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9. How Joey Mercury Helped Change WWE Culture

Joey Mercury transitioned away from the ring into a production role in late-2010. That same year, he shared a conversation with Seth Rollins about changing the way WWE operated. He believed the kind of guys and girls the company were hiring didn't have passion for the wrestling biz, and it was hurting the product.

Instead of failed athletes from others sports or bikini models, Mercury wanted folks with a hunger to wrestle.

Seth said on the podcast that Joey's mindset helped shape what NXT would become. That's not something we as fans hear every day. It's typically Triple H who gets the credit for moulding a new WWE developmental wing, nobody else. According to Rollins, Mercury should get some plaudits for his own vision.

He was the one who spotted Dean Ambrose, for example, and he wanted more of that kind of worker on WWE's books.