Joey Mercury quit Ring of Honor in October 2019, where he worked as a producer, trainer, and on the creative team. At the time, he was very outspoken on social media about the promotion’s lack of concussion protocol and how Kelly Klein had to wrestle while injured. It’s believed Mercury encouraged wrestlers to leave ROH with him, and he would look to use his connections to get them to work elsewhere, but that didn’t work as the talents were loyal to ROH.
It’s now been confirmed that Mercury has filed a lawsuit in Maryland against Sinclair Broadcast Group and ROH. Documents show he is claiming he was misclassified as an independent contractor and was forced to resign due to ROH’s lack of concern about talent safety, plus he was underpaid when compared to his others in similar positions. Last month Klein also filed a lawsuit against Sinclair Broadcasting and ROH. She alleges she was denied a $4,000 pay rise, misclassified as an independent contractor, suffered injuries in multiple matches but was not checked upon, and complained about Jay Lethal harassing her, but ROH didn’t investigate. She is seeking $75,000 in damages.
Mercury is best known to wrestling for his time in WWE, where he was part of the MNM team along with John Morrison and Melina. Sadly drug issues ended that run in 2007, but he returned three years later as part of CM Punk’s Straight Edge Society faction. Following an injury, he would become a trainer and producer for WWE and returned to television in 2014 as part of J&J Security with Jamie Noble. They were aligned with The Authority and mainly Seth Rollins before being released again in January 2017.
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