7) Joey Mercury: Intervention with Vince
Joey Mercury admitted to being addicted to alcohol and drugs since the age of 15. As you can imagine, being addicted for so long leads to a dependency which eventually leads to depression. After entering rehab, Mercury once again relapsed after becoming addicted to painkillers following a brutal eye injury. Following yet another drug addiction, the WWE had seen enough, and Vince McMahon (out of all people) had an intervention with Mercury before his release. Joey credits McMahon for saving his life.
In 2010, Mercury would come out of retirement and join “The Straight Edge Society”, making an improbable return to the WWE. He would later play a huge role in developing young stars in NXT. Mercury is responsible for creating the faction ‘The Shield’, arguably the strongest faction to come out of the WWE in over a decade.
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