caption weight trainer height debut billed birthname image article_title name
mercury in april 2015 191 lb kg on jimmy cicero 5 9 october 12 , 1996 los angeles , california adam birch joey mercury april 2015.jpg joey mercury
 joey mercury
joey mercury

adam birch -lrb- born july 18 , 1979 -rrb- 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 was on-screen performer as part of j&j security with jamie noble until july 2015 .
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 -lrb- mewf -rrb- , 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 -lrb- ovw -rrb- 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 .
