Joey Mercury released from WWE (Reason inside)

[LionDen]

Joey mercury, a popular part of the Tag team MNM was released today by WWE. No word yet on the story behind this but WWE's official statement is:

WWE.com has learned that today in Chicago, WWE officials have agreed on the immediate release of Joey Mercury.


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Update: 26th Mar 2007

There was an incident backstage at Raw this afternoon, which resulted in Joey Mercury being fired and Stephanie McMahon being taken to a local hospital. Details are still coming in, but the early word is that Mercury snapped when the creative team told him that he and his partner Johnny Nitro would not be appearing at Wrestlemania 23. Not much is known, but word is that Mercury charged at Stephanie McMahon, knocking her into the side of a desk. He was immediately restrained by the rest of the creative team, and fired on the spot. Vince McMahon is said to be furious at the harm caused at his daughter, who had to be taken to a Chicago hospital for evaluation. Mercury may face criminal charges and possible jail time if WWE decides to follow through. Dave Meltzer will have much more on this situation as he gets it

Source: WrestlingObserver.com
Thanx to CM Punk for posting the news on UOW and can be found below.


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Update: 27th Mar 2007

Although details are very scarce at the moment, details have surfaced stating Mercury’s release is related to the WWE Wellness policy. We’ll have more details on this story as they become available.

In related news, Mercury failed a drug test last May and was suspended for 30 days.

There have been several reports circulating around the internet saying Mercury assaulted Stephanie McMahon, those rumors are false.

source: ewrestlingnews.com
Posted by AFC1984 aand can be found in this thread.


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Update: 28th Mar 2007


Sports Radio 1130 WDFN in Detroit interviewed Johnny Nitro today. Joey Mercury's release was discussed with Nitro, although Nitro simply noted he was released and they parted ways. Nitro said that since he wasn't advertised for Wrestlemania 23, the release didn't affect his PPV plans and that in the future, he'd be back to pursuing the Intercontinental title.


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[wwe9112]

Is he the one that broke his face basickly

[legolas4792]

hah what a comeback getting cracked in the face then leaving

[Flair Country]

I'm really suprised that WWE did this. I guess they thought he couldn't compete like he used to before the broken nose??

[bman]

FINALLY MNM is broken up for good!

P.S. It was probably because of drug use

[XXKSXX]

Is he the one that broke his face basickly

Yes it was


This is kinda of sudden, but it's probably drug related as he has been suspended before. I just bet TNA signs him.

[Flair Country]

I'm sure they will, then he'll go back to his old name Joey Mathews when he used to wrestle in TNA.

[Deadman151]

Source: WrestlingObserver.com

There was an incident backstage at Raw this afternoon, which resulted in Joey Mercury being fired and Stephanie McMahon being taken to a local hospital. Details are still coming in, but the early word is that Mercury snapped when the creative team told him that he and his partner Johnny Nitro would not be appearing at Wrestlemania 23. Not much is known, but word is that Mercury charged at Stephanie McMahon, knocking her into the side of a desk. He was immediately restrained by the rest of the creative team, and fired on the spot. Vince McMahon is said to be furious at the harm caused at his daughter, who had to be taken to a Chicago hospital for evaluation. Mercury may face criminal charges and possible jail time if WWE decides to follow through. Dave Meltzer will have much more on this situation as he gets it.

[J-man]

oh damn. lol that's good. I didn't like him anyways

[cookie_dough_619]

Holy crap! That's kind of funny... :lmao: