Talk:Joey Mercury

Which brand Mercury will go to
''There were rumors saying Mercury will be on ECW after the PPV. That is in fact untrue. It was revealed by WWE at a live event the other day that Mercury will work on Smackdown or Raw going after either the US or IC title. It is most likely that he will go to Raw said Coachman.''

Is this actually true? because i've read the houseshow reports and didn't see anything about Joey Mercury, or what brand he would go to after the Pay Per View...XRebekkahx 17:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Fairfax or Richmond?
One part of the article says he was born in Richmond, one part says Fairfax, which is correct? ekedolphin 10:03, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Fairfax for sure.--Ioshus (talk) 16:32, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Born in Hurt, VA. Raised in Northern VA. 808Days (talk) 01:01, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

TNA???
TNA was mention on his profile where he is currently working for.... some one must edit this out.. 202.175.228.7 (talk) 01:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)lordzeus


 * He worked once in a dark match before a PPV for them. He is not currently under contract to them. Regards, Bmg 916 Speak 01:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Retirement
According to Maryland Championship Wrestling's Kelly Bell at the November 1st 2008 show "MCW Monster Mash", "Joey Matthews" has quit professional wrestling to pursue other interests in Hollywood. Kelly says that MCW tried to get him to come address the crowd, but he refused. Again, according to the Commissioner, they sent him a plane ticket, but he sent it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paleridernightwolf (talk • contribs) 06:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source for this? Although it's in the article that he retired. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 18:53, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Other than I was there and heard it with my own ears, I do not...which is why I put it here and not on the page itself. I'm hoping someone else can build on it. Paleridernightwolf (talk) 18:02, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

masked man in the ses
is he the masked man in the ses with cm punk luke gallows and serena coz i heard he was gonna be in the ses coz of his drug problems —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.24.110.83 (talk) 02:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you got a reliable source that definitively states that he is the masked man? Otherwise, it cannot be added. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 13:05, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Some are speculating there are two masked men, one being Mercury and the other being FCW talent Alex Riley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.218.26.67 (talk) 03:32, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Speculation has no place on Wikipedia. Reliable sources are required. --Manway (talk) 03:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

they will make it coz of his past drug addictions —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.24.110.83 (talk) 03:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

He is the masked man, in the dark match he faced Shelton while being bald, he had drug addictions that now could be used as a story line, in one SMACKDOWN episode the masked man apeared without a shirt and his body type looks like Adam's. The only thing that shows that he couldn't be is the tattoo on his left hand that I noticed while watching him getting chokeslamed by Kane when he tryed to save CM Punk and I don't know did he have it before  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.216.154.201 (talk) 15:39, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Adam is the masked man for the S.E.S because on the July 23 edition of Smackdown, he loses to the Big Show and after the match and his masked was taken off reavealing his face proving that it's been Adam the whole time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.78.92 (talk) 13:46, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Adam Birch/Joey Mercury was confirmed as the masked member of the Straight Edge Society. In a match against the Big Show on July 23, 2010, his mask was removed much in the same way CM Punk's mask was--wrapped by the Big Show's right arm while his left hand pulled his mask off. Big Show subsequently won the match. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.180.116.195 (talk) 01:22, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Reliable sources?
There is a discussion re:reliable sources and BLP/Verifiability going on right now on my talk page at User_talk:Manway. Opinions are welcome. --Manway (talk) 18:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC) (Now set out below. —  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ))

Thank you for your input TransporterMan. I've commented out the info re: James and Hemme, until a more reliable source can be found. I hope this a satisfactory solution to all parties. The information about his drug problems I've left alone, as per TransporterMan's comments and per WP:PW/SG - which lists Slam Sportsas being "proven reliable". ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 19:11, 18 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you TransporterMan. Appreciate the second eyes. I'm satisfied with that. Regards, --Manway (talk) 22:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Adam Birch SES masked member
The SmackDown! tapings yesterday revealed Birch as the masked SES member. It is however impossible to write that down, as the page is protected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Supertanno (talk • contribs) 08:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If you can provide a reliable source (see WP:PW/SG) for this information, I will add it to the article. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 08:50, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Sos43210, 21 July 2010
On the 20th of July Joey Mercury was revealed as the masked man in the SES by the Big Show

Sos43210 (talk) 14:43, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:43, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Has not aired
DO NOT put him as the SES masked member until it airs!!! You have been warned!GD1223 (talk) 00:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: no consensus after 34 days, no discussion in last 11 days. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:12, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Adam Birch → Joey Mercury – With Birch now apparently retired, "Joey Mercury" is by far the name under which he received his greatest exposure. This will allow more direct linking. McPhail (talk) 21:11, 18 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Support as nominator. ECW's TNN deal had been cancelled by the time Birch debuted in late 2000, and their syndicated highlights show deal ran out at the end of that year, so at best Birch made a dozen or so televised appearances with ECW. He only made a handful of appearances with TNA. By comparison, he spent a straight year in WWE, appearing virtually every week on SmackDown (which had much higher ratings than TNA or ECW's shows). Birch has received far more exposure under the "Joey Mercury" name, and has wrestled at this name on global TV as recently as 2010. His last appearances with TNA were nine years ago and his last appearances with ECW were 12 years' ago. I think "Joey Mercury" is clearly the name by which more people would know him. McPhail (talk) 21:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose Too close to call a winner between Joey Matthews and Joey Mercury. Had the bigger TV run as Mercury, but longer TV runs with more promotions as Matthews. Unstoppable force meets the immovable object (not to be confused with this), and "Adam Birch" is the yin-yang. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:06, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I think it's similar to Tyler Black. Black had a big performance in ROH and other indys, but when he came into WWE, won titles and has PPV matches and storylines, the name changed to Seth Rollins. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 01:36, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Matthews wrestled for twice as long as Black, and not just in the indys. ECW and TNA had major TV. He was also on WWE Velocity a few times, including a WWE Tag Team Championship match. Not quite the same. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:42, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * His runs with TNA and ECW weren't longer than his WWE runs, even combined. He spent <6 months in ECW and appeared only sporadically with TNA. McPhail (talk) 21:40, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I meant his run as Matthews (everywhere) was longer, and included major TV. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:47, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Support A Mercury, he was in SD for years. Won 3 tag team titles and PWI Tag of the year. As mercury, a lot of indy promotions, but I think Mercury is the common name. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 23:01, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - both names are quite competitive for me. Stick to Birch. George Ho (talk) 02:23, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support — His most WP:COMMONNAME to general population would obviously be Joey Mercury. That is the name he received the most exposure and success under.  STATic  message me!  16:09, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per Static. oknazevad (talk) 21:02, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - He never used the Mercury name outside of WWE. I think Matthews has a lot of weight on it. --GeicoHen (talk) 03:53, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * He was Mercury in a few places for 2007-08. InedibleHulk (talk) 08:41, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Realistically, though, most of the places he wrestled as "Joey Mercury" have only a tiny fraction of the audience of WWE. McPhail (talk) 21:40, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Support While he wrestled as Mercury mostly in WWE, his time as Mercury in WWE gave him the greatest exposure and as far as I can tell it is his common name.LM2000 (talk) 19:28, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Clueless people above say "Adam Birch" is notable, which is just laughable. It's either Joey Matthews or Joey Mercury. Obviously, the latter should win out due to his WWE career and his current NXT training career under that name. Supposedly people down there actually call him Joey and don't even call him Adam. Feed  back  ☎ 14:28, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Here's a clue. Nobody said Adam Birch was the notable name. Just that Matthews and Mercury were about equal. One shone twice as bright and half as long. Adam Birch is the commonality between them. So is Joey, but that's hardly precise. It's an NPOV thing. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:11, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Who are some wrestlers in similar situations, and how do we title their articles? --BDD (talk) 20:11, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Allen Coage, Sid Eudy, Mike Jones (wrestler). But then we also have Rikishi (wrestler), who was "Fatu" for a very prominent half of his career. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:38, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't forget Mark LoMonaco, Devon Hughes or Nelson Frazier, Jr. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 21:20, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Bill Eadie and Barry Darsow. John Tenta and Fred Ottman. Butch Miller (wrestler) and Luke Williams (wrestler). InedibleHulk (talk) 19:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose In the absence of consistent precedent, I support maintaining encyclopedic links to objective reality, not stage names.  If anything, it appears precedent favors this view as well, per Bill Eadie et al.  When in doubt, stick to legal names. Xoloz (talk) 19:34, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Inconsistent is definitely right when it comes to the Samoans. Yokozuna (wrestler) but Samula Anoa'i, Afa Anoa'i and Sika Anoa'i (neither legal nor ringnames) but Rosey (wrestler) and his brother Reno Anoa'i (who has only ever been called Black Pearl). Sam Fatu and his brothers Rikishi (wrestler) and Umaga (wrestler). Jimmy Snuka and his son, Jimmy Reiher, Jr. It's enough to make a man say "HUSS!". "HUSS!". InedibleHulk (talk) 10:04, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
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Adam Birch → Joey Mercury – As noted in previous discussions, Birch's performances as "Joey Mercury" in the mid-2000s had considerably higher exposure than his 2000-2001 appearances as "Joey Matthews" with ECW. He is now once again performing regularly on WWE television as "Joey Mercury", increasing his exposure under this name. A Google News Archive search returns 93 hits for "Joey Matthews" wrestling and 626 hits for "Joey Mercury" wrestling. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 20:14, 30 December 2014 (UTC) McPhail (talk) 20:23, 21 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Support as nominator. McPhail (talk) 20:23, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support He wrestled successfully as Mercury in WWE (as part of MNM and now as J&J). --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 20:33, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support It's his WP:COMMONNAME.LM2000 (talk) 00:52, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - here are the stats for television / pay-per-view matches -> exposure. When you keep in mind that OVW at that time is only broadcasted within the state of Kentucky in the US, whereas WWE has worldwide broadcasting, it's easily Joey Mercury, the name that also has the most longevity. Total TNA + ECW matches are only less than a quarter of his WWE matches, with TNA + ECW having less exposure.
 * Joey Matthews, smaller companies (Hardway: 2002; PWU: 2007, DCW: 2007, 2008; WFX: 2008) - 6 matches
 * Joey Matthews, ECW: 2000, 2001, 2002 - 13 matches
 * Joey Matthews, OVW: 2004, 2005, 2008 - 39 matches
 * Joey Matthews, TNA: 2002, 2003, 2004 - 5 matches
 * Mercury, WWE: 2005, 2006 - 38 matches
 * Joey Mercury, OVW: 2005, 2006 - 6 matches
 * Joey Mercury, WWE: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014 - 38 matches
 * starship .paint ~   ¡ Olé !  02:39, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support the stats show that Joey Mercury is clearly the best known. At first glance the Joey Matthews name appears to rival it but since, as mentioned, OVW only aired at one state at the time, we can safely disregard the numbers associated with that promotion. By doing so Joey Mercury is the clear winner.--69.157.253.160 (talk) 18:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose for the same reasons I did the last time. The common element to these common gimmicks is the actual man who made them. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:49, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support appears to be the WP:COMMONNAME.Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - We can't treat WWE as most prominent, reliable source for commonly used names. He has used "Joey Matthews" in 2000–04, 2005, and 2008; "Joey Mercury", 2005&mdash;07, 2010, and 2014. Usage wasn't that continuous. Mercury/Matthews has been semi-retired since 2008 or 2010. Also, I've not watched WWE, so why should it be treated as the determination? --George Ho (talk) 21:58, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Fact, WWE is the most prominent promotion in the world. Usually, that means Common Name. Some exceptions, but Mercury isn't. He won the WWE Tag Team titles, PPV matches, SES, J&J Security, The Authority. As Matthews, he wasn't a worldwide wrestler.--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 16:31, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Consider this, . The two biggest promotions other than WWE that "Matthews" wrestled for, which are Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ('02 to '04) and Extreme Championship Wrestling ('00 to '02), were struggling to maintain their nation-wide television outreach in the United States during these time periods. Joey Mercury is still appearing on WWE television today. People in Argentina, South Africa, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Canada can turn on their television screens and see him, while people can't watch TNA or ECW in those countries. starship.paint  ~ ¡ Olé !  11:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * When you mention Argentina, South Africa, Indonesia, and Bulgaria, have they watched WWE in English or translated voiceovers that match their own languages? Well, he has been "Joey", but he used "Mercury" in 2000s mostly and "Matthews". Looking at other wikis, "Joey Mercury" is used by Bulgarian, German, Greek, and Slovak versions. Others like the Spanish use "Adam Birch". --George Ho (talk) 20:28, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Even in translations (when you translate back to English) you'll get Mercury - WWE won't mention his real name (Birch) or his old ring names he used in other countries (Matthews) starship.paint  ~ ¡ Olé !  12:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support He has by far the most exposure as Joey Mercury. Prefall  23:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)


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Appearance on Heat?
The Hurricane appeared on Heat on 3/28/2004 in a match against a "Joey... Joey Who?" It appears that this Joey competitor might be the same Joey that later worked as part of MNM. A video of the match can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOfOoe6mxU). Jdrawer (talk) 06:52, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

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