summerslam · as Joseph Mercury |
| 2010 | WWE Over the Limit · as Joseph Mercury (ringside) |
| 2010 | WWE: John Morrison - Rock Star · as Joey Mercury |
| 2010 | WWE Extreme Rules · as Ses Mystery Man |
| 2009 | WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams · as Joey Mercury - Mnm |
| 2009 | WWE Superstars (TV Series) · as Joseph Mercury |
| 2008 | WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story · as Joey Mercury |
| 2007 | WWE: The Ladder Match · as Joey Mercury |
| 2007 | WWE No Way Out · as Joey Mercury |
| 2007 | Royal Rumble · as Joey Mercury |
| 2006 | WWE Armageddon · as Joey Mercury |
| 2006 | ECW December to Dismember · as Joey Mercury |
| 2006 | ECW on Sci Fi (TV Series) · as Joey Mercury |
| 2006 | WWE Judgment Day · as Mercury |
| 2006 | WrestleMania 22 · as Joey Mercury (dvd Edition) |
| 2006 | WWE No Way Out · as Joey Mercury |
| 2006 | WWE Royal Rumble · as Joey Mercury |
| 2005 | WWE Armageddon · as Mercury |
| 2005 | WWE Survivor Series · as Joey Mercury (ringside) |
| 2005 | WWE No Mercy · as Mercury |
| 2005 | WWE the Great American Bash · as Joey Mercury |
| 2005 | WWE Judgment Day · as Joey Mercury |
| 2004 | IMPACT! Wrestling (TV Series) |
| 2003 | 3PW A Funkin' Classic · as Joey Matthews |
| 2002 | ROH: All Star Extravaganza · as Joey Matthews |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | WWE Velocity (TV Series) · as Joey Mercury |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | ECW Massacre on 34th Street · as Joey Matthews |
| 2000 | ECW Massacre on 34th St. · as Joey Matthews |
| 2000 | ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000 · as Joey Matthews |
| 1999 | ECW on TNN (TV Series) · as Joey Matthews |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown (TV Series) · as Joey Mercury |
| 1998 | WWE Heat (TV Series) · as Joey Matthews |
| 1993 | ECW Hardcore TV (TV Series) · as Joey Matthews |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Joey Mercury |
| 1985 | WWF Saturday Night's Main Event (TV Series) |