Adam Birch

Known for ActingBorn 1979-07-18 (age 46)Fairfax, Virginia, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3

ROH: Year One

ROH: Ring of Hardcore

ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn

USA Championship Wrestling

ECW December to Dismember

ECW Massacre on 34th Street

TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory

WWE Survivor Series 2005

WWE No Way Out 2007

WWE: The Ladder Match

CM Punk: Best in the World

WWE Armageddon 2006

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

WWE WrestleMania 31

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

WWE No Mercy 2005

WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

WWE Armageddon 2005

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

WWE No Way Out 2006

WWE Judgment Day 2005

WWE SummerSlam 2010

Lucha Underground

WWE Judgment Day 2006

WWE Payback 2015

WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

WWE Hell In A Cell 2014

WWE Survivor Series 2014

WWE Over the Limit 2010

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World

WWE Extreme Rules 2015

Raw

WWE Fastlane 2015

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014

WWE Royal Rumble 2015

ECW Guilty as Charged 2001

ROH: All Star Extravaganza

ROH: Glory By Honor

wXw Superstars Of Wrestling 2018

WrestleCade SuperShow 2017

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

ROH: Take No Prisoners

ROH: Return Engagement

ROH: Tag Wars

3PW Legends Collide